Below please find some great opportunities for those students interested in Math and Science.
(1) US For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) provides robotic competitions across the United States. Students have an opportunity to build upon their science foundation, by designing, building and competing with robots. Check out their mission statement and link below.
FIRST Mission
Our mission is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership.
http://www.usfirst.org/community/frc/default.aspx?id=966
(2)Science Olympiad in Ann Arbor, Michigan
http://aaopen.a2schools.org/aaopen.home/science_olympiad_2009
(3) The WWW Virtual Library:Science Fairs
http://physics.usc.edu/ScienceFairs/
(4) Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)
http://www.wise.umich.edu/programs/k12/
If you are aware of a social setting that would provide a safe environment for students to explore and apply what they learn (for any subject matter), or have any other related comments, please submit a posting.
One of the important things that your posting does for your readers, Kim, is to remind us of how compelling co-curricular (extra curricular) activities can be for students. This, in turn, offers us a reminder that we would be well-served to think about what makes those activities so compelling, and to seek opportunities to design classroom activities in ways that incorporate aspects (purposefulness, room for individual creativity, meaningful collaboration, etc.) of such activities.
ReplyDeleteI was apart of the FIRST robotics team as a high school student. It opened my eyes to the applications of mathematics! Extra-curricular activities are crucial to a child's development.
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