Work in Progress - Introducing Engineering into Math and Science Secondary Education Classes

This paper describes activities of two graduate students in creating, delivering, and assessing engineering-based lessons in secondary science and mathematics classes. The students are Fellows in an NSF-funded program called Project STEP at the University of Cincinnati; the program partners graduate students with secondary educators to create resources for teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills. The lessons are relevant to students' lives as well as aligned with academic standards. The Fellows bring authentic engineering backgrounds and expertise into the classroom to encourage students to consider engineering as a future field of study