Engineering Mindset 7 : Children evaluate designs and make improvements By Christine Cunningham As mentioned earlier, reflection and evaluation of ideas is critical to the engineering mindset. Children are rarely…
Did the picture fool you? We all know that's what we are thinking but below is a lot closer to what REAL scientists look like. Myria Perez Fossil Preparator Myria…
Celebrating National Aviation Day (August 19, 2021) The below assets are free profile videos of IF/THEN Ambassadors. These can be used in marketing, presentations, social media, Videos: Adele Luta Long…
Engaging in STEM: Putting Engineering Mindsets in Action So we’ve talked about the engineering mindsets, but let’s look at some ways you can bring them to life in your program.…
Engineering Mindset 9: Children Work Effectively in Teams When you think teamwork skills as part of afterschool activities, I’m going to guess that science isn’t the first activity that comes…
Engineering Mindset 8: Children Persist and Learn from Failure Can you remember a time when you failed? Was it public--a moment when you get a pit in your stomach, your…
Engineering Mindset 6: Children apply Science and Math Knowledge to Problem Solving Engineers use knowledge of math and science to solve problems. They combine that knowledge with their own creativity…
Engineering Mindset #4: Children Consider Criteria and Constraints that Require Tradeoffs If you’ve tried to solve a problem, or teach problem solving skills in a blue sky sort of format…
