Engineering is Elementary Professional Development: Engineering is Elementary supports educators and children with curricula and professional development that increase engineering literacy while introducing students to the Engineering Design Process. For more information, please visit: www.eie.org.
SeaPerch Professional Development: SeaPerch is an innovative underwater robotics program that equips teachers and students with the resources they need to build an underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) in an in-school or out-of-school setting. Students build the ROV from a kit comprised of low-cost, easily accessible parts, following a curriculum that teaches basic engineering and science concepts with a marine engineering theme. Throughout the project, students also develop problem solving and teamwork skills. For more information, please visit:
www.seaperch.org.
SeaGlide Professional Development: SeaGlide is the next step to the SeaPerch program. SeaGlide is an underwater autonomous glider with a buoyancy engine, pitch control, wings, a rudder, and an optional sensor package. With lift provided by its wings, it glides forward both as it dives and as it rises. A pressure sensor collects data to determine depth and position over time. This information can be correlated with data from a temperature sensor. SeaGlide kit builders first learn about basic electronics and then progress to circuit board soldering and programming with Arduino Pro Mini microcontrollers. They build servo-driven buoyancy engines with large, 100cc syringes and moveable mass to manage buoyancy and pitch. A critical final step is to ballast gliders for proper underwater flight. For more information, please visit:
www.seaglide.net.
Digital Fabrication Labs: TAB Education Partners is proud to work with TIES (Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM) who are responding to the growing needs of educational institutions across the globe for innovative and engaging learning spaces. For more information about TIES, please visit:
www.tiesteach.org/our-services/.
