Project Profile

Reach for the Sky: Integrating Technology into STEM Outcomes for American Indian Youth

Description

This proposal addresses the need to make science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, and information technology (IT) more culturally relevant for Anishinabe youths on the White Earth Reservation (WER). The objectives of the project are to improve youths’ skills, knowledge, and interests in STEM and IT fields. Teachers and staffs from targeted schools, professors from tribal colleges and local universities, community elders, and out-of-school staffs will participate in the project’s activities. The project will engage 60 middle, high, and out-of-school youths, nine teachers, and six other staff persons in 140 contact hours of summer and academic year activities through the Reach for the Sky (RFTS) project.

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PROJECT DETAILS

Award Number
0737565
Project Duration
2007 - 2011
Category
Youth-Based
Organization(s)
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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Project Work State
MN
Target Gradespan(s)
Middle school (6-8)
High school (9-12)
Project Setting(s)
Informal Education
Geographic Location(s)
Rural
Project Status
Expired
Additional Disciplines
Engineering - design
Additional Target Participants
Students
American Indian or Alaskan Native