2023 Class Projects

Freshmen begin their STEM Academy education by exploring the Academy theme of energy. Students are placed into groups, assigned a STEM Teacher as their mentor, and assigned a country to focus on. Their goal is then to improve the propose a plan for an updated Energy Portfolio of their assigned country to help the country reach Goal 7 in the Sustainable Development Global Goals.

Details of the entire project can be found in the linked document to the right. Groups for the current semester can be found at the bottom of this webpage.

Sophomores continue their STEM Academy education by exploring the Academy theme of sustainability. Students are placed into groups, assigned a STEM Teacher as their mentor, and given the option of two recycling processes to choose to explore. Their goal is then to complete an Environmental Economics Cost Benefit Analysis for the process they chose and develop methods by which to improve the recycling process in order to make it more environmentally economical.

Details of the entire project can be found in the linked document to the left. Groups for the current semester can be found at the bottom of this webpage.

Juniors are given more choice in their STEM Academy education as they build toward their senior design projects. Students are placed into groups, assigned a STEM Teacher as their mentor, and are tasked with designing a more sustainable school building. Students need to research and provide data to back up their design choices. Finally, students will build a model of their school design using only recycled materials. 

Details of the entire project can be found in the linked document to the right. Groups for the current semester can be found at the bottom of this page. 

All seniors in the STEM Academy take the STEM Capstone course, a project design course modeled after the final design classes that Engineering Colleges use, in the spring of their senior year. Typically they address one of the NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering - 14 goals aimed at "improving life on the planet" per the National Academy of Engineers.

All Senior projects are completed in the Spring Semester of a student's senior year while enrolled in the STEM Capstone class. More details will be provided to students regarding their project options at that time.