Promoting Engineering Education in Elementary Schools and Clubs — The PEEESC Program
Pre-service Elementary Teacher Education in Engineering at Towson University
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Dr. Pamela Lottero-Perdue has modified and integrated an Engineering is Elementary (EiE) geotechnical engineering unit to extend the geology unit in PHSC 303 Earth-Space science, a required science content and methods course for elementary education majors. Students enrolled in her course engage in and learn the value of the engineering design process as an extension of their science learning.
In the fall of 2009, Dr. Lottero-Perdue will teach a different EiE engineering unit to her students who are Elementary Education / Special Education (EESE) majors at the Harford County satellite campus. This EiE unit,
links concepts about solids and liquids to chemical and process engineering. The central character in the storybook for the unit, Michelle (who has Downs Syndrome), learns to engineer play dough to solve a problem. This unit is well suited for EESE majors learning to teach science, and has currently been selected by Harford County Public Schools to be introduced to a subset of first grade classrooms in 2010–2011. |
| An elementary education major tests the stability of a model ‘TarPul’ bridge by determining the amount of weight that the cup can hold before it drops below the soil level. |
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The Jess and Mildred Fisher
College of Science and Mathematics
Smith Hall, Room 312 (campus map)
Phone: 410-704-2121
Fax: 410-704-2604
E-mail: fcsm@towson.edu
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