A North Star Academy student drills the entry way in a bird house.

Demonstrating how a butterfly house works.

6. Klasse, 2023

North Star Academy students work quietly on a creative project about the importance of gaining knowledge.

A North Star Academy student assembles a butterfly house.

A North Star Academy student tends to the soil in the school garden.

Students visiting southwestern Pennsylvania manufacturing companies as a part of the 2013-14 Adventures in Technology program created by Catalyst Connection. The STEM program pairs classes of students to work on "real-world" projects in the classroom over a 10-week period of time. For more information about Adventures in Technology and manufacturing in southwestern Pennsylvania, visit us online at www.catalystconnection.org

North Star Academy students work quietly on a creative project about the importance of gaining knowledge.

North Star Academy students work quietly on a creative project about the importance of gaining knowledge.

Students working with produce from our garden...

A North Star Academy student tends to the soil in the school garden.

2024, 6. Klasse

My students made Olympic medals for our PBL!

This is a model of the inside of a home design from team 1 in a geometry class. They designed a 4 bedroom house that is handicap accessible. Students had to design a house for a family of four who has two stepsons that visit periodically. One of the stepsons is handicapped.

A North Star Academy student tends to the soil in the school garden.

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Students visiting southwestern Pennsylvania manufacturing companies as a part of the 2012-13 Adventures in Technology program created by Catalyst Connection. The STEM program pairs classes of students to work on "real-world" projects in the classroom over a 10-week period of time. For more information about Adventures in Technology and manufacturing in southwestern Pennsylvania, visit us online at www.catalystconnection.org

Students visiting southwestern Pennsylvania manufacturing companies as a part of the 2012-13 Adventures in Technology program created by Catalyst Connection. The STEM program pairs classes of students to work on "real-world" projects in the classroom over a 10-week period of time. For more information about Adventures in Technology and manufacturing in southwestern Pennsylvania, visit us online at www.catalystconnection.org

Students visiting southwestern Pennsylvania manufacturing companies as a part of the 2012-13 Adventures in Technology program created by Catalyst Connection. The STEM program pairs classes of students to work on "real-world" projects in the classroom over a 10-week period of time. For more information about Adventures in Technology and manufacturing in southwestern Pennsylvania, visit us online at www.catalystconnection.org

project-based learning

Students visiting southwestern Pennsylvania manufacturing companies as a part of the 2012-13 Adventures in Technology program created by Catalyst Connection. The STEM program pairs classes of students to work on "real-world" projects in the classroom over a 10-week period of time. For more information about Adventures in Technology and manufacturing in southwestern Pennsylvania, visit us online at www.catalystconnection.org

This is a model of a home design from team 3 in a geometry class. They designed a 4 bedroom house that is handicap accessible. Students had to design a house for a family of four who has two stepsons that visit periodically. One of the stepsons is handicapped.