The Action at a Distance project aims to serve the needs of students and teachers in the most remote rural areas of the state of Nebraska through fostered participation in a cosmic ray observatory experiment.

This project is creating a replicable, prototype community-based model for engaging middle and high school students in challenge-based programs such as robotics competitions, engineering challenges, and research events.

A total of 56 urban and rural middle school girls and 21 informal educators and volunteers participate in summer camps engaging them in problem-based exploration of STEM components of apparel design while using the Engineering Design Process.

One hundred and fifty five high school teachers and 5,500 students in New Jersey learn how to extract DNA from worm specimens and access bioinformatics resources online to analyze the DNA sequences and submit their results to an international database.

One hundred and fifty five high school teachers learn how to extract DNA from worm specimens and access bioinformatics resources online to analyze the DNA sequences. Students submit their results to an international database of DNA sequences.

In GUTS y Girls one hundred middle school girls (grades 6-8) in New Mexico will engage in exciting cyber-enabled learning experiences (modeling and simulation, robotics, media computation, etc.) during Saturday and summer workshops.

I-C STEM In My FUTURE is a year-round, informal learning program for 80 students focusing on mathematics, the use of hand-held technology, computer literacy skills, technical training and career paths.

More than 235 teachers in 4 research states (AK, IA, KS, & VA), 39 non-research states and 21 international sites have around 7500 students engaged in STEM activities with integrated use of technologies that include modeling and data acquisition/analysis.

Funded by the National Science Foundation, the ITEST Learning Resource Center facilitated collaboration, sharing of insights and resources, collaborative research, and dissemination activities for the ITEST the program and its grantees.