STEM School Board Presentation
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Essex High ScSTEM Acad
A place for exploring and mak
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Academy Overview
School within a school to help students explore their passions
Academy of Visual and Performing Arts started in 2009
STEM Academy started in 2013
Register for Academies at the end of freshman year
Currently 53 students in the STEM Academy
Academies are one possible manifestation of Personalized Lear
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STEM Endorsement Requiremen
Enrollment in STEM Advisory
Creation of a STEM electronic portfolio, ongoing from 10thto 12thgra
Attend 10 STEM Lecture Series Events
STEM Internship class (junior year)
Capstone project (senior year)
Four years of math
Four years of science
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Academy Goals Personalized growth throughout the program
Advisory grouped by interest
E-portfolio
Internship class in junior year
Capstone project in senior year
Making connections
Students and faculty in advisory
Lecture Series Creativity and collaboration
Digital Literacy
Awareness of societal and global issues
Enhance quality of college application
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Academy Strands
Medicine
Life Sciences
Computer Science/Math
Engineering
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Medical Advisory
Our first project is to build prosthetic hands using the 3D printeFablab
Matched with mentors and recipients through e-NABLE
We are making the Raptor
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Building the hands
19 students in Medical Advisory
Team taught by academy leader and tech ed teacher
Four hands, three recipients
Edited e-NABLE build plates with Rhino CAD software
Printed on uPrint by Dimension
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Life Sciences Advisory
Students completed an inquiry activity inwhich they tested local water samples for thepresence of coliform bacteria.
This activity demonstrated the importance of
using controls during experimentation andwhy water quality testing is important
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Future Plans
Research genetically modified organisms using DNAelectrophoresis
Design a bat cave with ideal conditions for hibernating batswithout contamination by white nose fungus
We recently became the Vermont champion in the SamsungSolve for Tomorrow contest
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Engineering Advisory
Our first project was to introduce the DesignProcess through building paper rockets. Ourcompressed air cannon can launch paper rocketsmore than a tenth of a mile.
Currently learning Rhino to design 3D printed parts
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Computer Science/Math
Learning about microcontrollers and programming with the Ardthe SparkFun Inventors Kit 15 circuits designed to unleash a sinner inventor
Student led
Follow on activities will likely include:
Creating sensors for the bat cave
Learning how to create phone apps
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Future Advisory Plans
Continue to work with students on their portfolios
Pick a problem in the community
Design and build a solution
Contests
VT State Science Fair
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Community Outreach Attended Tech Jam 2013 and 2014 Speaking Opportunities
VT Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Nov 2014
VT Fest in Killington, Nov 2014
Essex Rotary, Nov 2014
VSTEM meeting at UVM, Dec 2014
Attending local Maker events
Joined Girl Develop It
Hour of Code
Regular Tweeter
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Advisory Board
UVM
FAHC
Champlain College
Logic Supply
IBM
Inntopia
Create It Labs
Polhemus
Keurig Green Mountain
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STEM Internship Class
One semester class
Unit 1 Tech Intro
Unit 2 Career Exploration
Unit 3 Job Sites
Unit 4 Connections and Research
Unit 5 - Presentations
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Spring 2014 Internships Logic Supply
IBM
UVM - Biomaterials, Pathology, Lung Injury Experiments, Neuroreha
Haemotologic Labs
ECHO
RETN (possible)
Husky (possible)
General Dynamics (possible)
Coding internship in process.
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Capstone Projects
First Projects will start in Spring 2015
Will be done in conjunction with the students advisor
Possibly make this a class, similar to AVPA
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E-Portfolio
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Future Plans Grow community partnerships, student numbers could be a problem
UVM Pathway, ITEST Grant, STEM Community Day?
New courses Designing Solutions to Global Challenges
Introduction to Computer App Development
Increase collaboration with CTE
Middle School outreach
Large emphasis on Making in this community, incorporate that into aprojects and capstone projects
Continue to define how independent projects are done. Time, resourneed to be allocated.
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Fab lab
uPrint 3D printer by Dimension
Laser Engraver
CNC Lathe
Electronics Workstation
Robotics Club workspace
New CNC Milling Machine available
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