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Students have time daily to work on multidisciplinary designed projects that directly correlate to the high school curriculum, college paths, and future careers. This is evident in our Transportation Unit where students were challenged to imagine the transportation of the future. Their driving question and final product asked them to dive deep in thinking about the effects of innovation. Our Driving Question: “What are the massive consequences, both positive and negative, of innovation in transportation throughout history? Final Product: How can we, as engineers, design a mode of transportation that can efficiently, safely and economically transport the modern family?” Students that expressed interest and/or excelled in this topic were asked to attend the NHRA STEM event with our high school automotive CTE students. Other students’ experiences allow them to visit various sites and have other STEM-related industrial visits away from the school. These field trips help our scholars to connect their current learning to work in STEM-related fields.
Shortly after being hired, each of our teachers participates in an applied learning experience to increase their content knowledge or STEM career knowledge through local internships with local businesses. Based on the upcoming year’s initiatives, teachers engage in an opportunity for short-term learning that provides them with an understanding of the basic STEM pipeline. This knowledge allows them to help kids get to where they need to be based on their interests and passions. FCS teams up with McDowell County Career and Technical Education to support applied learning experiences, whether it be climbing into the creek with students, going to a local manufacturing plant, or attending a STEM content training at local universities. Our teachers are dedicated to learning more about the world and the work of STEM for the benefit of our scholars.
The school leadership, as well as teacher leaders, participate annually and quarterly in an active network of schools that addresses STEM issues. This is done multiple ways through twitter chats such as #BFC530, #STEMed, working monthly with sister schools, yearly in STEM regional meetings, our developing partnership with STEM West, Southern Appalachian Learning Collaborative, connecting to continued work with the Smithsonian Science Education Center STEM planning, regional Edcamps or statewide STEM meetings, our leaders and teachers are dedicated to STEM education and finding solutions for STEM educational issues.
Shortly after being hired, each of our teachers participates in an applied learning experience to increase their content knowledge or STEM career knowledge through local internships with local businesses. Based on the upcoming year’s initiatives, teachers engage in an opportunity for short-term learning that provides them with an understanding of the basic STEM pipeline. This knowledge allows them to help kids get to where they need to be based on their interests and passions. FCS teams up with McDowell County Career and Technical Education to support applied learning experiences, whether it be climbing into the creek with students, going to a local manufacturing plant, or attending a STEM content training at local universities. Our teachers are dedicated to learning more about the world and the work of STEM for the benefit of our scholars.
The school leadership, as well as teacher leaders, participate annually and quarterly in an active network of schools that addresses STEM issues. This is done multiple ways through twitter chats such as #BFC530, #STEMed, working monthly with sister schools, yearly in STEM regional meetings, our developing partnership with STEM West, Southern Appalachian Learning Collaborative, connecting to continued work with the Smithsonian Science Education Center STEM planning, regional Edcamps or statewide STEM meetings, our leaders and teachers are dedicated to STEM education and finding solutions for STEM educational issues.
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