Making Mentors
One PagerSimulations for Learning Collaboration Skills and Developing Asset-based STEM Career Identities
One Pager3D Printing and Astronomy for High School Students with Blindness/Visual Impairments and their Educators
One PagerBolstering STEM Pathways for Students in Rural New England Through a Comprehensive, Multi-Year Learning Community

This project addresses access to STEM educational experiences for rural students. Students from rural areas and small towns make up about 30% of the U.S. secondary school population but often lack inspirational STEM educational opportunities and experiences. This makes them less likely to pursue STEM majors in college, which is a potential loss of human talent in STEM innovation.
Integrating AI Learning into Middle School Science through Natural Language Processing
This project responds to the growing recognition that learners of all ages should have the opportunity to engage with and learn about artificial intelligence (AI). Of AI's many subfields, natural language processing (NLP) is one of the fastest growing. NLP focuses on how to automatically understand spoken or textual data, and billions of these textual or spoken exchanges are recorded online every day.
Engaging Rural Students in Artificial Intelligence to Develop Pathways for Innovative Computing Careers
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are fundamentally reshaping the workplace of the future and accelerating the demand for creating and sustaining an AI-literate workforce. This growing demand has highlighted the importance for all K-12 students to develop an understanding of AI to prepare them for future careers. Middle school years are crucial in shaping youth dispositions toward STEM.