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Help for Students – Links to Other Web Sites

Would you like to be an engineer?  Would you like to know about engineering as a career?  Not certain if engineering is for you?

Well, this is a good place to start to find answers to your questions!

And Teachers will find some good information here too!
 

Web Sites that are Helpful (listed in alphabetical order)

Discover E High School Workshops (Canadian)

http://www.feas.ryerson.ca/styles/1/women_in_engineering/index.html

Ryerson Polytechnic University faculty, staff and students run this program.  The goal is to raise awareness about careers in engineering among all high school students.  The workshops are run in co-ed classroom environment and while not just for female students, female presenters are used to provide positive role models.  Each workshop begins with a 15-20 minute discussion about what Engineering is, how it applies to our daily lives, and about opportunities in engineering.  After the discussion, a hands-on activity will take place followed by a question and workshop evaluation.

Discover Engineering (Canadian)

http://www.discoverengineering.org/home.asp

Discover Engineering web site combined with Zoom, a popular PBS television show for children ages 6 – 11, provides exciting resources for children exploring the profession of Engineering.  Designed to motivate and help kids develop problem-solving skills, this site also provides positive images of engineers.  Interactive links and tools, including games, sites of interest, videos, virtual tours and downloads combined with training and outreach events, bring the exciting world of engineering to kids.  The site is geared to children.

Engineering Girl (Canadian and American)

www.engineergirl.org

The Engineer Girl website is part of the National Academy of Engineering’s Celebration of Women in Engineering project.  Bright, energetic girls – just like you – from all around United States and Canada helped the National Academy of Engineering with this site.  It has fun facts, links to other sites, and information on great achievements of women in engineering, careers and more!!

Engineering: Your Future (American)

www.asee.org/precollege

This website answers all the frequently asked questions on engineering including what it is, if a career in engineering suits you, what engineering technology is about, and lists the 20 Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20^th Century.  It also has information on contests, a self-assessment quiz and a resources list.  Visit this one-stop shop to find out everything you want to know about engineering as a career.

Future SET (Canadian)

www.futureset.ca

Future SET is a science, engineering and technology education program founded by Professional Engineers and Geoscientists and Memorial University give Newfoundland’s youth with hands-on exposure to exciting projects!  One cool program is Girls Quest, which is an all-girls environment, with trained male and female instructors, participants will be encouraged to accept science as a field that is not a "boy subject", but an
interesting area filled with endless opportunities!

Generation-E (Canadian)

http://www.generation-e.ca/index_t_eng.html

The Generation-E web site provided by the Association of Consulting Engineers of Canada, provides students with an interactive exploration of engineering innovations, career paths and opportunities, with supporting resources for teachers and guidance counselors.   The site provides links covering 14 different fields of engineering with profiles in particular engineering disciplines along with a downloadable career magazine for Canadian university engineering students, containing articles of interest.  The site is geared to secondary students, university students, teachers, and guidance counselors. 

Mega Page (Canadian)

www.apegga.org/Science/index.htm

This website is full of fun and interesting things to see and do – and is all about engineering!  It has fun facts, a section called A Day in the Life Of, awards for teachers, puzzles and so much more to read and do!  The Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGGA) run this website but anyone can go visit and play!  It can also help pay for your schooling, with APEGGA giving over $100,000 annually to students with good grades who are studying engineering and geosciences!

The Physics of Hockey (Canadian)

www.thephysicsofhockey.com

Hockey is a real playground for science and engineering.  It involves the physics of ice, the biomechanics of skating, collisions between players, the slap shot, puck ballistics and aerodynamics, just to name a few.  Here is a great novel website developed by two Canadians who play the game and just happen to be professors at the University of Moncton!

Student Page (Canadian)

www.apens.ns.ca

The Association of Professional Engineers of Nova Scotia (APENS) has a page on its website just for students!   Find out about careers in Engineering, accredited university programs in Nova Scotia, the benefits of being an APENS student member or read one of the diaries of engineers working in various fields.

Vega Science Trust (United Kingdom)

www.vega.org.uk

Vega Science Trust is a not-for-profit organisation that promotes, science, engineering and technology. Of  particular interest are the Trust’s set of career programmes – Snapshots at http://vega.org.uk/video/series/10 . Two of the short 15 minute programmes feature young women engineers.  All programmes aim to show the day in the life of a young scientist and stream without payment from the Trust’s website.