The World Smarts STEM Challenge is a virtual exchange that supports STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education in the United States and Ghana. Middle and high school students from Washington, DC, and senior secondary school students from across Ghana come together virtually to solve global issues in their communities with STEM solutions inspired by the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Our project aims to promote middle school-aged girls' data science learning and interests through informal gameplay. We are designing a data-rich, multiplayer virtual world to support players in working with their own gameplay data as a resource for pursuing personally meaningful goals.
The New Hampshire Academy of Science ITEST grant began Sept. 1, 2022 and will enable wrap-around programming to provide underrepresented students in underserved rural communities with scientific research experiences along with mentorship and college prep throughout high school, starting at each grade level. We are currently developing recruitment strategies for our first two cohorts.
Project Overview: The TRAILS 2.0 SEI will expand, scale, and innovate a tested model of integrative STEM instruction and teacher professional development to enhance rural students’ STEM learning while generating interest in STEM careers. To reach underserved and underrepresented rural populations, the TRAILS 2.0 team will work with up to 90 secondary STEM teachers to impact over 10,000 students and expand to schools in: Delmarva Peninsula (Delaware,
Our goal is to provide a cloud-based programming environment for students with blindness and visual impairments (BVI) to learning computer programming and machine learning. This programming environment includes a novel screen reader that can read programming statements in more comprehensible styles and a voice-based code navigation to assist debugging.
The AI Play project is investigating how to introduce AI concepts via digital game design activities to middle grades students and teachers through workshops, camps, and school-based programs in rural communities of North Carolina.
An interdisciplinary team of faculty and staff at Illinois State University (ISU) is collaborating with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and Community-Based-Organizations (CBOs) in four Chicago neighborhoods to develop an after-school STEM program focused on renewable energy, robotics, and automation.
This project will provide critical insights and research into effective strategies for supporting female students in rural communities, and all students, in exploring STEM careers, and how Universal Design for Learning can play a role in removing barriers and increasing access for a broad range of learners.