RET Published Curriculum

The following lessons and activities were developed by RET participants and published by the TeachEngineering Digital Library, a free educational resource featuring standards-aligned, design-rich curricula.

Balancing Liquid on a Coin: How Intermolecular Forces Work
Amanda Dillingham, East Boston High School; with support from Victoria Bartow, Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers (2018)

Thinking Small – Measuring Small Things
Amanda Dillingham, East Boston High School; with support from Victoria Bartow, Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers (2018)

Using Nature as the Solution: Biomimicry in Engineering
Amanda Dillingham, East Boston High School; with support from Victoria Bartow, Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers (2018)

Insulator Design Challenge
Bradley Agostinelli, Morris H. Seigal Clark Avenue Middle School in Chelsea, MA, with support from Victoria Bartow, Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers, and Shereen Mejia of East Boston High School in Boston, MA (2021)

A Little Bit of Everything About 3D Printing
Christopher Alba, Revere High School, with support from Shereen Mejia, East Boston High School, and Victoria Bartow, Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers (2021)

Atmospheric Distortion of Light (aka “Bubbles in the Air”)
Yaron Teich, Somerville High School (2021)

Learning Distance and Displacement
Shereen Mejia, East Boston High School; with support from Victoria Bartow, Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers (2021)

3D Printing Molecular Drugs publication in progress
Bradley Lepak, East Boston High School; with support from Shereen Mejia, East Boston High School (2022)

Engineering an Electrophoresis Gel Box
William McDonald, Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School; with support from Shereen Mejia, East Boston High School (2022)

Using a Touch Sensor with Arduinos to Trigger an LED and Buzzer
Susan West, Barnstable High School; with support from Shereen Mejia, East Boston High School (2022)

Building an Optical Telescope
Christopher Alba, Revere High School, with support from Shereen Mejia, East Boston High School (2023)

ELISA and Point of care Devices
Janira Arocho, Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School; with support from Shereen Mejia, East Boston High School (2023)

Exploring Heat Transfer: Engineering Energy-Efficient Cooking Systems
Marla Rhuma, East Boston High School; with support from Shereen Mejia, East Boston High School (2023)

Curriculum developed in summer 2024 will be tested in the classroom during the 2024-25 school year, before submission to TeachEngineering.org next summer.