Science, Pre-Engineering, Alterna-
tive Energy, Interactive Media Pro-
duction (IMP) and Curriculum for
Agriculture Science Education
(CASE).
to Marlyn Barrett, coordinator of
instruction for science.
for their high school freshman year,
we thought the STEM WOW pro-
gram could help students make
program of choice," she said.
the day extracted DNA from straw-
berries, which they were able to
take home. Pre-engineering focus-
ed on patterns and structure, with
students designing their own puzzle
cubes, each one entirely unique to
its maker.
dent Elliot Rush.
brace it hands-on, Barrett said that
the skills develop faster and last
longer.
turing about patterns and showing
the students a few examples, this
STEM activity requires that students
work with patterns that they create.
It links math to what they are doing.
Just like the cube puzzle is multi-
dimensional, so is the teaching and
learning."
and Skyler Williams, Pocomoke Middle School, test their handmade anemometers which they constructed during
their Alternative Energy Academy experience.
opportunity last week to attend a
five-day Science, Technology, En-
gineering and Mathematics (STEM)
preview academy at Worcester
Technical High School (WTHS) that
touched on five of the main pillars of
STEM education.
hope that the program will spark in
interest in rising eighth graders, who
will then decide to pursue STEM
through high school and beyond.
education (CTE) for county schools,
underlined the importance of STEM
and the unique approach Worcester
is beginning to develop to encour-
age an evolving education for stu-
dents.
ence and how do we link all of that
together ... think of the student,"
said Stulz. "If you can make those
connections think how much more
exciting it can be."
exactly how those connections are
made. The academy featured a five-
day rotation where the 53 participat-
ing students spent one day on each