suzziesnowflake Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Is there an online engineering & design classes geared toward high school students that won't break the bank? My son has an interest in engineering and I would like to let him take a class but the ones I have found have been outside our budget. There are no clubs in our area and our local district does not offer anything. TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amy58103 Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 (edited) I've yet to see an "Intro to Engineering" course that was any good. Even the one I took in college was worthless. However, there is a free course on edX right now ... from the looks of it, it is not "design" based, but gives a history/overview of the various fields of engineering. To get a taste of engineering, I think working on design projects/competitions are better. Here is a free bridge design competition that home school students can enter: https://bridgecontest.org/. And while I don't personally have experience with this kit, if he is interested in computers/robotics, this looks like a great beginner kit that could easily be used as the basis for an elective course: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WIXUF9S?psc=1 ETA: Here's another course on edX that looks promising: Introduction to Aeronautical Engineering. Edited June 24, 2016 by amy58103 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momto6inIN Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 (edited) Don't have any idea if it's good or not yet, but my DS is doing MIT's Open Course Ware (free!) Intro to Electrical Engineering & Computer Science course next year. He's going to spread it out over all year ... and still might not get it all the way finished in one year ... but it looks good from what we can see so far. http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-01sc-introduction-to-electrical-engineering-and-computer-science-i-spring-2011/index.htm edited for typos Edited June 24, 2016 by Momto5inIN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workingmom Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Our public school system has Design and Modeling from 7th DS took this year as part of part time enrollment and loved it. They use CAD software and build mini houses to scale and specs and other neat projects. Also the hs continues the sequence. If you don't have that option the local community college offers a robotics course and similar CAD courses that that some high schoolers take for dual enrollment so I'm sure they'd let you enroll. Our state offers funding for dual enrollment so the cost is nothing or minimal (books for homeschoolers) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzziesnowflake Posted June 26, 2016 Author Share Posted June 26, 2016 Thanks everyone for your suggestions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyx4 Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 I've used the Engineering is Elementary series. There's a high school in my area that uses the Engineering the Future book. http://www.mos.org/engineering-curriculum 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daijobu Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 If he likes working with electronics, take a look at the link in my signature. It has lots of resources for learning electronics on your own. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzziesnowflake Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share Posted June 27, 2016 Amyx4 the engineering site is awesome! I think he would enjoy the different units! Daijobu he really doesn't like the electronics side of engineering. His best buddy does though so I will send the info their way! Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlsdMama Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 https://www.pltw.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aretemama Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 We used Catapult Engineering: http://catapultea.com/curriculum/course-descriptions/ They are expensive, and you have to purchase the Solid Works software separately. But, Catapult bent over backwards to work with us and our charter school. They became vendors so I did not have to pay out of pocket for the class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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