An Engineering Education Makes a World of Difference

http://engineeringaworldofdifference.org/

This website by the Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE) highlights role models who have used an engineering education to innovate products, processes, and services that improve human health, welfare, and happiness. Twice a week for each week from Monday, January 31, 2011 through Thursday, July 14, 2011 they will release a new video (less than 30 seconds long) to the web. The videos can also be "pushed" to individual cell phones. Site visitors can upload their own videos of role model engineers to be considered for addition to the site. In addition to the role models, the site provides links to other sites that explain what engineering is and where visitors can find out more about engineering. Text "CASEE" to 21534 to subscribe to the twice-weekly videos or visit the website and click on the blue ribbon in the top right corner to upload a video of your own.

Resource Added: January 26, 2011

Discover Engineering

http://www.discoverengineering.org/

Games, activities, and all sorts of information about different types of engineering.

Resource Added: September 27, 2008

Girls in ICT Portal

http://girlsinict.org/

ITU, the UN agency for telecommunications, has launched Girls in ICT Portal http://girlsinict.org/ focused on helping girls and women access training, job opportunities and career information in the fast-growing information and communication (ICT) sector. The portal is designed to help girls and young women aged 11-25 prepare for and pursue a technology career, providing links to scholarships, training and internships, ICT contests and awards, tech camps, online girls’ networks and other programmes that will give them a boost in entering what has become a largely male-dominated sector.

Resource Added: November 1, 2012

Manufacturing is Cool

http://www.manufacturingiscool.com

Page for parents on manufacturing engineering and careers available to your daughter in this field. Learn about engineering colleges and outreach programs for middle and high school students. Site developed by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.

Resource Added: December 4, 2005

National Grid School Power

http://www.nationalgrideducation.com

The National Grid Education programme ‘School Power’ is a new online education programme based in the UK. It includes engaging facts, presentations, interactive stories, activities and fun experiments around the area of power. The resources are aimed at 4 to 11 year olds, their teachers and parents, and are designed to inspire and motivate children in learning about science and technology. All the materials are curriculum-linked and have been specifically developed for use on classroom interactive whiteboards, as well as personal computers.

Resource Added: March 24, 2010

Try Engineering

http://www.tryengineering.org/

A great resource site where you can look at profiles of engineering professions, find a university and check your classes, play games, and even ask questions of practicing engineers and students.

Resource Added: January 24, 2007

Vega Science Trust Career Videos

http://vega.org.uk/video/series/10

Considering a career in science or engineering? Check out these videos about young British scientists and engineers to find out what your career could be like.

Resource Added: March 23, 2009