Explore a cutting-edge, multimedia engineering curriculum called Through My Window that includes a YA STEM novel, companion interactive website, and engaging offline enrichment activities. This collaborative curriculum, which appeals to both girls and boys, highlights the ways engineers help society. It can be used in both formal and informal educational settings. Participants will leave with new ideas about how to broaden students' perceptions about engineering beyond “men in hard hats”; innovative tools that appeal to the desire and ability of children to interact with engineering in an idea-centered learning environment; and substantial “ready-to-implement” resources.
