STEM to STEAM Workshop Proposal for Joseph L. McCourt Middle School Carolyn M. Dooley, Art Teacher Joseph L. McCourt Middle School Cumberland, RI

STEM: Brown University STEM PD for teachers Stephanie Feger, Program Specialist/Educational Technology Stephanie Feger@brown.edu The Education Alliance at Brown University 4 Richmond Square; Providence, RI 02906 www.alliance.brown.edu 401-867-8976

STEM: Brown University (cont’d) The Artemis Project five-week summer program directed by four undergraduate women at Brown University introduces rising 9th-grade girls to computer science, targeting them at the critical age when the disparity between males and females in the sciences becomes most pronounced. The program is free students have the option to obtain free RIPTA bus passes lunch is provided every day http://www.cs.brown.edu/orgs/artemis/2012/about.html

STEM: West Point United States Military Academy at West Point Center for STEM education Run through the Admissions Office COL Deborah MacDonald (845) 938-5706 http://www.usma.edu/cse/SitePages/Home.aspx FREE STEM PROGRAM for BOTH GENDERS 4 days/3 nights The 2013 STEM Workshop application will be available in January.

STEM: Naval Academy United States Naval Academy at Annapolis http://www.usna.edu/Admissions/stem.html If you have questions regarding Summer STEM please email cgoevent@usna.edu

STEM to STEAM: RISD John Maeda, new President of RISD, is an MIT graduate RISD now has a heavy emphasis on engineering Introducing the Art into STEM: STEAM RISD is actively working to get STEAM funding by Congress at http://stemtosteam.org/ and the National Science Foundation at Bridging STEM to STEAMstemtosteam.org/archive/?page_id=428 Babette Allina, Office of Government Relations: stemtosteam [@] risd.edu / 401-454-6317 Presently, no middle school programs available; however, RISD offers STEAM classes to teachers

STEM to STEAM Proposal STEM to STEAM workshop at McCourt Format: -9 a.m. – 1 p.m. on a Saturday -not a teacher-run event -run by volunteers who are engineering majors from URI and professional engineers in community -Number of students is dependent on the number of workshops offered

STEM Proposal (cont’d) In Progress: Tucker W. Shosh, Major, B.A., Providence College will assist in modeling the program after West Point to create a satellite STEM program & assist with funding (Phone: 401.865.2471) Since PC is a liberal arts college, he cannot secure STEM majors—must go to URI Possible Local Resource: Science Center Outreach; Brown University; Box 1992; Science Library, 3rd Floor 201; Thayer Street; Providence, RI 02906; Phone 401-863-6890

STEM to STEAM Proposal: What would the workshop look like? 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. registration/check-in 9:00 – 9:15 welcome (whole group in cafe) 9:20 – 10:55: Session I 11– 12:30: Session II 12:30 – 1:00 pm: Closing Remarks and resources Select 2 Workshops (in Classrooms) Chemical Engineering: create a potato rocket Mechanical Engineering: Aviation—create a balsa wood airplane Physics: Spaghetti Bridge competition Technology: Hacking Art to Physics Egg Drop Competition: create an aesthetically pleasing & functional container for an egg drop competition