Online Teaching in an Engineering Class

Now that the COVID-19  Hackathon I have been facilitating in my engineering courses is coming to a close (see initial ideas here and final proposals  here to be posted on Monday, 4/27), I have been starving for activities to do with my students that are grounded in aspects of engineering, are more than simply watching videos, but can be done online.

After spending a few days researching, below are three resources that I am confident will simultaneously engage students, but also provide some "hands-on" experience. I really empathize with struggles teachers in classes, such as mine that are fully project-based, are dealing with during this time of emergency distance learning. 

• Teachable Machine: Activity that allows students to train their own Neural Networks.
• Neural Network Playground: Interactive simulation that helps students understand Neural Networks.
• TinkerCad Circuits: Interactive Arduino Uno circuit simulator
• OnShape: High-end online CAD software with excellent integrated tutorials.
• PhET: HTML5 STEM simulations.