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Asks tagged With secondary students
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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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