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Think Like an Engineer

STEM-905
3 Credits
Online
4.73/5.00
STEM-905
3 Credits
Online
4.73/5.00

Think Like an Engineer is a hands-on course designed for you to learn and apply engineering practice in the classroom for your students. STEM is a national program aiming to produce qualified students pursuing science, technology, engineering, and math occupations. Engineers are tasked with drawing upon their creative powers to develop quicker, better, and less expensive ways to do what needs to be done. Part of the class has you putting yourself as a student doing STEM labs. You will create hands-on STEM lessons for your students through research and connecting with other STEM educators. You will connect with a practicing engineer and research engineering jobs. The bottom line is that Think Like an Engineer will give you the practical knowledge and resources to use your role as an educator to make this world a better place. This course supports state standards and is appropriate for grades K-14. Access to students is optional.

This course is applicable towards the STEM Teaching Certificate.

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Linda Jacobsen

Instructor
I feel so blessed to have had a job that I totally loved to do each and every day. I thoroughly enjoyed teaching elementary aged students for the past 38 years. I liked not only working with the children, but their families as well. I have made many lifelong connections with many of them. As a teacher, it is such a rewarding feeling to see my students “light come on” and see them understand the objective of the lesson. I was also very fond of working with other teachers and administrators and helping them understand and learn about technology. I always liked integrating technology into my lessons and helping others do the same. This really makes lessons come to life. All my FPU courses are very helpful for teachers to learn how to integrate technology into their classroom lessons. Working with my FPU students is great because they really want to learn and use what they have learned to make their classroom lessons so much better and more meaningful for their students.