21 st CCLC Leadership Conference October 21, 2011

1. 21st CCLC Leadership ConferenceOctober 21, 2011

2. Marshmallow Challenge

3. Engineering Design Challenge • Count Off to form Groups of Four • Each Group claim Work Space • Each Group receives a Kit

4. Engineering Design Challenge • Contents of the Kit • 20 Spaghetti Sticks • One Yard of String • One Yard of Tape • One Marshmallow

5. Engineering Design Challenge Your Challenge is to Design and Build the Tallest Free-Standing Structure that will Support the Marshmallow on Top. • Entire Marshmallow Must be on Top • Use as Much or as Little of the Kit Contents • May Break up the Spaghetti, String, or Tape • The Challenge Lasts 18 Minutes

6. Engaging in Engineering Design Begin the Challenge

7. Lessons of the Marshmallow Challenge More TED Talks for Teachers

8. Resources for Engineering Design • ITEEA Teacher Resources Websites • http://www.iteea.org/Resources/tewebsites.htm • Try Engineering • http://tryengineering.org/teachers.php • Teach Engineering • http://www.teachengineering.com/index.php • Design Squad • http://pbskids.org/designsquad/parentseducators • Engineer the Future • http://teachers.egfi-k12.org/