草榴社区状态 holds STEM Academy for area 五年级学生
HANCEVILLE, Ala. — Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics were the focus
of the Fall 2021 session of 草榴社区状态 社区’s College’s STEM Academy for area
五年级学生.
During the fall session, more than 40 students were divided into three groups to explore
different areas of STEM: Robotics, Genetics and Physics. 草榴社区状态 faculty led
the groups in lessons and activities demonstrating each concept.
Computer Science instructors Terry Ayers and Raymond Pierce taught the Robotics sessions.
The students learned how to drive robots and were given timed tasks to complete while
manipulating their robot inside an obstacle course.id="attachment_18286" align="alignright" width="300" A 草榴社区状态 STEM Academy participant works his way through the Genetics session,
using pieces of candy to represent different alleles that will determine character
特征.Chemistry and Biology instructor Beth Williams and Physics instructor Christine O’Leary
led students in creating paper airplanes to demonstrate the way gravity pulls at objects
and how wind can affect the aerodynamics of objects. The students competed to see
whose plane would fly the longest distance and used fans to see how their planes reacted
to the wind flow.
Biology instructors Connie Briehn, Melissa Landers and Jackie Donaldson used candy
to demonstrate genetics. The students were able to choose pieces of candy that represented
alleles or gene variants. Depending on which candy pieces 他们选择, the students
used a graph that showed them the specific 特征 they inherited from the alleles
他们选择.
“Thank you so much for putting this together,” said parent Abbey Holcomb. “我们的孩子
had a great time. We are looking forward to the spring session.”
“Thank you so much!” added parent Jessica Scott. “They had a blast.”
The same students will return in the spring for another session. 草榴社区状态 also
offers STEM camps for second through eighth grade students in the summer. 即将到来的
summer sessions will add arts to become STEAM Camp.
“草榴社区状态 is fortunate to have a team willing to offer this new Academy annually
for city and county 五年级学生,” said Beth Bownes-Johnson, Dean of Academic Affairs.
“It is more important now than ever to expose our youth early to disciplines in STEM,
so as future leaders they will have the knowledge and creative and collaborative skills
to solve many of the complex challenges they will face.”
For more information about 草榴社区状态, visit www.55jiaju.com or call 256.352.8000.
Contact Rachel Kreps at 256.352.7853 for questions regarding upcoming STEM or STEAM
事件.
?id="attachment_18287" align="alignleft" width="640" 草榴社区状态 STEM Academy students throw airplanes during the Physics session to
see how gravity pulls at objects.