Exploring Electrical Engineering through movement: Going with the Flow and Programming Puzzles
Emily Marasco, Stephanie Hladik, Laleh Behjat, William Rosehart · 2016
The Exploring Electrical Engineering program will electrify your understanding of engineering! Developed as part of a larger K-6 engineering education research initiative, this workshop paper details two activities for exploring electrical and computer engineering concepts for grade 3-5 students through the use of cross-disciplinary concepts in physical education and movement. Activity 1: Going with the Flow uses human electrons and circuit components to demonstrate electron behaviour in parallel and series circuits. Activity 2: Programming Puzzles introduces code design through life-size maze creation and completion. These creative activities have been tested as part of on-going research work in several classrooms, with over 350 elementary school students participating, and have resulted in an increased interest in electrical engineering as a future career.