Engineering and Architecture Career Teacher Resources

Lisa Whitsitt is an Exhibit/Experience Design Engineer. She designs the way her product looks and how best to showcase her product. She uses problem solving and models to help her design complete marketing environments. Students will be...

There ought to be a tool for that! Industrial designers meet the challenge of designing new tools that accomplish tasks. A short video introduces viewers to a designer who crafts tools for musical instruments.

Like chemistry? Like math? Like research? A short video explains how scholars can combine those interests into a successful career as a chemical engineer. The chemical engineer featured in this episode is flush with success.

Students explore a computer-aided design program. Students chart out roller coaster design, computer graphics and architecture. Students focus on understanding the connections between mathematics, science, technology and innovation.

If the shoe  doesn't fit, design a new one. Discovery Education challenges pupils to put the engineering process in action by designing a shoe. Groups design and build a shoe prototype based upon the client constraints outlined in the...

While architects and engineers don't often build with plastic straws and foam board, the same principles still apply. Challenging both the creativity and critical thinking of young scholars, this engaging design project is perfect for...

The job of the biomechanical engineer is to figure out how physical forces influence living organisms. The narrator describes the education needed, while a fascinating video shows how engineers develop tattoos that can control remote...

Like to figure out how things work? Three mechanical engineers who design jet engines talk about the curiosity that led them to become mechanical engineers.

Images of buildings collapsing underscore the importance of the role of structural engineers, the people who design the skeleton that safely supports a building. A short video shows the many design tools such engineers use to create...

Imagine engineering robotic assembly machines! That's one of the many tasks taken on by advanced manufacturing engineers. A PBS video explains what it takes to be a manufacturing engineer in the auto industry.

Think like an engineer and an agricultural scientist over the course of 12 lessons in a STEM based unit. Young scientists take on the roles of animal physiologists, animal geneticists, agricultural engineers, animal nutritionists, and...

A challenge to viewers: create your own personal space where you are free to relax and make as much noise as you want. Challenge accepted! Here is a video that focuses on the architectural side of engineering, as well as the process...

Expose your class to the world of aerospace engineering using this film. A aerospace design engineer describes what he does, and explains the intricacies of this type of work. This would be a good way to introduce your class to the field...

Part of the thrill of sports is getting to see competition in person at an athletic facility or stadium. Find out what it takes to become a sports venue architect with a short video that features an architect who designs such venues.  

Now here is a very well-designed resource describing the types of jobs available to those interested in pursuing an agricultural career. Each job type is defined by the education required, average annual salary, and job expectations....

Do domed structures have advantages over their less-than-spherical counterparts? Junior architects explore the pros and cons of domes through a design challenge. Teams work together to plan, sketch, build, and test domes created from an...

Emerging engineers perform pre-lab calculations in this first of a three-part lesson plan on model building. They determine the forces of tension and compression in a truss. After completion of the worksheet, pupils will draw a draft of...

As a part of an architecture unit, 10th graders research and draw a building's exterior. They view images of buildings Frank Lloyd Wright has designed, attend lecture, conduct research on architectural design, and then draw an exterior...

Rolling down the highway, we rarely think about our tires until one goes flat or when we have to replace worn ones. Then it's off to the store to pick replacements, selecting ones from the endless variety offered by the store. But who...

Be the future of engineering. Scholars learn about the future of engineering, particularly in the areas of sustainability, infrastructure, security, health, and general quality of life. The informational video looks at several examples,...

An award-winning architect speaks about the need to rehabilitate underused parking lots, past-their-prime shopping malls, and other structures. She gets us to take a look at successful retrofits and proposes plans to give others a...

Young scholars examine the roles of architects and engineers. In this engineering lesson, students design a parking garage based on a descriptive scenario.  Young scholars compare how architects and engineers work together on projects...

Skyscrapers are amazing feats of architectural design that create the iconic skylines of the world's biggest cities. Young architects explore the defining characteristics of these monstrous towers with the first lesson in this four-part...