Hurry, the Deadline Is March 31, 2008!

Hurry, the Deadline Is March 31, 2008!

<p>In celebration of National Engineers Week, which was February 17-23, the Florida African American Education Alliance encourages our members to visit the following websites and explore the magnificent wonders of engineering. Compete in FAAEA’s online competition by answering the questions highlighted below:</p><p>Click on the link to view the Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20 th Century, http://www.greatachievements.org/ . Provide the name and accomplishment of at least 10 minority engineers. You may also use resources listed below or resources found on your own. </p><p>Click on the link to visit the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Kid’s Place website, http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=473. Read about the history of aviation and then complete either the 1903 Wright Flyer Simulation, one of the Interactive Activities or one of the Fun Activities. After completion, send us a one page essay on our experience. </p><p>Hurry, the deadline is March 31, 2008!</p><p>Other helpful websites that are fun, interactive, and helpful in learning more about science, technology, engineering, and math, including history of minority STEM leaders include:</p><p>Mop Top, the Hip Hop Scientist: http://www.moptopshop.com</p><p>The World of Math, Use math to figure out how to do cool and amazing things in your world: http://www.magicofmath.org/world.html</p><p>The Science of Having Fun: http://www.funology.com/</p><p>NASA Kid’s Club: www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html</p><p>NASA, The Space Place-learn about NASA scientists and engineers: http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/</p><p>NASA, Earth Science Enterprise: http://kids.earth.nasa.gov </p><p>Funderstanding Roller Coaster - Create your own rollercoaster, understand the physics behind them: http://www.funderstanding.com/k12/coaster </p><p>Kinetic City, a Collection of Science Experiments, games, activities, challenges and more: http://www.kineticcity.com/</p><p>Ask Dr. Universe, science questions and answers: http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/Contents.html </p><p>The Franklin Institute, resources for science learning: http://www.fi.edu/learn/index.html </p><p>Kid’s Place Brain Teasers: http://eduplace.com/math/brain </p>

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