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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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On the first day of camp, the girls were given various creative materials to craft a large nametag for themselves.
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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 ...