Newsletter
May 2023
In this issue:
- Read about the recent trip to introduce e4usa to Ghanaian Educators!
- Check out memories from the e4usa End-of-Year Celebration!
- Read the recent article on e4usa and lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic!
April 2023
In this issue:
- Read about how to apply to become a part of e4usa for the 2023-2024 academic year!
- Read about the upcoming META conference on the University of Maryland's campus!
- Check out Maryland e4usa's available scholarships!
- Read about e4usa Maryland state course approval!
March 2023
In this issue:
- Read about how to apply to become a part of e4usa for the 2023-2024 academic year!
- Check out our e4usa partnership spotlight of this month!
- Check out some photos from recent gatherings of the e4usa community!
February 2023
In this issue:
- Read about how to apply to become a part of e4usa for the 2023-2024 academic year!
- Check out how e4usa celebrated Engineering Week 2023!
- Check out some photos from recent gatherings of the e4usa community!
January 2023
In this issue:
- Check out e4usa's participation in the USVI NASA Educator Outreach Event!
- Read our stories on different e4usa classrooms participating in a design-a-thon and testing a water filtration system!
- Be on the lookout for applications to be a part of e4usa for the 2023-2024 academic year!
December 2022
In this issue:
- Check out our story on one of our new e4usa teachers!
- Read our story on one of our e4usa classroom's recent classroom activities!
- Sign up for our family mailing list to keep up with e4usa events in the future!
November 2022
In this issue:
- Check out our story on e4usa teacher and liaison partnerships! Featuring two e4usa teachers and their university liaison.
- Read our story on one of our e4usa team members serving on a panel!
- Sign up for our family mailing list to keep up with e4usa events in the future!
October 2022
In this issue:
- Check out e4usa students' participation in designing and building ADA-compliant kiosks for ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration!
- Mark your calendars for an upcoming event where e4usa parents/guardians can hear from colleges and universities offering college credit!
- e4usa Fall Happy Hour!
September 2022
In this issue:
- Dive into the world of what it looks like to receive college credit for an e4usa course!
- Mark your calendars for an upcoming event where e4usa parents/guardians can hear from colleges and universities offering college credit!
- Read about some of our new partners and how you can apply to join our team!
- Read about the experiences of a first-year e4usa teacher, Lance Key!
- and more!
August 2022
In this issue:
- Read about a free curriculum resource for your classroom!
- Dive into what professional development looks like for our new e4usa teachers!
- Read about some of our new partners and how you can apply to join our team!
- Read about the e4usa workshop presented by e4usa co-PI, Ken Reid!
- and more!
July 2022
In this issue:
- Welcome to the new e4usa teachers and liaisons; we are so excited to have you!
- Read about the experience of an e4usa alum on their way to Vanderbilt University, this fall!
- Read about the e4usa Coach professional development from earlier this month!
- and more!
June 2022
In this issue:
- Read about e4usa sessions at the 2022 ASEE Conference!
- Read about our new e4usa liaison partnership!
- Read about the community accessibility projects of Gateway Science Academy e4usa students!
- and more!
May 2022
In this issue:
- Read about e4usa in the NSF STEM for All Video Showcase!
- Read about the e4usa network and how e4usa classrooms use it!
- Read about the awards given at the end-of-year teacher celebration!
- and more!
April 2022
In this issue:
- Read about the Engineering Design Process Portfolio Scoring Rubric (EDPPSR) and its use in the e4usa curriculum!
- Read about awards received by current and former e4usa students!
- Check out the unique projects of an e4usa classroom!
- and more!
March 2022
In this issues:
- See how much students in one e4usa classroom are learning from one project on creating prosthetic limbs!
- Read the 2022-2023 Academic Year Application process. Applications will continue o be accepted until all spots are filled.
- e4usa Community Gathers in MD!
- and more!
February 2022
In this issues:
- Read about how e4usa partners with Special Education to create adaptive technologies!
- Read how e4usa celebrated National Engineers Week!
- Read the 2022-2023 Academic Year Application process. Applications will continue o be accepted until all spots are filled.
- Read the experience and advice of a current e4usa liaison!
- and more!
January 2022
In this issues:
- Read about e4usa being featured in a NASA National Outreach Event!
- Find out how you can join NASA's Artemis Mission to the moon via student challenges and more!
- Read about e4usa classroom recently participating, and even placing, in the IREX Global Solutions STEM Challenge and Samsung Solve.
- and more!
December 2021
In this issues:
- Read about the 2022-2023 Academic Year Application process. Applications will continue to be accepted until all spots are filled!
- Read about Christel House Watanabe Manual High School and their 3D printed hall pass design challenge!
- Read about an e4usa classroom's experiences made possible by their university liaison at Duke University!
- and more!
November 2021
In this issues:
- Read about the 2022-2023 Academic Year Application process. Applications are due Dec 10!
- Watch an AMAZING video about what we do in e4usa!
- Read about Glencliff Comprehensive High School's first in-person Design-A-Thon and the student projects presented.
- and more!
October 2021
In this issues:
- In Memory of William Silkman
- Read about how Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) and their related rubrics are being used in e4usa classrooms!
- Follow us on Twitter for photos, stories, research highlights, and more @e4usa
September 2021
In this issues:
- Check out this new teacher resource: Engineering Ethics Versatile Questions!
- Reach about a University Liaison's experience with e4usa high school graduate!
- Read about our new growth and plans for continued growth in the future!
- and more!
August 2021
In this issues:
- Hear about the experiences of e4usa teachers in their professional development this summer!
- Hear what current e4usa University Liaisons are excited about in the upcoming school year!
- Check out our new website!
- and more!
July 2021
In this issues:
- Register for 2021 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition and attend the sessions led by e4usa team members!
- Hear about the experiences of four e4usa coaches in their professional development this summer!
- Read our first e4usa student alumnus interview!
- and more!
June 2021
In this issues:
- Get a recap of sessions led by e4usa team members at the 2021 PCEE Conference for P-12 Educators!
- Check out our new website!
- Check out our new high school and university liaison partnerships!
- and more!
May 2021
In this issues:
- Check out the new e4usa + FIRST partnership!
- Read about the final solutions offered by e4usa classroom for safe swing!
- See the work being done by Girls Preparatory School students!
- and more!
April 2021
In this issues:
- Watch a video about ways to partner with the e4usa team by offering college credit at your institution
- Check out an e4usa project in the news!
- Read how an e4usa teacher sees "for us all" play out in his classroom.
- and more!
March 2021
In This Issue:
- e4usa classroom is working on as semi-finalists for Samsung Solve for Tomorrow!
- Take a peek at the reflections of students as they progress through an e4usa project
- Read about an e4usa's student's intentions to major in engineering in college.
- and more!
February 2021
In This Issue:
- e4usa classroom helps their community by making a safe swing for a community member
- Read how one of our first-year e4usa teachers sees the e4usa mission in his classroom play out
- Watch some of our e4usa team members present their research at the AAAS Annual Conference
- and more!
January 2021
In This Issue:
- Applications for joining e4usa are now open!
- e4usa Team Upcoming Research Presentations
- Hear it from Tania, Patterson High School in Baltimore, MD
- and more!