Hands-on engineering experiments for secondary school students

A program entitled (TMS)-M-4/E, "Teaching Teachers to Teach Mathematics and Science via Engineering Activities" was initiated at the University of Toledo to attract secondary students (grades 6-12) to start along the academic path toward careers in engineering. (TMS)-M-4/E is a collaborative effort between several engineering and education professors, which targets secondary mathematics and science teachers and students. The core of (TMS)-M-4/E is a set of hands-ion experiments that the teachers learned, practiced, and then took back to their classrooms, in order to excite their students about the engineering applications of basic mathematical and physical concepts and to start their students along the path towards engineering careers. Many of these teachers taught in schools with large minority populations.