Technical Training Aids is coordinating with the Tennessee Department Of Education, in an effort to help make it easier to find projects that add rigor, relevance and FUN to STEM courses.  Preparing students to be career ready for jobs in STEM fields is imperative.  Accomplishing this task, while meeting and exceeding the required standards, can be daunting.  Technical Training Aids has been providing career readiness programs for over 50 years.  Our mission is simple, provide the best products in the market and support them with trained sales and technical support staff.  Technical Training Aids offers a wide range of products and kits to help achieve and even surpass STEM standards in the state of Tennessee.  Reach out to your local representative for more information about any of the following products.

SolidWorks offers complete 3D software tools that let you create, simulate, publish, and manage your data.  SolidWorks products are easy to learn and use, and work together to help you design products better, faster, and more cost-effectively allowing more engineers, designers and other professionals than ever before to take advantage of 3D in bringing their designs to life.

• SolidWorks 2016-17 Education Edition – The complete CAD teaching tool. Featuring software plus a full curriculum and interactive courseware, SOLIDWORKS® Education Edition is your all-inclusive resource for teaching 3D mechanical CAD, design validation, and data management.

Stratasys is trusted worldwide by leading manufacturers and groundbreaking designers, makers, thinkers and doers. Stratasys offers the best mix of technologies, deep industry expertise — and the most flexible implementation options to meet customers’ needs, whatever shape they may take.

• Mojo – Give your big idea a little Mojo. This little powerhouse is the most compact, accessible way to get professional 3D printing. It’s easy to use, fits right on your desktop and will reinvent how you design and create.
• Print SE Plus – uPrint SE Plus builds on the features of the popular uPrint SE with a 33% taller build envelope, nine color choices and two layer thicknesses for faster 3D printing or finer detail. It’s great for small teams that want to unleash creativity and productivity.
• Stratasys 3D Printing Curriculum (Free!) – Prepare your students for careers being reshaped by 3D printing technology.  Combining in-depth lectures and class discussions with exciting hands-on projects, your students will gain the theoretical and practical knowledge they need to use this transformative technology in the real world.
• Stratasys Education Modules – Prepare your students for careers being reshaped by 3D printing technology. Combining in-depth lectures and class discussions with exciting hands-on projects, your students will gain the theoretical and practical knowledge they need to wield this transformative technology in the real world.

MINDS-i Robotics Education is designed to give students an interactive approach to applied science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). MINDS-i is rocking the Robotics Education world with a high-technology platform that is simple to use, extraordinarily durable, infinitely modifiable, and will prepare student with the skills they need to excel in the 21st century.

• STEM Robotics Drones Lab – This student LAB is designed to accompany the MINDS-i Drones Curriculum as an introduction into the world of Drones and Robotics.  It is designed as an interactive approach to applied science, technology, engineering and math.  In this course students will become familiar with the basics of Drone robotics and programming through teamwork.
• STEM Robotics Foundations Lab 4×4 – This student LAB is designed to accompany the MINDS-i Foundations Curriculum as an introduction into the world of STEM and Robotics.  It is designed as an interactive approach to applied science, technology, engineering and math.  In this course students will become familiar with the basics of robotics and programming through teamwork.

Science Bits provides teachers with lessons that help them teach science in a way that engages their students. Based on the constructivist 5E Instructional Model, Science Bits lessons use high quality multimedia interactive content to develop an inquiry-based, learning-by-doing method. Science Bits can be used either as a substitute for textbooks or as complementary material.

• Science Bits Education – Science Bits lessons include dozens of multimedia and interactive resources (videos, animations, simulations, and 3D models), which encourage students to learn science by doing science. The program also offers hundreds of self-graded instructional activities and user-friendly tools to track student progress.

VRSim creates virtual reality and augmented training tools that help teach industrial trades and manufacturing skills.  Capitalizing on the technology from video games, tracking systems and graphics rendering, VRSim brings training to more industries and job functions than ever before.  VRSim’s easy to use, cost effective products accelerate learning while reducing the materials costs, potential for student injury and hazardous emissions of hands-on training exercises.  VRSim training systems are successfully deployed by Boeing, The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction and other markets such as government, manufacturing and education.

• SimBuild Industrial – SimBuild Industrial teaches the fundamental skills used by metalworkers and entry level machinists in industrial manufacturing operations. The software’s content builds competencies needed for many manufacturing jobs – tools, safety, applied shop math and plan reading.
• SimBuild Carpentry – SimBuild Carpentry teaches fundamental skills used in residential construction. Students learn by completing increasingly complex work orders from reading a measuring tape, to laying out a wall section, identifying components of a gable roof, and estimating materials needed to build a floor. Objective scoring and badges earned based on performance keep students engaged. While SimBuild Carpentry teaches the practical skills of carpentry and safety, the student learns core academic concepts in reading, math and problem solving.
• SimSpray Spray Paint Training Simulator – SimSpray contains many options in the user interface for instructors and students to customize their painting experience. SimSpray reinforces proper setup to teach students correct material selection and equipment settings before painting.