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Hundreds of students experience CT STEM Day in East Hartford
More than 300 students from schools around Connecticut got out of the classroom and spent some time at the Pratt and Whitney Hangar Museum in East Hartford on Thursday.
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Students analyze owl pellets in Essex STEM Lab
Fifth graders at Essex Elementary took part in dissection day during their program with the CT Audubon Society.
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Students analyze owl pellets in Essex STEM Lab
Fifth graders at Essex Elementary took part in dissection day during their program with the CT Audubon Society. They spent part of the class picking apart and looking closely at something called owl pellets. “It’s pretty much owl throw-up,” said Hunter, one of the students. He explained that analyzing the pellets helps to understand the owl’s diet. As a...
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Middletown elementary students blend engineering and math in tiny house project
If you were to walk in to the Makerspace classroom at Macdonough STEM Academy in Middletown, it might look like a normal gathering of students. However, each group represents their own company.
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Middletown elementary students blend engineering and math in tiny house project
If you were to walk in to the Makerspace classroom at Macdonough STEM Academy in Middletown, it might look like a normal gathering of students. However, each group represents their own company. “Makerspace is design and engineering, and using the engineering design process to solve a problem,” Amy Senna, the school’s library media specialist, said. She explains that throughout...
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New Haven students learn collaboration and coding through drones
Fourth graders are learning how to code at Barack Obama Magnet University School in New Haven. “This is an additional class that students get to come to once a week, where we do almost all hands on activities, lots of problem solving lots of chances to figure things out, as they relate to different STEM fields,” Jason Ward, a STEM…
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High school students set their eyes on international robotics competition
The 2024 VEX robotics world championship is less than six months away and students at Middletown High School are tweaking and testing their robots. They started with Robotics 1 – learning the building, coding and the basics of robotics. “Then as you go into a team, you find your individual role, which is where you want to compete, you want…
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STEM Students Show Off Projects at Pratt & Whitney
From robots to marshmallow launchers, middle school STEM students from across Connecticut demonstrated their projects at Pratt & Whitney on Wednesday.
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STEM Field Job Growth Expected to Outpace Others
There’s good news for people pursuing work in the science, technology, engineering, and math fields. This sector, otherwise known as STEM, is projected to be the fastest growing in Connecticut over the next eight years. A report by the Connecticut Department of Labor and Department of Economic Community Development projects 18,330 jobs will be created in this sector by 2030….
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STEM-Related Studies Gain Popularity in Connecticut
At colleges and universities around the state, STEM-related studies are gaining popularity.