College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota
College of Science and Engineering
http://cse.umn.edu/

Classroom resources

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Get you students excited about what’s happening in science, math, and engineering with free classroom resources from various units of the College of Science and Engineering.

Resources include live, in-school presentations, online videos, interactive websites, games, and much more.

Center for Transportation Studies

  • Online teaching tools about transportation and technology issues: Gridlock Buster interactive game, texting-while-driving game, and modules on topics like GPS
  • Grades 9-12
  • Sponsor: Center for Transportation Studies
  • Visit the website.

Chemists in the Classroom

  • Free, one-hour presentation by two college students
  • Grades K-12
  • Sponsor: Department of Chemistry
  • Visit the website.

Earthquake Engineering Lab Videos

  • Online videos from a lab that twists, compresses, or stretch components of large structures such as buildings or bridges to study what happens to them during earthquakes and other extreme events
  • Grades 9-12
  • Sponsor: Multi-Axial Subassemblage Testing (MAST) Lab (Department of Civil Engineering)
  • Visit the website.

Minnesota Geology

  • Order or download educational resources on the geology of the state: educational publications, maps, geology images, teacher guide, podcasts, rocks, fact sheets. Arrange field trips or presentations. Ask a geologist a question online. Connect to OneGeology, a dynamic geological map data of the world.
  • Grades K-12
  • Sponsor: Minnesota Geological Survey in the Newton Horace Winchell School of Earth Sciences
  • Visit the website

Medical Device "Operation" Game

  • Life-sized game showcasing medical devices and their uses; available for school science fairs and related activities
  • Grades K-12
  • Sponsor: Medical Devices Center
  • Contact Jenny Holden in the Medical Devices Center at holden@me.umn.edu.

Nanoleap

  • In cooperation with Stanford University, the University of Minnesota's Characterization Facility offers a live video feed from a characterization lab (nanotechnology) to the classroom, with a chance to talk with the researchers by phone.
  • Grades 9–12
  • Sponsor: Characterization Facility

  • Visit the website.

Physics Force: The Next Generation

  • A shorter version of the popular Physics Circus, this show is performed by physics undergraduates for smaller science fairs, classrooms, and assemblies
  • Grades K-12
  • Sponsor: School of Physics and Astronomy

  • Visit the website.

Minnesota Space Grant Consortium

  • This NASA-sponsored statewide consortium connects students to pre-college activities related to math and science. The consortium also provides access to teacher resources including lesson plans.
  • Grades K-12
  • Sponsor: Minnesota Space Grant Consortium (Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics)

  • Visit the website.