East Hartford, Waterbury, and New Britain High School freshmen are participating in a series of events in a year-long Cyber-Challenge, an ITEST project aimed at amping up students' engagement and achievement in STEM. Challenges like getting as many paper clips as possible to dangle from a homemade magnet are not only getting students engaged with STEM, they're getting students excited about how STEM works in the real world.

Four Pfizer scientists met with students from New Britain High School's (NBHS) 9th grade academy and their math teachers to talk about their education, their career paths, and the ways they use science every day. The NBHS students were able to meet these real-life scientists through their involvement with Cyber-Challenge, also known as ITEST Project Opening Doors, which is a program designed to increase engagement and achievement in STEM subject