Center for Engineering Educational Outreach

Posted on December 4, 2005 3 Comments

Center for Engineering Educational Outreach at Tufts University.

The core purpose of the CEEO is to Improve Engineering Education for all Ages from the K – 12 student, to her parents, to the university engineering and liberal arts student. Four “towers of work” make up the Center: (1) engineering education research, (2) educational tool development, (3) teacher/volunteer support, and (4) a “bakesale” tower that funds a lot of these efforts.

The center provides a number of excellent resources including:

  • Robotics: Fundamentals of IT and Engineering – “to design a curriculum for an after school program that will integrate robotics into science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses in the Boston Public Schools.”
  • Student Teacher Outreach Mentor Program (STOMP) – “places engineering students into classrooms and after school programs to support engineering education. The students aid educators in designing and implementing hands-on activities that teach engineering concepts ranging from the design process to gear ratios to digital logic.”
  • Pre-College Engineering for Teachers (PCET) – “professional development program for K-12 teachers sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Teacher participation starts during a ten day summer workshop, and continues during the school year. The workshop introduces teachers to different strategies for incorporating engineering design into their classrooms, and each participating teacher is required to include a unit about engineering design in their classroom during the following school year.”
  • Robotics Academy

A great resouce.