Partnerships Implementing Engineering Education (PIEE)
A representation of materials developed by the PIEE project
Partnerships Implementing Engineering Education (PIEE) is a partnership between Worcester Polytechnic
Institute (WPI) and the Worcester Public
Schools. Together with teachers in the Worcester Public
Schools, WPI graduate fellows and undergraduate students create and help deliver lesson plans
incorporating engineering into the K-6 curriculum. Funding for this three-year project was
provided by the National Science Foundation.
Click here for a powerpoint presentation of what this project is all about.
Engineering is a component of the Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering Curriculum
Frameworks. We hope that introducing elementary age students to engineering concepts and ideas will
inform them about career options and prepare them to participate in a technological society.
Lessons
Here are a few examples of lessons developed by PIEE fellows.
- Kindergarten
- Second Grade
- Fourth Grade
- Fifth Grade
- Sixth Grade
Storybooks
PIEE fellows wrote and illustrated storybooks to introduce engineering to our youngest students and
complement
engineering lessons.
The Saturday Morning Superhero
Carl the Construction Worker
The Five Pilgrims
Mr. Fox's Box
Jasmine's Explorer Notebook
The Greatest Snowball Fight!
The Amazing Mine Story
Tree House
Summaries
You can find summaries of the lessons developed by PIEE fellows here.
Contact
PIEE graduate fellows and advisors: Karen
Kosinski (fellow), Leena Razzaq (fellow), Katie Bush (fellow), Jill Rulfs
(WPI Professor/Advisor), Steven Toddes (fellow), Megan Holmes (fellow),
Jennifer Gray (fellow) and John Orr (WPI Professor/Advisor).
Please contact Jill Rulfs for further information:
Email: jrulfs at wpi dot edu
Phone: 508 831-5786
Fax: 508 831-5936
Biology and Biotechnology Department
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
100 Institute Road
Worcester, MA 01609
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