March 2010 NSTA National Conference in Philadelphia
Family Engineering was introduced to National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) members at the annual meeting in Philadelphia, PA. The Family Engineering program was highlighted at the Foundation for Family Science booth in the NSTA exhibit hall and in a dynamic session entitled Exploring Engineering with Elementary Age Children and Their Parents presented by Mia Jackson, Foundation for Family Science, and Jack Samuelson, Marquette University.
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Family Engineering Engages in National
Field Testing
February-May 2010
Eight field test sites from around the country were chosen to conduct Family Engineering Field Test Events from February – May 2010. The field test sites received training, activity materials, and support from the Family Engineering program and each conducted five separate Family Engineering Field Test Events for a variety of diverse audiences. The sites implemented extensive evaluation on all aspects of the Family Engineering program, including activity content and pedagogy, delivery methods, event models and different facilitator types. The valuable feedback and results of the Field Testing will be used to inform the final revisions and content development for the Family Engineering publication scheduled for publication in Spring 2011.

      Family Engineering Field Test Locations
      • EQUALS/Family Math Program, Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, CA
      • National Science Center, Augusta, GA
      • Southern Connecticut Stat University, New Haven, CT
      • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
      • Industry University Research Consortium (INDUNIV), San Juan, Puerto Rico
      • Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
      • Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
      • Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

Family Engineering Highlighted in PRISM Magazine
A fantastic article about the Family Engineering program titled All in the Family was published in the October 2009 issue of PRISM. Prism is the flagship publication of the American Society for Engineering Education, a nonprofit association of more than 12,000 engineering faculty members, U.S. colleges of engineering and engineering technology, corporations, and other organizations dedicated to promoting excellence in engineering and engineering technology education.
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