ISEK http://www.isek.iastate.edu Iowa State Engineering Kids Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:53:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 2009 Iowa FLL Regional Qualifiers – Open! http://www.isek.iastate.edu/home/blog/2009/10/02/2009-iowa-fll-regional-qualifiers-open/ http://www.isek.iastate.edu/home/blog/2009/10/02/2009-iowa-fll-regional-qualifiers-open/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:19:46 +0000 Brandon http://www.isek.iastate.edu/?p=491 Registration to participate in Iowa FLL Regional Qualifiers for the 2009 Smart Move season is now open! Please be sure to register each one of your teams that wants to participate in a regional qualifier. As a reminder, we’ll be assigning teams to their regional qualifiers in mid-October, after registration has closed. If you want to learn more about how we assign teams to regional qualifiers, please take a look at our regional qualifiers page.

Click here to register for 2009 Iowa FLL Regional Qualifiers Registration is now closed!

]]> http://www.isek.iastate.edu/home/blog/2009/10/02/2009-iowa-fll-regional-qualifiers-open/feed/ 0 Great resource for teachers and engineering http://www.isek.iastate.edu/home/blog/2009/09/30/great-resource-for-teachers-wanting-engineering/ http://www.isek.iastate.edu/home/blog/2009/09/30/great-resource-for-teachers-wanting-engineering/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:41:02 +0000 Camille http://www.isek.iastate.edu/?p=479 ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education) has a new K-12 engineering site. There are bi-montly e-news for teachers with lesson plans and e-news for students to learn all about the different disciplines in engineering. Way cool — check it out!

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]]> http://www.isek.iastate.edu/home/blog/2009/09/30/great-resource-for-teachers-wanting-engineering/feed/ 0 FLL Coaches Training http://www.isek.iastate.edu/home/blog/2009/09/30/fll-coaches-training/ http://www.isek.iastate.edu/home/blog/2009/09/30/fll-coaches-training/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:19:32 +0000 Brandon http://www.isek.iastate.edu/?p=460 We’ll be posting a number of online coach training videos in the next couple weeks. These videos will cover a range of FLL related topics, including robot programming, the Smart Move challenge, the FLL website and the research project. Check back mid-September for the videos!

Update: The training videos are now live on the ISEK website!

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]]> http://www.isek.iastate.edu/home/blog/2009/09/04/rockwell-collins-fll-team-grants-closed/feed/ 0 Summer isn’t over yet! Go engineering! http://www.isek.iastate.edu/home/blog/2009/07/13/summer-isnt-over-yet-go-enjoy-some-engineering/ http://www.isek.iastate.edu/home/blog/2009/07/13/summer-isnt-over-yet-go-enjoy-some-engineering/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:45:11 +0000 Camille http://www.isek.iastate.edu/?p=405 Tour ISU’s Virtual Reality Experience on July 17, 2009
1-2pm @ Howe Hall auditorium. Includes a 15-minute presentation and demos of various virtual reality software. Tours are open to the public, but online preregistration is required. Appropriate for elementary ages through adults.
http://www.event.iastate.edu/event/18359/

Vacation all about engineering? Cool. Check out www.engineeringsights.org for ideas.

]]> http://www.isek.iastate.edu/home/blog/2009/07/13/summer-isnt-over-yet-go-enjoy-some-engineering/feed/ 0 Invent Iowa at ISU http://www.isek.iastate.edu/home/blog/2009/04/23/invent-iowa-at-isu/ http://www.isek.iastate.edu/home/blog/2009/04/23/invent-iowa-at-isu/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:32:18 +0000 Camille http://www.isek.iastate.edu/?p=349 Come check out all the cool inventions and innovative thinking from participants of this state invention convention while seeing all the cool engineering ISU has to offer. Activities, presentations, invention displays are all free and open to the public. Saturday, April 25, 2009, 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Hilton Coliseum in Ames.

]]> http://www.isek.iastate.edu/home/blog/2009/04/23/invent-iowa-at-isu/feed/ 0 ISEK Camp Registration is open! http://www.isek.iastate.edu/home/blog/2009/04/22/isek-camp-registration/ http://www.isek.iastate.edu/home/blog/2009/04/22/isek-camp-registration/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:07:58 +0000 Camille http://www.isek.iastate.edu/?p=330 Registration for ISEK Summer Camps 2009 is now open! You can visit the Camps page to register for any of our summer camps – including Explore Engineering!, Engineering: The 2050 Challenge, STEM Camp or the brand new Girls Only Engineering Camp! Be sure to check them out and register early!

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Check out some photos.

]]> http://www.isek.iastate.edu/home/blog/2009/04/21/world-festival-2009-photos/feed/ 0 Science of Cars http://www.isek.iastate.edu/home/blog/2009/04/10/science-of-cars/ http://www.isek.iastate.edu/home/blog/2009/04/10/science-of-cars/#comments Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:12:33 +0000 Brandon http://www.isek.iastate.edu/?p=325 Ever wondered how race cars work? What makes them stick to the track during fast turns? How they optimize the shape of a car for the best performance? What about how they keep the driver safe in the event of an accident? Now there’s a great way to learn about all of that – check out the new Science360.gov website. The National Science Foundation teamed up with NASCAR to produce some great videos about what makes NASCAR work – check it out!

]]> http://www.isek.iastate.edu/home/blog/2009/04/10/science-of-cars/feed/ 0 ISEK Summer Camps http://www.isek.iastate.edu/home/blog/2009/03/09/isek-summer-camps/ http://www.isek.iastate.edu/home/blog/2009/03/09/isek-summer-camps/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:33:50 +0000 Camille http://www.isek.iastate.edu/?p=309 We’re hearing from a lot of you asking about our summer camps – thanks for the interest!

We will be posting our summer camp dates by the end of March. Check back here for further details and in the meantime…go engineer something!

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