8th Grade BHS STEM Exploration Event
- What
- 8th Grade BHS STEM Exploration Event
- When
- 3/26/2024, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Where
- BHS Cafeteria
This is the Intro Students will see on the form.
Get ready to embark on an exciting journey into the world of robotics and engineering! Join us for a hands-on introduction that will provide you with a firsthand experience of what awaits you at BHS for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year and beyond. Our engaging workshop offers the unique opportunity to build a robot under the expert guidance of our BSD STEM staff and current high school students. This immersive experience will not only give you a taste of the incredible STEM opportunities at BHS but also set you on the path for future career exploration. As a token of our appreciation, participants will receive some awesome SWAG. Don't miss out on this chance to dive into the exciting world of robotics and engineering – your first step towards an amazing high school journey awaits! See you there!
When: March 26th
Where: BHS Cafeteria
Time: Bus Pickup 8:15 - Return 12:00 Midday and go to 8th grade lunch.
Who: Selected 8th Grade Students and maybe some 7th. (We have to consider Lunch Options, as necessary)
Logistics:
Logistics:
This event is hosted by BHS STEM Dept and is a hands-on introduction to robotics and engineering to give students a first hand experience of what BHS has to offer incoming freshman for 24/25 SY and future STEM related career pathways.
Students get to build a robot and write code to operate it, guided by BSD STEM staff and current High School students. They will also receive some SWAG for taking part.
The CDE CS grant for this is focused on traditionally underrepresented students in the STEM field and priority will be given to those applicants. There are limited spaces and depending on the numbers we will extend this to 7th grade. Any available spaces after this will be given to ALL remaining 8th graders. It will not alter the 8th Grade Schedule for that morning other than you will have some students missing.
Note We will be including Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. (S.O.G.I.) students. Although for the purposes of this event we will not be asking students the full question on the form but will use gender as part of the selection process (Male/Female). Women are generally underrepresented in STEM
Under Represented STEM Report (If you need it)
https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/
I will visit 8th Grade Advisory on Tuesday to introduce this and have you share the link provided below on your classroom screens and if you could add it to your Google Classroom for easy access that would be efficacious. If you intend on having your advisory outside your designated room please wait until I have visited your class. This should only take 5 mins per class.
Student Form Link.
I will do the same for 7th on Wednesday/Thursday, if needed. I'll send an email confirmation out as soon as we get a feel of numbers from 8th grade.
ALL APPLICATIONS NEED TO BE IN BY THURSDAY END OF DAY (14th).
Apologies for short notice logistics were confirmed later than expected.