Results for ITEST Projects
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Alignment Nashville will work with 200 eighth grade girls from underrepresented and disadvantaged populations and their teachers to increase interest in STEM-related careers. Using their existing knowledge and interest, students increase their understanding of how their skills can be used in STEM-related careers by creating 3D computer models, using tools such as AutoCAD and Alice.
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Forty 7th–12th grade students and 86 teachers in Lexington, Kentucky are working on IMMEX problem solving teams; they frame problems from a descriptive scenario, distinguish relevant from irrelevant information, plan a search strategy, gather information, and reach a decision that demonstrates understanding.
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Fifty middle and high school teachers and their students in central and eastern Kentucky learn how to use remote sensing technology to collect data on community-based natural resource problems and create 3-D computer models to simulate the issues.
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Tuskegee University proposes to use a low-cost flight simulation environment to enhance learning physics and mathematics for students in grades 8-12 in a rural community in Macon County schools in Alabama.
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Fifteen hundred students and 75 teachers from a ten-county area in the Mississippi Delta engage in scientific research projects ranging from water quality to environmental sciences.
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Ninety students in Jackson, MS are gaining intensive experiences in IT and mathematical concepts and a good understanding of STEM careers through a year-round program.
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One hundred and twenty grade 10 and 11 students and 12 teachers from minority and underserved schools will engage in 3D computer programming, leading to the development of a working knowledge of linear algebra and culminating in working groups designing 3D visualization tools with which to test hypotheses.
Education, Employment, & Community Programs (EEC)
Education Development Center, Inc.
55 Chapel Street, Newton, MA 02458
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0737638.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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