SBIR Phase II: Engineering Design Instruction Software for implementing Objectives of Next (EDISON) Generation Standards in K-12

该SBIR第二阶段项目是实现下一代标准目标的工程设计指导软件（EDISON），将联合收割机科学技术工程和数学（STEM）概念与工程设计、模拟、增强现实（AR）、3D打印和真实世界实验相结合。该项目将为中学工程项目创建一个协作平台，学生可以创建，分析，模拟和构建几种类型的项目设计，如桥梁，汽车，电路，简单的机器，无人机和机器人。这个项目将提供积极的经验，在中学干和工程，当许多学生失去兴趣，在这些经济上至关重要的领域。EDISON将通过利用游戏，团队协作，3D打印和增强现实来促进中学的STEM参与和探究。该项目将创造工程经验，将数学和科学内容直接连接到真实的世界应用程序，以提高学生在传统科学和数学科目的学习成绩。这项工作有可能促进K-12工程的有效整合，为学生未来的职业生涯做好准备，扩大科学素养，并让不同群体的学生参与STEM，支持NSF的使命。SBIR第二阶段项目将为中学提供一个协作工程设计平台，包含现实的设计工具，内容创建，嵌入式标准的STEM评估，以及支持原型和测试的工具。EDISON为中学的团队工程提供端到端的解决方案，并通过游戏化保持参与度。该项目将开发现有工程课程中缺乏的复杂工具，并使用基于模型的工程，虚拟设计协作和嵌入式学生评估工具来支持数学和科学标准对齐。在这项工作中，第一阶段的原型将通过开发电路设计，简单的机器，空气动力学和编程的可重复使用的设计模块进行扩展。使用传感器和增强现实的测试工具将被添加用于真实的世界数据收集和分析。许多模块化标准对齐的经验教训和内容创建界面，以促进EDISON？的过渡到一个教学平台将被创建。最后，在与我们的大学合作伙伴EDISON将进行广泛的测试和学生的成绩评估在第6，第7和第8年级的教室使用嵌入式，定量和定性方法相结合。其目标是通过上级能力、引人入胜的体验和易于使用的工具，更好地满足教育工作者和学生的STEM教学需求。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This SBIR Phase II project, the Engineering Design Instruction Software for implementing Objectives of Next generation standards (EDISON), will combine Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) concepts together with engineering design, simulation, Augmented Reality (AR), 3-D printing, and real-world experiments. The project will create a collaborative platform for middle school engineering projects where students create, analyze, simulate, and construct designs for several types of projects like bridges, cars, circuits, simple machines, drones, and robots. This project will provide positive experiences with STEM and engineering in middle school, when many students lose interest in these economically vital fields. EDISON will foster STEM engagement and inquiry in middle school, by leveraging gaming, team collaboration, 3D printing, and augmented reality. The project will create engineering experiences that connect math and science content directly to real world applications to improve student academic performance in traditional science and math subjects. This work has the potential to promote effective integration of engineering in K-12, prepare students for future careers, expand scientific literacy, and engage diverse groups of students in STEM, supporting NSF's mission.This SBIR Phase II project will produce a collaborative engineering design platform for middle school, containing realistic design tools, content creation, embedded standards-based STEM assessment, and tools supporting prototyping and testing. EDISON provides end to end solutions for team-based engineering in middle schools and maintains engagement through gamification. This project will develop sophisticated tools that are lacking in existing engineering curricula, and support math and science standards alignment using model-based engineering, virtual design collaboration, and embedded tools for student evaluation. In this work the Phase I prototype will be extended by developing reusable design modules for circuit design, simple machines, aerodynamics, and programming. Testing tools using sensors and Augmented Reality will be added for real world data collection and analysis. Numerous modular standards aligned lessons and a content creation interface to facilitate EDISON?s transition to an instructional platform will be created. Finally, in collaboration with our University partner EDISON will be extensively tested and student outcomes evaluated in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade classrooms using a combination of embedded, quantitative, and qualitative methods. The goal is to better meet the STEM instructional needs of educators and students with superior capabilities, engaging experiences, and easy to use tools.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.