The National Engineers Week Foundation is a coalition of more than 100 professional societies, major corporations and government agencies. They celebrate Engineers Week to highlight the positive contributions engineers make to society. Engineers Week 2011 is the 60th anniversary (1951-2011).
Even if you are not planning to attend a sponsored event during the week, there are plenty of ways to expose your kids to engineering.
Discover Engineering This is an interactive showcase of the hows and whys of becoming an engineer designed for middle school students and educators. There are videos and challenges, career information, engineer profiles, and links to related educational, professional, and corporate sites.
MyDiscoverE Here is searchable database filled with engineering events, workshops, and camp programs that is a great place for families looking for opportunities in their area.
Sightseers Guide to Engineering A database of engineering marvels to visit. You can turn it into a list of family trips.
Engineer Your Life This site is a guide to engineering careers for high school girls. One focus is to challenge girls, teachers, and counselors assumptions about the outdated stereotypes about engineering.
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century How many of the 20th century’s greatest engineering achievements will you use today? A car? Computer? Telephone? Explore this list of the top 20 achievements and learn how engineering shaped a century and changed the world.
This year’s theme is to celebrate the “G” in engineering. Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day is the Thursday of Engineers Week. This is 10-year anniversary so the goal is to serve 10,000 ten year old girls with a positive engineering experience during a ten week period with the help of these ten national partners:
Why celebrate?
Top Ten Reasons to Celebrate National Engineers Week:(from Eweek.org)
Because if we don’t those darn scientists will take credit for all of our efforts.
To remind those jerks in school just who’s having fun now.
Even garbage collectors want to be called engineers.
To stop people from snickering when we discuss “flocculating” devices.
“ENGINEER” – you can’t spell it without “G.E.E.!”
It’s either that or “Broccoli Awareness Week.”
What else have you got to do in the third week in February?
Spring will come early if enough engineers emerge from the shadows.
Pocket protectors! Pocket protectors! Pocket protectors!
Because 1,800,000 engineers can’t be wrong.
