From the TeachEngineering Digital Collection, part of NSDL’s Engineering Pathway, comes word of two fun weekend events for engineers in June. This weekend (June 14-16) is the 20th annual National Concrete Canoe Competition in Seattle, hosted by the Engineering School of the University of Washington. The UW-Madison Concrete Canoe Team and 21 other finalists from an initial field of more than 200 canoes will race in Lake Sammamish. A “concrete carnival” will allow spectators to make and decorate concrete objects, mix and eat a “concrete” cookie, and visit the Concrete Petting Zoo for clues to how concrete canoes float. It’s held by the American Society of Civil Engineers and sponsored by a whole bunch of corporations eager to hire the paddlers.

The UW-Madison Concrete Canoe Team

Later in June, Engineering Pathway will give a workshop at the annual meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education, to be held June 24-27 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Participants will learn how to integrate digital education resources into their classroom activities, using the resources of Engineering Pathway. This NSDL partner is fairly new, but popular: it received 247,000 page views in May of 2007.

NSDL’s Engineering Patheay is a general education resource for the study and teaching of engineering, mathematics, science, and technology.  Educators can use it to browse a curriculum and find content on K-12 engineering; myte login; science and math; the teachengineering digital collection; the world of k-12 engineering; NEEDS; integrating technology into the classroom; engineering education; courseware reviews; and the premier Award.