News

Lesson in magnetism a big draw

Description

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.

NEWS DETAILS

Publication Year
2011
Source
Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA) Education Foundation
Topic(s)
STEM Career Opportunities and Workforce Development
Additional Disciplines
Computer Science - programming
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