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STEM Center Overview We live in a world that is changing quickly. It is characterized by rapid growth in the availability and quantity of new information, pervasive use of computers and information processing technologies, rapid technological advances affecting a wide spectrum of society, and an increased awareness of our impact on ...

September 2nd 2010
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New Workshop – Technology Vs Nature

Saturday September 25, 2010 9am-3pm The College of New Jersey Armstrong Hall Room 102 Learn hands-on, middle school STEM activities and innovative ways to teach engineering with a green message · Build a solar powered flashlight out of recycled materials · Build structures that can withstand “earthquakes” and crushing forces Receive: · A stipend for attending · Complimentary light breakfast · Complimentary catered lunch · Professional ...
August 9th 2010
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Future Engineers Featured in the Trenton Times!

On Thursday August 5th,  a reporter from the Trenton Times came to observe the Future Engineers all girls group. Many of the girls were interviewed for the article, and a photographer from the paper captured the girls working, and finally crashing their mag-lev cars. The article was featured on Friday, ...
August 5th 2010
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From the GM Teach Green Blog:

Spending the Summer with Our Future Engineers Thanks for continuing to follow my blog and letting me share my classroom experiences with you. This Summer, I’d like to take you away from my usual location at Gateway High School, and direct you to a new set of students and activities ...
August 4th 2010
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From the GM Teach Green Blog:

An Edible STEM Arrangement During the second and third week of camp, we began to introduce tools and machines. We wanted to give students a simple modeling project that would ease them into their use of the equipment and our safety rules and procedures. Our design challenge was to brainstorm an innovative ...
August 4th 2010
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Future Engineers Summer Camp at Mott School in Trenton

[imagebrowser id=37] On the first day of camp, the girls were given various creative materials to craft a large nametag for themselves. [imagebrowser id=40] One of the first lessons that Mr. Anderson taught our campers was the importance of drawing an accurate model. He stressed the importance of using a ruler in order ...

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