Tau Beta Pi

Tau Beta Pi members are also able to use materials from TeachEngineering.org, but they should reference Teach Engineeering if you do so. Thousands of modules searchable by age and discipline that include lessons, videos and material lists.

In addition to containing modules designed with MindSET criteria in mind, this page contains incomplete modules that may be improved upon, and references to other sources of module ideas that may be employed or adapted with the original authors' permissions.

Modules should be designed to teach and reinforce STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) principles. These principles may either be taught:

• directly through activities reinforcing the math/science curricula of K-12 students, or
• indirectly through activities that improve students' spatial, temporal, or reasoning ability.

Well-designed modules meet the following criteria:

• The mathematics and engineering principles are closely tied to the engineering activity
• The module covers a few concepts very well, as opposed to covering a variety of concepts. It is tempting to create a worksheet covering various topics that occur in one's engineering field. This is more likely to distract students so that none of the topics really sink in. In contrast, a single (or few) concept(s) applied to many applications greatly enhances intuition
• The cost in materials of doing the module is relatively low. Designing the activity so that the materials are reusable is a plus (the Electronic Module series on the breadboard is such an example); however, the time and cost required to refurbish the material or equipment should be taken into account

Well-designed worksheets meet the following criteria:

• are complete and self-contained so that students can keep them as reference;
• introduce few new terms and continuously reinforce these terms in both text and diagrams; and
• have clear, uncluttered figures.

Modules

When running modules, make sure that your learning outcomes are clear! You should synchronize your syllabus (second column in the tables below) with concepts being taught at school.

The following modules were created by Lockheed Martin, Florida Delta (University of Central Florida), and Florida Alpha (University of Florida).

UCF Modules
Bridges	Unit conversion and analysis, tension, compression	Module summary: DOC Volunteer Instructions: DOCX Presentation: PPT Procedure: DOC Student handout: DOCX Worksheet: DOCX	elementary, middle, and high school
Structures	Triangles, Pythagorean theorem, forces	Module summary: DOC Volunteer Instructions: DOCX Procedure: DOC Student handout: DOCX	elementary, middle, and high school
Rockets	Thrust, graphs, gas law, pressure, rocketry	Module summary: DOC Volunteer Instructions: DOCX Procedure: DOC Student handout: DOCX Worksheet: DOCX	elementary, middle, and high school

The following modules were developed as part of Florida Alpha's GatorTRAX and SECME programs.

Miscellaneous
Mousetrap Cars	Kinetic, potential energy, force, velocity	Lesson: DOC | PDF Math: DOC | PDF Module: DOC | PDF Instructions: DOC | PDF	middle school and above
Water Bottle Rockets	Force, Newton's laws, inertia, rocketry	Lecture: PPT | PDF Calculations Manual: PPT | PDF Module: PPT | PDF Module: PPT | PDF	middle school and above

Industrial
Airplane Production (created by IIE)	Introductory Arithmetic properties, GCD, fractions, decimals, probability	Module: DOCX Airplane Production Project: DOC	elementary school
	Intermediate Functions, algebra, graphing	Module: PDF Airplane Production Project: PDF	middle school
	Advanced	Module: PDF Airplane Production Project: PDF	high school

Civil
Basic Bridges	Moments, weight, density	Lesson & Activity: DOC | PDF Activity: DOC | PDF Activity: DOC | PDF	middle school
Cable Bridge	Force, tension	Module: DOC | PDF	high school
Frame and Truss	Units, Pythagorean theorem, force cancellation	Problem Statement: DOC | PDF Module: DOC | PDF	high school
Tidle Inlets	Area	Problem Statement: DOC | PDF Module: DOC | PDF	middle school
Forms	Interest	Steps: DOC | PDF Budgeting: DOC | PDF Report: DOC | PDF Score Sheets: DOC | PDF	middle school and above
Popsicle Stick Bridge	Load, cost	Lecture Outline: DOC | PDF Problem Statement: DOC | PDF Instructions: DOC | PDF	middle school
Suspension Bridge	Hyperbolic sin and cos, differential equations	Lecture Outline: DOC | PDF Problem Statement: DOC | PDF Guidelines: DOC | PDF	advanced high school
Trusses (created by FES)	Pythagorean theorem, forces, stress/strain	Lecture: PPT Intro Worksheet: PDF Worksheet: PDF Topics and Supply List: PDF	middle school and above
Geotechnical	Volume, weight	Module (incomplete): DOC | PDF	N/A
Structures (created by ASCE)	Complementary material	Hands-on Project: PDF Supply List: PDF Notes on Running: PDF	N/A
	Introductory Angles, square roots, triangles	PDF	middle school
	Intermediate Forces, friction, momentum, inertia	PDF	middle school and above
	Advanced Vectors, forces, momentum, inertia, calculus	PDF	advanced high school

Mechanical
Water Pumps	Water pumps and volumes	Instructions: DOC | PDF Lecture: DOC | PDF Lab: DOC | PDF	middle school
	Intermediate	Lecture: DOC | PDF Lab: DOC | PDF	middle school
	Advanced	Lecture: DOC | PDF Lab: DOC | PDF	high school
Penny Launchers (created by ASME)	Volumes and trajectories	Supply List: PDF Module: PDF	elementary school and above
	Intermediate	Module: PDF	middle school and above
	Advanced	Module: PDF	high school
Projectile Motion (created by Engineering Ambassadors)	Introductory Angles, triangles, fractions, significant figures, conversions	Module: PDF Activity: PDF	elementary school and above
	Intermediate Angles, triangles, measurements, conversions	Module: PDF Activity: PDF	middle school and above
	Advanced Angles, triangles, vectors, conversions, equations, ratios	Module: PDF Activity: PDF	high school

Electrical
Circuits	Introductory Binary arithmetic	Lecture: DOC | PDF Lecture Key: DOC | PDF Lab: DOC | PDF Lab Key: DOC | PDF	middle school and above
	Intermediate Boolean logic	Lecture: DOC | PDF Lecture Key: DOC | PDF Lab: DOC | PDF Lab Key: DOC | PDF	middle school and above
	Advanced Linear equations	Lecture: DOC | PDF Lecture Key: DOC | PDF Lab: DOC | PDF Lab Key: DOC | PDF	high school

Environmental
Baghouse	Pollution control with a baghouse	Module summary: DOC | PDF	middle school and above