Skip to content

SeaPerch Teacher Pre-Workshop Questions

2.Default Section

1.Name:
2.What type of school do you teach in?
3.How many students attend public schools in your town?
4.What grades levels did you teach last year?
5.Please indicate which subjects you have taught most recently (past two years):
6.Read the following statements and indicate whether you agree or disagree with the statement.

Engineers:
Strongly disagree
Somewhat disagree
Somewhat agree
Strongly agree
Don't know
Are applied scientists.
Work on things that help the world.
Create things.
Discover things.
Work with other people to solve problems.
Work on things that have no impact on my life.
Do basic research.
Can choose to do many different types of jobs.
Sit in front of a computer all day.
Work with machines and computers.
Communicate in a way that the public finds difficult to understand.
Tend to be uninterested in the arts or humanities.
7.Read the following statements and indicate whether you agree or disagree with the statement.

Scientists:
Strongly disagree
Somewhat disagree
Somewhat agree
Strongly agree
Don't know
Work on things that help the world.
Work with other people to solve problems.
Create things.
Tend to be uninterested in the arts or humanities.
Discover things.
Work with machines and computers.
Are applied scientists.
Can choose to do many different types of jobs.
Sit in front of a computer all day.
Communicate in a way that the public finds difficult to understand.
Work on things that have no impact on my life.
Do basic research.
8.List what you think are the critical 21st century skills that students need to be successful in their future careers.
9.List three expectations you have of this workshop.(Required.)
10.Have you ever worked with your students to solve an engineering problem?
11.Briefly describe the solution to that problem.
12.Who contributed ideas to the solution of that problem:
Strongly disagree
Disagree
Agree
Strongly agree
Not Applicable
No one, just me.
My students.
Other teachers.
Other people.
13.Please describe the engineering design and problem solving process as you understand it.
14.Do you feel confident enough to teach engineering concepts of design and problem solving to your students?
Thank you for taking the time to fill out this questionnaire. It will help inform JEDC as to the next steps for the SeaPerch program.