For Students

Engineering is a great career choice. Engineers generally get paid pretty well and the demand for engineers is skyrocketing. Engineering is a career for people who are creative, love math and science, and can communicate well. For more information on what engineers do, how to become an engineer, and fun engineering information and activities, check out these websites.

• TryEngineering.org
  A resource for students (ages 8-18), their parents, their teachers and their school counselors. It is a portal about engineering and engineering careers, developed to help young people understand better what engineering means, and how an engineering career can be made part of their future.
• Discover engineering online
  www.discoverengineering.org
• TryScience.org
  Your gateway to experience the excitement of contemporary science and technology through on and offline interactivity with science and technology centers worldwide. Science is exciting, and it's for everyone! That's why TryScience and over 400 science centers worldwide invite you to investigate, discover, and try science yourself.
• www.asee.org/precollege
  A guide for high school students interested in engineering and engineering technology careers.
• www.youngeng.org
  Tomorrow's ideas today. The National Network of Science, Engineering, Electronics and Technology Clubs in schools and colleges.
• How Things Work
  howthingswork.virginia.edu/topics.html
• The Why Files-science behind the news
  whyfiles.org
• NASA Quest Kids' Corner
  quest.arc.nasa.gov/space/kids/index.html
  NASA Quest is a rich resource for educators, kids and space enthusiasts who are interested in meeting and learning about NASA people and the national space program.
• Invention Dimension
  web.mit.edu/invent
• The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
  yuckykids.discovery.com
• Welcome to Recycle City
  www.epa.gov/recycylecity
• The Exploratorium
  www.exploratorium.edu
  The museum of science, art and human perception
• A sightseer's guide to engineering
  www.engineeringsights.edu
• Museum of Science and Industry
  www.msichicago.org
• Fermilab's Education Office
  www-ed.fnal.gov/ed_home.html
  science adventures, online instructional material, Fermilabyrinth and more.
• The Boeing Kids' Page
  www.boeing.com/companyoffices/aboutus/kids
• 2010 Regional Tournaments for Destination ImagiNation Engineering Challenges - Grades 3 through University Level
  March 6th in Glen Ellyn and March 13th in Waukegan. Can you reliably deliver a hacky sack over a 6 ft wall to a target you can’t see? The DIrect DIposit mechanical engineering Challenge has many variables for team to determine. It is all about risk and reward! If you prefer structural engineering, build a structure out of only newspaper and glue in the Breaking DI News Challenge. How much weight will it be able to hold? Only the crusher board will know! Form a team now at www.destinationimagination.org and register for our local tournaments before January 10th at www.illinoisdestinationimagination.org. Don’t have a team? Come and volunteer for the event! www.illinoisdestinationimagination.org/volunteers