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- submission Submissions will be open between August 23 – September 20, 2016. Submissions must be received by 11:59 PM CT on Tuesday, September 20.
- innovative outreach techniques
- develop outreach events or programs for high school students in grades 9-12? What do you include to guarantee that the event positively impacts a high school student's perception and awareness of STEM careers?
Andrea
- This past year, Space Coast SWE incorporated new workshops on cutting edge areas of technology such as 3D/Additive Printing, CryoScience, and Bio-Nano-Scaffolding with easy to understand, highly entertaining/engaging hands-on activities for middle and high school aged girls
- These workshops were developed in partnership with local innovative STEM companies and universities, thus enabling high school aged girls to network with budding start-up tech company and college professionals – truly in sync with career guidance
- These workshops also harbored a number of STEM college graduate students – ensuring these young women had a chance to network and ask questions of individuals with secondary education careers in STEM related research fields
Curiosity, Passion, and Making a Difference
- Curiosity - explore, discover, inquire
- Passion - plan, design, solve
- Making a Difference - use, make, create, improve
relevant to real life, challenging enough to be interesting, and achievable for diverse learners.
Interesting and Important: Why is this relevant?
- WOW! That's Engineering sessions geared for 7-10th grade
- latest technology - 3D printing
- leading-edge science - Nanotechnology
- robotics, programming
- introduction to engineering - chemical, electrical, design, aeronautical
- collaborative hands-on activities
- NASA Kennedy Space Center connection
- meet college students in STEM fields
- work with SWE Professional members - project management, design, manufacturing, research, technical sales, college, teaching, start-up
- returning participants - 3rd - 10th grade
- high school 11-12th grade volunteer
- continuing support - SWENext
- online outreach - next.swe-sc.org - online makerspace - web page, blog post, shared document, or anywhere.
"Great experience. I have been coming to these workshops every year since I was in third grade. This is my second year as a volunteer. Next year I will be an engineering student at college."
