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The Curriculum
Our curriculum is currently designed for half a school year, one college semester. It typically spans 5–7 weeks, but can be modified to fit each school’s calendar. Each week, we facilitate a sixty-minute module which provides an introduction to engineering, the design process, and its importance in society.
Topics Covered
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Introduction to Engineering
- Importance of collaboration and communication
- Create community guidelines to follow during group work
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Engineering Around You
- Introduce the different types of engineering and discuss specific responsibilities of each
- Discuss and identify where engineering can be found in the world around us
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Customer Discovery
- Learn the importance of needs assessment through "customer interviews"
- Identify and write a problem statement based on customer needs
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Engineering Design Process
- Learn the key steps in the Engineering Design Process
- Apply the Engineering Design Process through a team design challenge
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Sharing Your Design
- Practice developing and presenting materials
- Learn what "peer review" means and practice by doing a feedback session