ITEST Projects

Eighty high school students, 8 K-12 STEM teachers, and university students in Southeastern Michigan engage in design teams focused on IT-intensive STEM areas including environmental science, robotics, and bioinformatics, using diverse software systems.

Ninety six middle school students in Mesa, Arizona, simulate desert tortoise behaviors, design solutions to mitigate the urban heat island of Phoenix, and design a habitat for humans on Mars.

In GET City, 70 students, 20 parents, and community leaders in Lansing Michigan investigate green energy technologies that matter in the city using GIS, scientific modeling, and field experiences, and communicate community outcomes through digital media.

One hundred and eighty middle and high school Native American students in Oregon, Washington State, and California are performing GIS surveys and utilizing computer modeling to map the spawning grounds of wild salmon.

One hundred grade 8-12 students in St. Paul, MN engage in engineering and design experiences through creative, open-ended projects that are connected to the interests of youth and needs in their communities.

One hundred teachers, through materials used in their classes, will work with 10,000 students in the use of computer modeling to enhance science education and provide choices for additional career paths.

The three-year "COMmunities Educating Tomorrow's Scientists (COMETS)" project is implementing an earth and space science program with the focus of learning science as inquiry through Marshall University, with partners NASA IV&V Educator Resource Center, Kanawha County Schools, Bayer Crop Science

Sixty middle and high school students on the White Earth reservation in Minnesota will engage in STEM and IT learning experiences related to understanding energy and alternative energy sources.

Sixty high school Hispanic, English language learners at the Latino College Preparatory Academy in East San Jose engage in interactive, hands-on, creative science workshops and research opportunities to inspire and motivate them towards STEM education.

Twenty teachers and 60 incoming tenth grade students in the Greater Orlando area are involved in learning about and interacting with modules that explore the relationship between mathematics and pictorial computing.