stem school board presentation

8/10/2019 STEM School Board Presentation

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Essex High ScSTEM Acad

A place for exploring and mak


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Academy Overview

School within a school to help students explore their passions

Academy of Visual and Performing Arts started in 2009

STEM Academy started in 2013

Register for Academies at the end of freshman year

Currently 53 students in the STEM Academy

Academies are one possible manifestation of Personalized Lear


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STEM Endorsement Requiremen

Enrollment in STEM Advisory

Creation of a STEM electronic portfolio, ongoing from 10thto 12thgra

Attend 10 STEM Lecture Series Events

STEM Internship class (junior year)

Capstone project (senior year)

Four years of math

Four years of science


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Academy Goals Personalized growth throughout the program

Advisory grouped by interest

E-portfolio

Internship class in junior year

Capstone project in senior year

Making connections

Students and faculty in advisory

Lecture Series Creativity and collaboration

Digital Literacy

Awareness of societal and global issues

Enhance quality of college application


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Academy Strands

Medicine

Life Sciences

Computer Science/Math

Engineering


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Medical Advisory

Our first project is to build prosthetic hands using the 3D printeFablab

Matched with mentors and recipients through e-NABLE

We are making the Raptor


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Building the hands

19 students in Medical Advisory

Team taught by academy leader and tech ed teacher

Four hands, three recipients

Edited e-NABLE build plates with Rhino CAD software

Printed on uPrint by Dimension


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Life Sciences Advisory

Students completed an inquiry activity inwhich they tested local water samples for thepresence of coliform bacteria.

This activity demonstrated the importance of

using controls during experimentation andwhy water quality testing is important


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Future Plans

Research genetically modified organisms using DNAelectrophoresis

Design a bat cave with ideal conditions for hibernating batswithout contamination by white nose fungus

We recently became the Vermont champion in the SamsungSolve for Tomorrow contest


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Engineering Advisory

Our first project was to introduce the DesignProcess through building paper rockets. Ourcompressed air cannon can launch paper rocketsmore than a tenth of a mile.

Currently learning Rhino to design 3D printed parts


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Computer Science/Math

Learning about microcontrollers and programming with the Ardthe SparkFun Inventors Kit 15 circuits designed to unleash a sinner inventor

Student led

Follow on activities will likely include:

Creating sensors for the bat cave

Learning how to create phone apps


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Future Advisory Plans

Continue to work with students on their portfolios

Pick a problem in the community

Design and build a solution

Contests

VT State Science Fair


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Community Outreach Attended Tech Jam 2013 and 2014 Speaking Opportunities

VT Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Nov 2014

VT Fest in Killington, Nov 2014

Essex Rotary, Nov 2014

VSTEM meeting at UVM, Dec 2014

Attending local Maker events

Joined Girl Develop It

Hour of Code

Regular Tweeter


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Advisory Board

UVM

FAHC

Champlain College

Logic Supply

IBM

Inntopia

Create It Labs

Polhemus

Keurig Green Mountain


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STEM Internship Class

One semester class

Unit 1 Tech Intro

Unit 2 Career Exploration

Unit 3 Job Sites

Unit 4 Connections and Research

Unit 5 - Presentations


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Spring 2014 Internships Logic Supply

IBM

UVM - Biomaterials, Pathology, Lung Injury Experiments, Neuroreha

Haemotologic Labs

ECHO

RETN (possible)

Husky (possible)

General Dynamics (possible)

Coding internship in process.


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Capstone Projects

First Projects will start in Spring 2015

Will be done in conjunction with the students advisor

Possibly make this a class, similar to AVPA


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E-Portfolio


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Future Plans Grow community partnerships, student numbers could be a problem

UVM Pathway, ITEST Grant, STEM Community Day?

New courses Designing Solutions to Global Challenges

Introduction to Computer App Development

Increase collaboration with CTE

Middle School outreach

Large emphasis on Making in this community, incorporate that into aprojects and capstone projects

Continue to define how independent projects are done. Time, resourneed to be allocated.


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Fab lab

uPrint 3D printer by Dimension

Laser Engraver

CNC Lathe

Electronics Workstation

Robotics Club workspace

New CNC Milling Machine available


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