Useful Links:

Test-taking Strategies:

• Answering MCAS Open-Response Questions
• MCAS Multiple-Choice Test-Taking Tips

Summer Programs

• Summer Programs in Technology/Engineering for Middle School

• Charles River Museum of Industry
• MIT Museum

• Slater's Mill National Historic Site
• Lowell National Historical Center
• Springfield Armory

Curriculum:

Weston Middle School:

• Grade 7 Design-Construction
• Grade 7 Lego Robotics
• Grade 8 Design-Construction

Other:

• MIT Course 2.007 Design Contest Resources
• National Center for Technological Literacy
• What is Engineering?
• Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering Frameworks

• Teacher's Domain- Engineering and Technology Resources
• Tufts Center for Engineering Education Outreach (CEEO)
• Tufts Bridge Models
• West Point Bridge Designer
• Developing Effective Technology Design Challenges(paper)
• Challenges in Physical Science (Curriculum materials)

Suppliers and Sources:

• The Home Depot

• Pitsco/Lego Education

• The Science Source, Inc.

• Kelvin, Inc.

• Rockler Hardware, Inc.

• Woodcraft, Inc.

• McMaster-Carr, Inc.

• Paxton-Patterson, Inc.

• You-Do-It Electronics, Inc.

• Jamestown Distributors, Inc.

• Tower Hobbies, Inc.