2014
Thank you for joining us...
The STEM Education Center at WPI recognizes and appreciates you - educators dedicated to engaging and inspiring students in STEM fields - for the hard work that you do every day. We're glad you joined us for the third annual AweSTEM! event. If you missed it, we hope to see you next year.
Integrated STEM Activities and Contact Information
This year, AweSTEM! teachers presented about integrated STEM activities and how to bring them into your classroom or school. Additionally, they shared examples of integrated STEM activities that you could use tomorrow.
EARLY EDUCATION/LOWER ELEMENTARY ACTIVITY
To Get To The Other Side: Designing Bridges
Presenters
- Alison Brown, acbrown321@gmail.com
- Steve Label, Ernest P. Bark Elementary School, steverleboo@gmail.com
UPPER ELEMENTARY ACTIVITY
A Long Way Down: Designing Parachutes
Presenters
- Jen DiMeglio, Julia Bancroft Elementary School, jdimeglio@auburn.k12.ma.us
- Chris Harris, cmcharris@comcast.net
MIDDLE SCHOOL ACTIVITY
Presenters
- Nana Abdelkader, Alhuda Academy, nabdelkader@alhudaacademy.org
- Cindy Gould, Sky View Middle School, cynthia.gould@leominster.mec.edu
- Caroline Grace, Frederick W. Hartnett Middle School, cgrace@bmrsd.net
- Christine Robbins, Auburn Middle School, crobbins@auburn.k12.ma.us
- Steve Van Voorhis, East Bridgewater Jr/Sr High School, svanvoorhis@ebps.net
HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITY
Humanitarian Aid Drop (a spin-off of Design Squad's On the Moon)
Presenters
- Jackie Bonneau, Mass Academy, bonneau@wpi.edu
- April Rose Carter, Wachusett Regional High School, april_carter@wrsd.net
- Peter Collins, Shrewsbury High School, pcollins@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us
- Cheryl Wood Creeden, Quabbin Regional High School, ccreeden@qrsd.org
- Rick Doherty, Tantasqua Regional High School, dohertyr@tantasqua.org
- Paul Morrison, Clinton High School, morrisonp@clinton.k12.ma.us
- Lynn Sa, Abby Kelley Charter Public School, lsa@akfcs.org
WPI Program's for Educators Handouts
(listed alphabetically)
- ASSISTments (PDF)
- Bootstrap (PDF)
- Mass Academy PD (PDF)
- Master's Degrees for Educators (PDF)
- Project Lead The Way (PDF)
- Research Experience for Teachers (PDF)
- Science Learning by Inquiry (PDF)
- STEM Education Center PD (PDF)
- STEM Integration for District Leaders (PDF)
- Summer MIST Math PD (PDF)
- Work at WPI Summer Experience (PDF)
- WPI Programs for Your Student Group (PDF)