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Asks tagged With education
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Student Space Camp Scholarships
I recently attended Honeywell Space Academy for Educators in Huntsville, Alabama. This professional development opportunity was beyond anything I would have expected. My experiences at Space Camp has deepened my understanding of STEM teaching and has impressed upon me the need to further advance STEM teaching in my district. My hope is to establish a program within my school district that allows teachers to compete for student scholarships to Space Camp. My vision is to give teachers in grades 5 through 12 the opportunity to develop innovative and exciting STEM curriculum or extra curricular activities to use with their students. Teachers who prove most successful in this challenge will be awarded Space Camp scholarships that they can give to deserving students.
My approach to this project is 2-fold. First, it is to increase student and teacher involvement throughout the district in STEM education. Secondly, it is to give students the hands on experience of Space Camp with the hopes of fostering a passion for STEM related careers. Using this as a teacher "competition" rather than a student competition will allow many teachers to reach many students with STEM education rather than a competition where only a few select students may become involved, however leaving room for those with gifts in the areas of STEM to have the chance to further explore STEM at Space Camp. |  |
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Engineers needed to mentors 6th-8th graders
I am looking for engineers (of any field) to mentor teams of 6th, 7th, and 8th graders who are competing in the Minnesota Future City Competition this fall. Mentors are asked to meet with the students (and the students' teacher) about once a week at the students' school. Meeting times are worked out with the students' teacher.
The Future City Competition is a national engineering education program for 6th-8th graders. In its 11th year in our state, this semester-long program (September-January) challenges middle school students to: 1) Design a city 150 years in the future using SimCity4 Deluxe software; 2) Research an engineering problem; 3) Write an essay on their solution; 4) Build a tabletop scale model using recycled materials; and 5) Present their model and ideas to engineers at the final state competition in January. The first place team receives an expense-paid trip to Washington, DC to compete in the National Future City Competition.
Engineer mentors are crucial to the Future City program. They share professional knowledge, real-world career experience, and encouragement. A mentor is involved in all phases of the competition as an advisor and provides input and technical assistance integrating real-life engineering experiences. Mentors also encourage teams to have fun. Mentor assistance is required in project planning and following the rules as well as for guidance in thinking, testing, and creating. Mentors may also help connect teams to other professionals for field trips, lectures,
etc. Approximate time commitment: 35–45 hours, September 2010-January 2011.
Please visit our websites for more information: www.successbeyond.org/fcc.htm (Minnesota site)
www.futurecity.org (National site)
If you are interested in volunteering as a mentor, I will work to match you with a school that is conveniently located to your home or work.
Thank you for your consideration!
Sincerely,
Colleen Feller
Minnesota Future City Competition Coordinator
colleen.feller@metroecsu.org
ph: 612-638-1511
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