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