Engineering Webquest
Directions: Use the website, http://www.futuresinengineering.com/index.php to answer the following questions.
What engineers do – Learn what engineers do
1. Engineering is the process of ________________, ________________, ________________ and _______________.
- For each of the processes used in engineering, name a core content area that you think you use for this class.
History
2. What is one of the oldest forms of engineering?
3. What achievements were Civil Engineers responsible for?
4. What was the first school in the U.S. to include engineering education?
Types of Engineers
5. List 3 types of engineering that interests you and a sentence describing what they do in their job.
Career Outlook
6. For the three jobs that most interested you, determine whether your interest is planned to increase, decrease, or stay the same.
Your own research:
Directions: Pick ONE of the engineering careers most interesting to you. Look the career up and answer the following questions.
7. What is the average income of this job in our state? Are there some states with a higher average? Which states, and how high is the average there?
8. Can you work in several fields as this type of engineer? What fields can your type of engineering be used in?
Directions: Pick ONE of the engineering careers most interesting to you. Find a college or technical school (depending on your interest) that provides this program and use their website to answer the next set of questions.
9. Name of college/tech school.
10. College/Tech School location
11. How many years it typically takes to finish the program.
12. Cost of the school
13. Entrance requirements (High school GPA, ACT score, do you need an essay? Etc.)
14. Size of the school – number of students/student to faculty ratio
15. Make a statement evaluating the appeal of this college/tech school. Do you think it is one that might fit well with you? Why or why not?