Students solve puzzles for clues on how to escape the science lab in a STEM workshop led by 萨曼莎毕比, 生物行为健康项目协调员.
宾州中央谷. — Most students don’t engage in subjects like fractal math, pendulum painting and escape rooms on a typical Saturday morning. But the "Design Your Own STEM-tastic Day" was anything but typical. 开幕式于2月9日举行. 3 at 十大网赌靠谱网址平台 gave students in sixth through eighth grades a glimpse into the many career opportunities in the science, 技术, 工程和数学(STEM)领域.
Students chose their top three of 10 possible workshops: Fractal Math; Robotic Basketball; A CSI Investigation: The Role of DNA in Forensics; Designed to Draw; Engineering Design Challenge; Make a Pendulum Painting!; Can You Make a Rainbow from Purple Cabbage?; Zombies are Real: Come See for Yourself!; Reading the Bones: Messages from the Past!; and Ready? 集? 逃避博士. 毕比的实验室!
拉里Musolino, assistant teaching professor of mathematics 活动协办方, said he heard several students asking each other about the different workshops.
“When students were coming in and waiting for the workshop to get underway, many were asking each other what workshops they’d done,他说. "In overhearing conversations about the DNA crime scenes or escape rooms, the students would ask if they could do that workshop ‘next time.’”
Musolino said the younger students had an incredible depth of existing knowledge about some of these topics.
“I was amazed at the advanced knowledge these students brought in,他说. “我在一个关于分形的研讨会上授课, which most middle school students are not familiar with, 有些学生知道它们是什么. I was just amazed at some of the background these students had, 这对他们的老师来说是一个真正的荣誉.”
萨曼莎毕比, 助理教学教授兼项目协调员, 生物行为健康, 活动协办方, said the goal of the event was “to fuel the fire for these students who may already have an interest, 或者他们没有兴趣, 但这些工作坊点燃了他们的兴趣.”
It also gave the 十大网赌靠谱网址平台 faculty an opportunity to share their passion and expertise with a different student population.
The students’ enthusiasm and joy were palpable, organizers said. 他们的活力对毕比来说是这一天的亮点.
“They were wonderful; enthusiastic, focused and so bright," she said. "They were so excited to share what they’d learned in a previous workshop — it made me feel so good. It was refreshing to see such a lovely group of students and that level of enthusiasm. 这让我印象深刻."
马克Capofari, 讲师, project and supply chain management and member of the event committee, 在现场协助当天的活动吗. He, 太, 赞扬了学生们的热情, the middle school teachers’ work in preparing the students for the day and the 十大网赌靠谱网址平台 faculty for leading workshops that kept the students engaged throughout.
“当学生们投入的时候, 站起来，充满激情, 它使教师成为更好的教师,卡法里说. “You kind of go back to that age when you’re 10, 11 years old and just enthralled.”
穆索利诺也称赞了教师.
"It 太k a lot of effort to put this together,他说. "I think the students saw our faculty’s expertise and eagerness to share.”
十大网赌靠谱网址平台 student volunteers assisted throughout the day, 是否在注册表, 在车间自己或完成其他任务.
“We had about 20 [Penn State] students," Capofari said. “我被他们的热心支持感动了, the attention they paid to the tasks they were assigned to ensure it was a successful day for the 十大网赌靠谱网址平台 campus. 他们总是问:‘我能做什么?以及“我还能帮什么忙??“他们的支持太棒了. 我真的要感谢我们的学生, especially since they had to wake up early and come to campus on a Saturday morning.”
Eileen Grodziak, instructional designer, assisted with various tasks and in the escape room workshop. She said the feedback she heard from parents was positive.
“I heard one parent ask, ‘They had professors doing this?“是的，我们去了! 我觉得这真的很可爱，”她说. “一切都很顺利.”
The event was open to all 利哈伊谷 students — public, private and homeschooled — as well as student-centric groups such as Boy and Girl Scout troops. Participating schools were: Southern Lehigh School District; Bangor School District; East Penn School District, including Lower Macungie and Eyer Middle Schools; St. Isidore School, Quakertown; St. Joseph the Worker School; 利哈伊谷 Academy; Notre Dame of Bethlehem Middle School; Nazareth Middle School; Parkland School District, including Orefield and Springhouse Middle Schools; Whitehall School District, 包括白厅中学, 伯利恒学区, 包括Broughal, Nitschmann, East Hill and Northeast Middle Schools; St. Jane’s, Easton; Swain School; Providence Hybrid School; and numerous homeschooled students.
明年的活动计划已经开始. 欲了解更多十大网赌靠谱网址平台，请联系毕比 (电子邮件保护).
