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Direct linkAndrea Arnold – PRIMUS, 2024
Sonia Kovalevsky Days (SK Days) are nationally-held outreach events that are commonly organized by local chapters of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) to encourage young women to continue their study of mathematics. The AWM Student Chapter at Worcester Polytechnic Institute hosted virtual renditions of SK Day for middle school girls…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Outreach Programs, Middle School Students, Females
Download full textClaudio Meringolo; Federica Chiappetta; Piefrancesco Riccardi; Rosanna Tucci; Antonio Bruzzese; Giuseppe Prete – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2023
Education and Public outreach is an important part of the activities of universities and research institutions. Moreover, public outreach is becoming an interesting career path, suited for young research scientists with strong communication skills and a broad research background. To address these opportunities and challenges, we decided to set up…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Science Education, Learning Activities, School Community Relationship
Patrick Johnson; Cornelia Connolly; Kevin Johnson; Mary Fitzpatrick; Derek T. O'Keeffe – Issues in Educational Research, 2025
Research suggests that children as young as 6 years old could begin to develop a negative attitude towards the STEM disciplines and this results in disengagement and loss of interest in these areas, particularly for girls. Finding ways to address this apparent lack of interest among young students is critical as reports highlight a lack of…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Females, Elementary School Students, Womens Education
Tricia A. Zucker; Michael P. Mesa; Michael A. Assel; Cheryl McCallum; Dana DeMaster – Grantee Submission, 2024
Introduction: Early informal learning experiences are essential for sparking long-term interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). In a prior study, we found more promising parent involvement outcomes when families of young children were provided with STEM family education events along with home STEM activity kits compared to…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Learning Activities, Science Activities, Parent Participation
Melody W. Young; Noah D. Chernik; Stratos J. Kantounis; Matthew J. Cannata; James Q. Virga; Reuben N. Jacobson; Jon A. Gustafson; Aleksandra S. Ratkiewicz; Enkhjin Batbayar; Badamkhand Monhochir; Binderiya Munkhbat; Minjin Bolortsetseg; Carol Weintraub; Stan Silverman; Gabby Guilhon; Edwin Dickinson; Michael C. Granatosky – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2025
Access to high-quality outreach programs is crucial for preparing students for STEM careers, yet traditional classrooms often lack diverse, hands-on learning opportunities, particularly in anatomy and evolutionary biology. We present "Are You Stronger Than a Lemur?"--an interactive STEM activity that introduces K-12 students to…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Outreach Programs, Anatomy, Biomechanics
Elaissa T. Hardy; Sara Ivey Fulmer; Joseph M. Le Doux; Wilbur A. Lam – Biomedical Engineering Education, 2022
BME HealthReach is an educational outreach program where undergraduate BME students participate in an out-of-class design thinking course to create and teach interactive STEM activities to K-12 students, where children with chronic illnesses are the primary clients. We detail research that seeks to answer the following: (1) what impact does this…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Design, Systems Approach, Elementary Secondary Education
Introducing Pharmaceutics to Middle School Students Using with Hypothesis-Driven, At-Home Activities
Riya Singhal; Anju Gupta – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increase in healthcare and related science majors at the undergraduate level. This presents an opportunity to introduce health science training in middle school science classes to familiarize students to various healthcare-related fields. The pharmaceutical science-based hands-on activities for middle…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Science Instruction, Family Environment, Pandemics
Chanel De Smet; Jasmine Nation; Alejandra Yep; Alan Henriquez – American Biology Teacher, 2024
This paper presents a novel approach to teaching how vaccines work in the body, and introduces a community outreach project and activity we piloted with youth. Our Nuestra Ciencia program addresses scientific misconceptions among bilingual elementary school children in engaging and scientifically accurate ways. Utilizing analogies and…
Descriptors: Immunization Programs, Logical Thinking, Misconceptions, Elementary School Students
Baumgartner, Karin; Brown, Connor; Demschar, Isabel; Rellaford, David; Tanner, Keaton; Thomas, Alyssa – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2022
The article discusses a year-long outreach activity, "Sparking interest in German." Five University of Utah German students engaged in the AATG/Goethe-Institut-sponsored SPARK program and taught German to local middle schoolers. At the heart of this outreach project were questions such as whether student-run outreach programs could truly…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, German, Outreach Programs, Student Interests
Kaggwa, Ruth J.; Blevins, Allison; Wester, Emma; Arango-Caro, Sandra; Woodford-Thomas, Terry; Callis-Duehl, Kristine – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2023
Diverse backgrounds, viewpoints and experiences in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) are vital for innovation and creativity in STEM; and yet, racially minoritized groups, such as African Americans and Hispanics, remain underrepresented in the STEM K-12 and career pipeline. Studies show that exposure and access to STEM experiences…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Disadvantaged Schools, STEM Education, STEM Careers
