Educators
Have fun introducing engineering design concepts in your classroom with resources targeting your grade level.
Classroom Resources
These online educational sites provide lesson plans, educator guides and hands-on engineering activities. Full-color activity guides are also available from ASCE.
- PreK-1: Curious George Let’s Build
- K-5: ZOOM into Engineering
- 3-5: Cyberchase, Fetch with Ruff Ruffman
- 6-8: Building Big, Design Squad
Digital Media
- It's Cool to Be a Civil Engineer
- Geodesic Dome
- Pantheon Dome
- Designing a Roller Coaster
- Suspension Bridge
- Designing Future Cities: Alternative Energy
To order pre-college outreach resources online visit: www.asce.org/pre-college-resources/
Parents
Start talking to your kids about civil engineering! These activities and resources will help connect kids of every age to the civil engineering profession.
Activities
Water Filter, Flinker, Paper Bridge , Newspaper Tower, High Rise, Paper Table
Summer Camps
Opportunities for engineering related fun are available in every state!
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Academic and Career Guidance
Help kids make decisions that will guide them on the path to becoming an engineer.
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To order pre-college outreach resources online visit: www.asce.org/pre-college-resources/
Engineers
Reach out to kids; inspire them with your stories. ASCE can help you with outreach resources and fun activities that will get kids excited about civil engineering.
Outreach Volunteer Resources
These online resources provide everything you need to get started. Full-color activity guides are also available from ASCE.
- PreK-1: Curious George Let’s Build
- K-5: ZOOM into Engineering
- 3-5: Cyberchase, Fetch with Ruff Ruffman
- 6-8: Building Big, Design Squad
Hand-Outs
Show kids what civil engineering is all about. Preview these resources online or order copies for your next event.
- Civil Engineering - It's Everywhere
(Grade levels: 3-4, 5-6, 7-8) (PDF) - Itís your Life. Your world (PDF)
- What is a Civil Engineer? (PDF)
Competitions
Kids love civil engineering competitions! Volunteer to help out or introduce these competitions to schools in your area.
To order pre-college outreach resources online visit: www.asce.org/pre-college-resources/
Lessons & Activities
Engaging lessons on bridges, dams, and sustainability, plus over 100 civil engineering activities!
EYL offers high school girls the perfect introduction to the world of engineering through cool profiles of women engineers. ASCE's own Erin Fletcher is one of the inspiring young women you will meet on this site!
ASCE Outreach Video Tutorials:
Have a few minutes? Brush up on your outreach skills with three quick tutorials that will provide tips on how to plan a classroom visit, and how to win over the kids once youíre there. Combine these skills with ideas about effective messaging to capture kids imaginations, and youíll have everything you need to feel like an outreach pro!
Click here to view the tutorials.
Great video resource:
Watch engineers turn dirty water into clean, safe drinking water!
Engineers for a Sustainable World
Connect with Others!
Our new Pre-College Outreach Website is the place to join our growing network of ASCE outreach volunteers. Be a part of our Facebook and Flickr groups. Learn what others are doing to share their love of engineering with kids.
For information about starting a program or choosing activities and resources appropriate for the age-level student you are working with, email [email protected]
