McInstosh High School's drone team, McIntosh Aeronautics, returned to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, this summer to compete at the national drone competition hosted by the Academy of Model Aeronautics at the EAA AirVenture Airshow. Out of the many teams that qualified through their region, the top eight were invited to compete at the national competition. The teams have to present their drone’s engineering design process, complete an impromptu programming, and end with a 30 minute challenge task.
The Southern Company invited us to join them at their “So Cool Zone” this year where we could learn about electricity: how it is generated, stored, moved, and used most efficiently in the real world.
By being explicit about what news is and why certain topics warrant coverage for certain audiences, we can better equip students for the barrage of information that they will encounter in their lives.
My teaching philosophy is if I'm bored, then my students are bored, and I don't like to be bored. Blending technology with Interactive Notebooks has eliminated the boredom.
Alternative Gardening is the future of agriculture and our students are prepared to take part, thanks to their participation in STEM education, in this next generation of farming.
Through exposure to technology and diverse STEM career options, students begin to think of themselves as problem solvers with unlimited possibilities for the future.