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

Save the Penguins

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)