Be a Maker! Introduction to Engineering

Learn about the engineer design process and learn all about engineers!

Allison Kropf

15 total reviews for this teacher

12 reviews for this class

Completed by 89 learners

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45 minutes

per class

Meets once

6-8

year olds

3-6

learners per class

per learner

How does a “One-Time” class work?

Meets once at a scheduled time

Live video chat, recorded and monitored for safety and quality

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Description

Class Experience

This class is a way to explore the many types of engineers that help us every day! We will use the Engineer Design Process and create a design that will help us improve our daily lives!  Class will consist of learning and repeating vocabulary, an inside look at what engineers do, a class discussion about different types of engineers, learning how engineers solve problems, and begin the engineer design process by creating a model or prototype of their new engineered idea. In my classes, I also...

Students will enhance their knowledge of careers in the engineer field while designing something useful to help them in their daily lives!

Materials Needed:
-Paper
-Writing/ Drawing Tool (may use crayons or colored pencils)
-LEGO, Building Bricks, Modeling Dough, or other recycled items that students can build and create with
-A Positive Mindset :]

Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

45 minutes per week in class, and maybe some time outside of class.

Teacher

Allison Kropf

STEM Your Heart Out

15 total reviews

26 completed classes

About Me

I am offering a fun way to introduce engineering, coding basics, designing with LEGO, and vocabulary to early learners.  I am a STEM teacher for a school I helped start up six years ago and I have had a great time learning along the way! I...