Learn how to engage young people in engineering design practices by tackling a design challenge! This workshop will feature activities from a design challenge project. Participants will experience the activity, and discuss how all young people can try on the identity of an engineer. This session will emphasize the skills of an engineer, as well as process, in order to engage young people in ‘trying on’ the role of engineer. Join Timothy Fowler for this highly interactive session. This virtual event will count for OCFS training hours (1.5 hours, OCFS 3, CBK 4).

Goal: To explore how to support youth as they develop an engineering mindset

Objectives: Participants will discuss what an engineering mindset is and what it looks like in an informal STEM program with youth. Participants will solve a design challenge, practicing the engineering process