Saturday September 25, 2010 9am-3pm The College of New Jersey Armstrong Hall Room 102 Learn hands-on, middle school STEM activities and innovative ways to teach engineering with a green message · Build a solar powered flashlight out of recycled materials · Build structures that can withstand “earthquakes” and crushing forces Receive: · A stipend for… Continue Reading
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From the GM Teach Green Blog: Spending the Summer with Our Future Engineers
[singlepic id=463 w=320 h=240 float=] Thanks for continuing to follow my blog and letting me share my classroom experiences with you. This Summer, I’d like to take you away from my usual location at Gateway High School, and direct you to a new set of students and activities taking place at the Boys & Girls… Continue Reading
From the GM Teach Green Blog: An Edible STEM Arrangement
[singlepic id=500 w=320 h=240 float=] During the second and third week of camp, we began to introduce tools and machines. We wanted to give students a simple modeling project that would ease them into their use of the equipment and our safety rules and procedures. Our design challenge was to brainstorm an innovative edible candy… Continue Reading
Future Engineers Summer Camp at Mott School in Trenton
[nggallery id=22] On the first day of camp, the students were given various creative materials to craft a large nametag for themselves. [nggallery id=23] One of the first lessons that Mr. Anderson taught our campers was the importance of drawing an accurate model. He stressed the importance of using a ruler in order to ensure… Continue Reading
Charge It Up Workshop – April 7, 2010
[nggallery id=25] This workshop taught attendees how to harness the power of the sun in order to charge battery powered devices like phones, ipods and PSPs. Each attendee learned lessons about circuits, electricity, solar energy and power and built their own circuit to convert the energy collected from a panel into the exact voltage necessary… Continue Reading