Teach Engineering Through Simple & Engaging Activities
Explore IEEE Try Engineering’s database of lesson plans to teach engineering concepts to your students, aged 4 to 18. Explore areas such as lasers, LED lights, flight, smart buildings, and more through our activities. All lesson plans are provided by teachers like you and are peer reviewed.
Our lesson plans are easy to use and include student handouts and worksheets to print out.
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This lesson, sponsored by Digi-Key Electronics, explores the power of a microcontroller by having students add a motor shield to an Arduino board and...
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Lesson Focus This lesson, sponsored by Digi-Key Electronics, explores the power of a microcontroller by having students add a motor shield to an Arduino...
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Lesson Focus Using vector-based graphic design software and an Epilog Laser cutter/engraver, students will learn to design and produce their very own custom backpack/luggage...
Lesson Focus This lesson explores LEDs and resistors and reviews the differences between parallel and series circuit design and functions. Download: Full Lesson Plan...
Lesson Focus This lesson introduces students to the new technique of drawing electrical pathways for circuitry with pens. Download: Full Lesson Plan Student Worksheets...
Lesson Focus Lesson focuses on helicopters and drones, how they fly, how they are used in different ways that helps people and the environment....
Lesson Focus Lesson focuses on flight and how the design of a glider will improve aerodynamic function. Teams of students explore the forces that...
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“Learn to appreciate failures as much as you do the successes and never give up an opportunity to experiment or try something new.”
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Think about the world around you: airplanes, automobiles, electricity, cell phones, medications … even a bottle of water – everything man-made has been designed by...
