Orthopaedics Engineering for Kids and Teens

02/21/17 • 34 min

Dr. Jenni Buckley and Dr. Amy Trauth-Nare from the University of Delaware talk about Orthopaedics in Action (OIA), their curriculum in biomechanics and engineering design for middle school and high school students. They used their respective expertise in mechanical engineering and K-12 education to create the hands-on OIA lessons, which originated from an initiative to attract more women into orthopaedics as engineers and doctors. Hear them discuss the curriculum, the benefits of lessons rooted in biology, educational partnerships, and lessons in toy design, among other topics. Related to this episode: • The Professional Development Center for Educators at the University of Delaware: http://www.pdce.udel.edu/ • Orthopaedics in Action (OIA) curriculum: http://perryinitiative.org/orthoinaction/ • Perry Initiative: www.perryinitiative.org • Sawbones: www.sawbones.com • “Find Your Center,” article in The Science Teacher: http://digital.nsta.org/display_article.php?id=2554119&view=327538 • Project Lead The Way (PLTW) at The University of Delaware: http://www.cehd.udel.edu/pltw/ • MIT Toy Design open course materials: http://web.mit.edu/2.00b/www/ • Engineering is Elementary curriculum: http://www.eie.org/ • TeachEngineering: https://www.teachengineering.org/ • Change The Equation: http://changetheequation.org/ • Grand Challenges from the National Academy of Engineering: http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/ • Lab Out Loud podcast from the National Science Teachers Association: http://www.nsta.org/publications/laboutloud.aspx • “The Way Things Work,” book by David McCauley: http://hmhbooks.com/davidmacaulay/ • Twitter handle for Dr. Amy Trauth-Nare: @amy_nare • Twitter handle for The Perry Initiative: @PerryInitiative Our closing music is from "Late for School" by Bleeptor, used under Creative Commons Attribution Licenses: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Subscribe and find more podcast information at: http://www.k12engineering.net. The K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a production of Pios Labs: http://www.pioslabs.com. Check out “Engineer’s Guide to Improv and Art Games” by Pius Wong on Amazon in print or for Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1520634900 It is also available as an ebook on Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/704613 (Limited time 20% off promo code: EH22M)

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Year in Review/Preview

Pius, Rachel, and Sadhan reunite to talk about big news in engineering education from 2016 (Part 1: 00m20s), followed by a politically flavored discussion about 2017 (Part 2: 15m20s). If you liked Season 1 and want to help keep Season 2 afloat, please consider pledging a monthly contribution at my new Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/pioslabs. You’ll be helping me continue to talk to awesome people and share it with you. Thanks! Related to this episode: • “College Board Hopes to Broaden Access to Coding with New ‘AP Computer Science Principles’ Course,” Edsurge: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-07-25-college-board-hopes-to-broaden-access-to-coding-with-new-ap-computer-science-principles-course • “AP Computer Science Principles,” College Board: https://advancesinap.collegeboard.org/stem/computer-science-principles • “CMU’s Proportion of Undergraduate Women in Computer Science and Engineering Soars above National Averages,” Carnegie Mellon University News: http://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2016/september/undergrad-women-engineering-computer-science.html • “Why Hidden Figures’s Box-Office Win Is the Best News for Movies in a Long Time,” Vogue: http://www.vogue.com/article/hidden-figures-box-office-win-matters • Everlast Rocketbook on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/642311833/everlast • “India vs. USA,” The K12 Engineering Education Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/piuswong/india-vs-usa • “Educational Standards,” The K12 Engineering Education Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/piuswong/ep-2-educational-standards • “Former Edtech Director for Obama Administration Sees Innovation Moving to the States,” Edsurge: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2017-01-10-former-edtech-advisor-for-obama-sees-innovation-moving-to-the-states • Twitter handles: @PiusWong, @rfahrig, @sadhansathya, @K12engineering, @PiosLabs Remember that the podcast will be at the SXSW Conference and Festival in March, 2017! We will be running workshops for educators and professional engineers: https://www.sxsw.com/ and http://sxswedu.com/ Our closing music is from "Late for School" by Bleeptor, used under Creative Commons Attribution Licenses: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Subscribe and find more podcast information at: http://www.k12engineering.net. The K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a production of Pios Labs: http://www.pioslabs.com.

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Mobile Game and App Reviews

Pius reviews with Rachel five mobile apps related to engineering education, available on Android and iOS. A ten-year-old guest reviewer also gives her thoughts on some of the games, to get a third perspective. The games were pulled from the top-ranking engineering-themed games listed in app stores as of the beginning of 2017. Related to this episode: • Brain It On!: http://brainitongame.com/ • Gears Logic Puzzles: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.stropin.gearslogicpuzzles&hl=en • Engineer : Cars: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/engineer-cars/id586093106?mt=8 • Echochrome on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echochrome • “Anamorphic art” on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anamorphosis • Truss Me!: http://www.scientificmonkey.com/software.html • Gliffy online flowcharting: https://www.gliffy.com/ • EveryCircuit: http://everycircuit.com/ Our closing music is from "Late for School" by Bleeptor, used under Creative Commons Attribution Licenses: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Subscribe and find more podcast information at: http://www.k12engineering.net. The K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a production of Pios Labs: http://www.pioslabs.com. Check out “Engineer’s Guide to Improv and Art Games” by Pius Wong on Amazon in print or for Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1520634900 It is also available as an ebook on Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/704613 (Limited time 20% off promo code: EH22M)