On May 11, MSTE participated in the Future Learning Technologies Showcase, put on by the Center for Research and Innovation in Technology-Enhanced Learning (ITEL) in the College of Education.
During our poster session, we showcased several hands-on activities we’ve developed to connect STEM research with precollege education. Featured projects included Digital Tools in Agriculture, where middle school students become “digital farmers” using sensors and coding to care for plants; cybersecurity education through robot-based activities that explored the pitfalls of communicating across open networks and the importance of encryption; and Power Park, a hands-on book and kit series focused on circuits, coding, and energy systems.
Our website contains many freely available STEM education resources.