Bringing engineering to K-12 classrooms - Initiatives and results

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 859-868

  Andersen, Lisa ^a   Gilbride, Kim ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

CREATIVE ACTIVITIES; ENGINEERING PROGRAMS; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; OUTREACH PROGRAMS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 8744276731     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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