Curriculum
GoldieBlox – The Magic of Engineering for Little Girls
What kind of toys do little girls play with? Do toys influence decisions on how engineering is perceived by girls as they grow up? When Debbie Sterling looked to buy toys for her friend’s children, there wasn’t much of a
... ContinuedFun with Physics and SolidWorks
I have fun with physics. I have fun with math. Your students can have fun too with this SolidWorks Motion Tutorial from our friends in Cuda Country. Use SolidWorks to create a Car and Track assembly. Then create a Motion Study
... ContinuedBuild a Great Pyramid with Teachers at Dassault Systemes
How do you combine math, science, technology, engineering, history, art, all to meet education standards in your classroom? Biology teacher, Matthew Burns and physics teacher, Boris Gokhfeld from Waltham High School, MA, USA, created this project to share with you. The Great Pyramid
... ContinuedAirbus 380 Designed and Built by Students
Lycée René Perrin, a French vocational technical school, used SolidWorks Education Edition software to team up with schools from Germany, Hungary, and Spain to produce functional replicas of the Airbus A380 jet as part of the BAC Pro Machining Technician
... ContinuedSolidWorks Tutorials: From SolidWorks Student to SolidWorks Worldwide Mentor
Jan-Willem Zuyderduyn is a Product Designer and creator of www.LearnSolidWorks.com, a website that helps SolidWorks Users with great tutorials. As a young student, Jan-Willem learned SolidWorks on his own and then studied Product Design and Engineering at Hogeschool Utrecht the
... ContinuedSolidWorks World Celebrates Educators and Their Students
SolidWorks World 2013 is only a few days a way and I wanted to share with you the featured speakers at the Education Breakout Sessions. Justin Lai, Lemelson MIT InvenTeams and Dan Schab, math teacher, Michigan teacher of the year (2005-2006) and mentor, Williamston
... ContinuedSolidWorks – Helping Students with the Fundamentals of CAD and Simulation
How do you prepare your students to work for talented SolidWorks customers, like Franck Muller Watchland? You need to start with the fundamentals. My colleagues from the SolidWorks Web Team put together a series of 200 videos to help our
... ContinuedF1 in School Greece Team Succeeds at World Finals
Congratulations to the students from Team Ground Force Project that won two awards Best Newcomer Award Best Use of Social Media in the F1 in Schools 2012 World Finals in Abu Dhabi. The success of the Greek team will inspire
... ContinuedTeaching CAD with SolidWorks? You are not alone and SolidWorks can help.
? When I first started teaching engineering design courses I was the only instructor at my college. I was hired on Friday and classes started Tuesday. Luckily there was a holiday on Monday. So our EDU team put together curriculum
... ContinuedItalian Teachers use SolidWorks to Promote Innovation and Student Employment
Istituto Professionale Fossati, in the beautiful northern town of Sondrio, Italy, is a school that embraces new technology focusing on students’ future employment. In a recent event named, Innovation and Career, students (Ages 13-18) and their teachers showed how their
... ContinuedKhmelnytskyi National University Ukraine Prepares Students for Mechanical Engineering Careers
Khmelnytskyi National University is currently one of the largest educational institutions in Western Ukraine, with around 15,000 students. For over three years, it has carried out Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA) exams to educators and students in a dedicated SolidWorks Center.
... ContinuedProfessional Development for Teachers this Summer – Free From SolidWorks
If you are a teacher that needs professional development hours before school starts, wants to investigate STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) lessons, needs a great visualization tool, or just wants to learn what Computer Aided Design (CAD) can do for
... ContinuedEXPIRED: SolidWorks Summer Edition, 3D CAD Software for Students and Educators!
Please note: this offer expired August 31, 2012 Are you a student or educator interested in using SolidWorks this summer to learn what it has to offer, or get ahead of the game for next year? Try our FREE
... ContinuedSolidWorks Certification Leads Haile Middle School Students to rewarding STEM Careers
SolidWorks Certification has been offered at universities, colleges and technical high school providers that administer the Certified SolidWorks Associate (CSWA) Exam. The CSWA Exam tests fundamental competencies in Engineering Design, STEM principles and the use of SolidWorks. This week I learned
... ContinuedFEA Thermal Simulation Tutorial using a Brake Rotor from the SolidWorks SAE Tutorials
Check out this video tutorial using SolidWorks Simulation to run a FEA thermal analysis on a brake rotor from the SolidWorks SAE tutorial. This video shows the set up and running of a thermal simulation that looks at the
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