(review as of 12/17/2008) Description (from site):
"JETS is a national non-profit educational organization dedicated to promoting engineering and technology careers to our nation's young people. Since 1950, JETS academic competitions, educational activities, and career guidance resources have been exciting students about careers in engineering and technology."
JETS, or Junior Engineering Technical Society, is a great website with quite a few resources for students, teachers, and parents. I, in fact, make liberal use of JETS practice problems in my classes. They have monthly and weekly problem sets, mostly (if not all) for the high school level. The problem sets do an excellent job of applying math and critical thinking skills to real-world type problems. The problems come in .pdf format with the answers attached, so you'll have to figure out a way to remove them if you are using them for a test or quiz. The practice problems also prepare students for the TEAMS competition sponsored by JETS. TEAMS is national academic competition challenging students to apply math and science to solve real-world engineering scenarios.
Also for teachers, JETS sponsors the National Engineering Design Challenge, an engineering design competition that allows students to explore, research, design, and build a working prototype to empower individuals with disabilities to succeed in the work force. These make great science-fair type projects.
For parents and students, there is a great newsletter that comes out monthly which spotlights different kinds of engineers. Well worth the read, and you can sign up to have it automatically emailed to you each month. There is also JETS Explore, which allows students to take a look at different engineering fields, as well as some real-life jobs and the engineers that have them. There is also a tool, called JETS Assess, which allows students to answer a series of questions, create a job profile, and generate a list of the engineering careers that best suit them. The bad news is that a complete profile report will cost you $12.95. You can also buy a set of assessment materials for a class.
All in all, http://www.jets.org/ is a great website for students, parents, and teachers alike that are interested in learning about and teaching about engineering. Highly Recommended!
JETS, or Junior Engineering Technical Society, is a great website with quite a few resources for students, teachers, and parents. I, in fact, make liberal use of JETS practice problems in my classes. They have monthly and weekly problem sets, mostly (if not all) for the high school level. The problem sets do an excellent job of applying math and critical thinking skills to real-world type problems. The problems come in .pdf format with the answers attached, so you'll have to figure out a way to remove them if you are using them for a test or quiz. The practice problems also prepare students for the TEAMS competition sponsored by JETS. TEAMS is national academic competition challenging students to apply math and science to solve real-world engineering scenarios.
Also for teachers, JETS sponsors the National Engineering Design Challenge, an engineering design competition that allows students to explore, research, design, and build a working prototype to empower individuals with disabilities to succeed in the work force. These make great science-fair type projects.
For parents and students, there is a great newsletter that comes out monthly which spotlights different kinds of engineers. Well worth the read, and you can sign up to have it automatically emailed to you each month. There is also JETS Explore, which allows students to take a look at different engineering fields, as well as some real-life jobs and the engineers that have them. There is also a tool, called JETS Assess, which allows students to answer a series of questions, create a job profile, and generate a list of the engineering careers that best suit them. The bad news is that a complete profile report will cost you $12.95. You can also buy a set of assessment materials for a class.
All in all, http://www.jets.org/ is a great website for students, parents, and teachers alike that are interested in learning about and teaching about engineering. Highly Recommended!
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