1. Clifford S. Powell Assistant Principal MC 2 STEM High School The Cleveland Metropolitan School District

2. The Marshmallow Challenge * ✦ Build the Tallest Freestanding Structure: The winning team is the one that has the tallest structure measured from the table top surface to the top of the marshmallow. That means the structure cannot be suspended from a higher structure, like a chair, ceiling or chandelier. ✦ The Entire Marshmallow Must be on Top: The entire marshmallow needs to be on the top of the structure. Cutting or eating part of the marshmallow disqualifies the team. ✦ Use as Much or as Little of the Kit: The team can use as many or as few of the 20 spaghetti sticks, as much or as little of the string or tape. The team cannot use the paper bag as part of their structure. ✦ Break up the Spaghetti, String or Tape: Teams are free to break the spaghetti, cut up the tape and string to create new structures. ✦ The Challenge Lasts 18 minutes: Teams cannot hold on to the structure when the time runs out. Those touching or supporting the structure at the end of the exercise will be disqualified. * http://marshmallowchallenge.com/Instructions.html

4. MC 2 STEM High School Lottery Based Enrollment Embedded in STEM industry Credit awarded based on Mastery versus seat time. What students know is constant and time is variable Trans-disciplinary Project Based Approach (Capstones) Year Round School(10 weeks/3 weeks) Multiple campuses for authentic scaffold STEM experiences

5. 9 th Grade Downtown Cleveland Exposure to exhibits Partnerships NASA Glenn Research Center FABLAB Situated on Lake Erie 10 th Grade General Electric (GE) Lighting Headquarters Tutoring & Mentorships Sophomore Engineering & Design Project First Industrial park started by Thomas Edison FABLAB 11 th & 12 th Grade CSU / City of Cleveland Community / Business Internships College Level Classes Real world experiences FABLAB

6. Project /Problem Based Trans-disciplinary approach to content deployment Capstone BIG IDEA SCIENCEMATH ENGINNE RING ENGLISHART SOCIAL STUDIES Phase One: Determining Big Ideas Phase Two: Operationalizin g Big Ideas Phase Three: Assessment Development Phase Four: Choreography of Learning

7. 7 ► ► The Communication Capstone is designed to give students authentic engineering team oriented work experience in which the strengths of each member of the group is utilized for the good of the common product. Work groups are composed of four students that have specific roles (Project Manager, Electrical Engineer, Acoustical Engineer, and Creative Design). The groups will work over a 10 week period to complete three major construction components to a sound system. Communication Capstone Binder

8. ► Laser Cutter ► Vinyl Cutter ► CNC Shopbot ► 3D Plotter 8 FabLab Equipment

9. 9 Students were given the task to convey an Ohio Social Studies Benchmark in an abstract visual display. Students used Google SketchUp and a variety of technical plans and drawings to create and build and LED Light Display Box. Students then used machines from the FabLab to cutout and construct their designs. Circuits, breadboards, and timers were used to program a variety of LED effects that would help in creating their visual display. Many students used the Epilog Laser Cutter to etch an image or historical photograph on acrylic for the front of their box. Light

10. FabLab Fridays

11. Mobile FabLab

13. MC Squared Class of 2012 95% graduation rate Over 6 million dollars of scholarship money offered to the graduates 100% of graduates accepted to college (87% went to college) Class of 2013 93% graduation rate Almost 4 million dollars of scholarship money offered to graduates 93% of graduates accepted to college (81% went to college) Class of 2014 Graduation rate 93% Almost 4 million dollars of scholarship money 100% college acceptance

14. Awards and Recognition Named “One of America’s Best Urban High Schools by The National Center for Urban School Transformation Identified by the George Lucas Foundation (Edutopia) as a “School that Works” Recognized by the White House as an exemplar “STEM Innovation Network” (White House Office of Science and Technology Policy April 10, 2013 www.whitehouse.gov/ostp)www.whitehouse.gov/ostp Recognized by the State of Ohio in “It Can Be Done: a study on what makes schools succeed in Ohio” Recognized by the State of Ohio in “Failure is not an Option” Components of school model have been utilized in development of other schools as far away as Egypt

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