Engineer-in-Residence

Resources

Summary of Resources

We offer resources to all of our program participants (both volunteers and educators) to support them throughout the year. Navigate throughout this page and the rest of the tabs to see what’s available to support the classroom experience! If you can’t find what you’re looking for, don’t hesitate to email us at [email protected].

Here are the resources available on this page:

Training Sessions

Head to our Youtube channel to access all of our training sessions as well as other video resources to help you get oriented or if you want a refresher. Here, you will find the links to the videos and slides of our most recent sessions.

EIR Training Sessions

Teacher Information Session

Monthly Checklists

Starting during the 2023/24 program year, we are sending out checklists to all of our program participants with our montly newsletters so that everyone can be sure that they have completed all of the necessary tasks for that month. These checklists are there to help and are not at all mandatory, so use them as much or as little as you want.

EIR Forms

Material & PVSC Reimbursement Forms – Click to learn more about how our reimbursements work and what is eligible. We process these reimbursements monthly.

EIR Activity Log – We love to know what our EIRs are up to! Use this form if you want to let us know about a certain activity you did and how it went. Feel free to add pictures!

Join our EIR Community

You can access our community through different platforms. Click on these links to join our groups, and feel free to introduce yourself and ask questions! 

Discord

LinkedIn

Facebook

We also love to see your posts about EIR on social media. Tag us on Twitter and Instagram with your stories and pictures!

Curriculum Guides

Click here to explore the science and math curriculums for all grade levels for the different provinces! Click on the grade level and province you were matched with to find out a bit about what the teachers will be doing in the classroom.

Here you can find extra resources that we think you may find useful to plan to best classroom experience possible.

Our main guide for finding lessons is the library of lessons, but if you need some extra inspiration, here are some useful links to help you find activities:

TRYEngineering (powered by IEEE)

Teach Engineering

DiscoverE

Neon (powered by EngineeringUK)

A fun article filled with games and activities to jump start kids imagination and learning.

 

Some other interesting sites:

Meet the Future You (a fun quiz that presents different types of engineering)

Project Implicit (a way to test your biases)

 

For additional resources, please consult the resource section on our Engineers of Tomorrow website: https://engineersoftomorrow.ca/resources/