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STEM Camp Q and A with Dr. Margaret Mohr-Schroeder.
Q: What success have you seen with STEM Camp?
A: Through the research we’ve conducted with STEM Camp, we have found that students have better attitudes toward science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at the end of camp compared to when they came to camp. This is important to us, because we like to reach and attract students who don’t necessarily like STEM or those who have had negative experiences with STEM in the past. We’ve also had a significant number of students become more interested in STEM careers by the end of camp. We realize these students may not end up going into a STEM field, but research indicates that middle school is the pivotal time when career interest is peaked, so we’re excited that students leave camp interested in a STEM career!The See Blue STEM Camp is currently NSF-funded, with a focus on broadening participation of underrepresented populations, especially females and students of color. We’ve been successful in hitting our goals each year because of the relationships we’ve formed with the area school districts and the Family Youth Resource Service Coordinators at the local schools. We were recognized in Fall 2015 by NSF as a Top 5 Model for Broadening Participation. We were excited to share our model and look forward to replicating camp at Morehead State University this summer.
Q: How do activities with students and K-12 schools inform what you do as a professor?
A: Engagement and outreach with the community has always been a big part of what I do as a faculty member and my philosophy and approach to teaching and learning. Doing activities such as STEM Camp and Family Nights keeps me connected to the K-12 community. I love teaching and miss it and so this is a way that I can stay connected to the classroom, inspire and motivate students, and work with their families and teachers to make meaningful connections to STEM. I also think I’m a better professor because of the engagement work I do. I stay connected to the schools and the community. I have a real pulse on what the real issues are, what’s going on in classrooms, what students are grappling with these days, and what teachers are faced with. I think it’s easy as a professor to get lost in our higher ed lives; but what really matters is how we can relate what’s happening in K-12 to the students/preservice teachers we’re preparing. Helping to connect our professors, especially the STEM content professors, to the K-12 community is also really important. Many of the STEM content professors have a strong desire to do more engagement work, but don’t really know how to approach it or want to do it on a smaller scale. Doing informal learning activities such as STEM Camp or Family Math or STEM nights enables them to try out new ideas on a smaller scale, get feedback and tweak it for the next implementation. Many of their graduate students are also involved. Most of these graduate students have never worked in a K-12 setting beyond their own personal experiences with schooling. Showing them the importance of connecting to the K-12 community (we hope) will have a strong and lasting impact on their future as a STEM professor.
Q: On the other side of the coin, in what ways does having research/university-level experts work in partnership with K-12 students/educators benefit students?
A: I think the K-12 students and teachers benefit from the fresh and new ideas that professors and our preservice teachers and graduate students bring to our engagement projects. We share our ideas and research and they get to pilot and try new ideas with lots of support. The K-12 community also gets to experience first-hand STEM content from professors who are top-notch experts in their fields. Sometimes we come to them and sometimes they come to us. There are not a lot of students and teachers across the US that can say they were in a university biology lab conducting experiments on cockroaches or fruit flies. Or touring the latest engineering labs. Or helping to conduct experiments at the Center for Applied Energy Research. Just giving them positive, authentic experiences with STEM content is a huge benefit.
Q: In general, do you see perceptions of mathematics changing? Are fewer students taking the attitude of “I’m not good at math, it’s too hard, etc…” If so, why?
A: In general at a local level, I do think we are seeing a shift in perceptions regarding mathematics, in a positive direction. We are doing a lot of things right in Kentucky. We’re focusing alot on the mathematical (and science and engineering) practices…the work of the mathematics (and STEM) in the classroom. That’s what is going to truly translate into real life. We also have worked hard to put informal learning experiences into place that help in reducing mathematics anxiety. The See Blue Mathematics Clinic specifically targets struggling mathematics learners. The See Blue STEM Camp specifically targets underrepresented students and students who are disinterested in STEM. The Department of STEM Education has several other projects that target giving students and their teachers positive, authentic experiences in STEM. The more of this we can do, the more impact we’re going to have at the classroom and community levels.
NAS Oceana and the Virginia Beach City Public School (VBCPS) system have once again partnered to provide every fifth-grader enrolled in Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) the opportunity to take a one-of-kind field trip to Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, Friday, Sept. 15. The special Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Lab Day, was part of the annual Air Show. This event is being provided free of cost for all students and every child had a chance to take part in hands-on activities and learn about STEM careers in a real-world setting. This included displays and exhibits from NASA Langley, the Office of Naval Research and Naval Research Laboratory, Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, Wesleyen University, Engineering for Kids, Old Dominion University, Landstown High School, Navy history and heritage command, U.S. Naval research laboratory and Virginia Department of Transportation.
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This is neat- the stem hole is countersunk to accommodate the bulge that exists on tubular tires where the valve stem exits the casing.. Never seen this in Zipps...
these plants have broad leaves close to the ground and tough, woody stems similar to chamomile that bear tiny blue and white flowers. they frequently grow in sandy areas near streams.
join team atwood and help preserve literacy in toronto while pointing out to rob ford and his sycophantic shitheads at city hall that libraries are important and deserve funding. online petition here, which i signed and added this comment to:
Rob Fraud and the rest of these moronic reactionary fools are prime examples of the reason why we should be investing in more and broader forms of education and not closing libraries. A learned population would not vote for these hateful imbeciles in the first place.
A UK student oversees a middle-school student as she peers through a microscope during the 2017 Expanding Your Horizons STEM workshop for girls.
At a special launch event for US2020, this fall Cisco invited 60 middle school girls from San Jose, California to visit Cisco’s Silicon Valley campus. Working with TechBridge, an afterschool program designed to empower girls to realize their dreams though science, technology and engineering, Cisco volunteers worked side by side with students building, creating and sharing their enthusiasm for technology. Smiles and laughter filled the room as projects rolled off the tables and mentors shared helpful tricks and tips for solving some of math’s most challenging equations.
The stem is not in too bad nick. The pinch bolt I had spare has lost a little chrome but I think it looks alright.
Photos taken for work of students from Cowles Montessori School taking part in STEM Day at the Capitol, and demonstrating their robotics engineering and 3D design programming to legislators and other state leaders.
Shasta-Trinity NF employees participate in Women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) conference at Simpson University in Redding, CA April 2018
a single stem of pink forget-me-nots flowering, with a sea of pink and blue flowers behind.
In my garden. April 2017
145/365
The flowers I bought my wife last week are still going strong. The roses are just lovely.
However, I quite like the stems too
Farmville Central student De'Kevion Mitchell watches as Estefany Chavez, a Pitt County Early College High School student, extracts water from a beaker as part of a lab experiment the two are conducting during "Advanced Manufacturing and STEM Awareness Day” at PCC.
Just toss some garlic stems with a little bit of oil and seasalt. Then grill in a hot griddlepan for 2-3 minutes or until charred.
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