Conference Session

Pre K-12 Track - Technical Session VI

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Suzanne Sontgerath, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Ryan Nicole Meadows, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Pre K-12 Education

student assessment tool," International journal of conflict and violence, vol. 6, no. 2, p. 201, 2012.[15] P. J. Allen et al., "Afterschool & STEM system building evaluation 2016," The PEAR Institute: Partnerships in Education and Resilience, Belmont, MA2017.[16] E. Pahlke, J. S. Hyde, and C. M. Allison, "The effects of single-sex compared with coeducational schooling on students’ performance and attitudes: A meta-analysis," Psychological Bulletin, vol. 140, no. 4, pp. 1042-1072, 2014.[17] C. De Smet, B. De Wever, T. Schellens, and M. Valcke, "Differential impact of learning path based versus conventional instruction in science education," Computers & Education, vol. 99, no. Supplement C, pp. 53

Conference Session

Pre-K12 Track - Technical Session II

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Ardice Hartry, University of California, Berkeley; Maia Werner-Avidon, MWA Insights; Sherry Hsi, Concord Consortium; Ariel J. Ortiz, Lawrence Hall of Science; Kathryn Chong Quigley, Lawrence Hall of Science

Tagged Topics

Diversity, Pre K-12 Education

into the teamthat most interested them. Youth thrived on having a specific goal and a set of team members towork with. “The valuable components that were important to me was [sic] having a specificgroup, which was the media team, because that is what I wanted more experience with. I feltmore comfortable being with that team since I already had some experience as a film editor.”This focus did mean, however, that youth had limited opportunities to learn skills not within theirtrack. One said s/he wished they had the chance to work more with the general visiting public atthe Hall while another wished for more time to explore computer programming

Conference Session

Pre K-12 Track - Technical Session V

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Michael Frye, University of the Incarnate Word; Chaoyi Wang, University of the Incarnate Word; Sreerenjini C. Nair, University of the Incarnate Word; Yvonne Calvo Burns, Camp Program Coordinator

Tagged Topics

Pre K-12 Education

and underrepresentedcommunities. miniGEMS was a free two-week summer STEAM (Science, Technology,Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) and Programming camp for middle school girls in grades 6to 8 held at the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) in San Antonio, Texas. miniGEMS washosted by the Autonomous Vehicle Systems (AVS) Research and Education Laboratory. This is the third year that miniGEMS is being held at UIW. Four two-week miniGEMScamps were hosted at UIW for a total of eight weeks starting June 5 till August 4 this summer.The primary goal of the camp was to introduce more female students to the field of Engineeringthrough robotic projects, computer programming, graphic design, and guest speakers. ProjectBased Learning

Conference Session

PreK-12 Track -. Technical Session III

Collection

2018 CoNECD - The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity Conference

Authors

Laura Bottomley, North Carolina State University

Tagged Topics

Pre K-12 Education

learn about mathematical shapes in two andthree dimensions, practice spatial visualization and design a container for a small toy.A similarly research-based activity (for children in grades K-2) is the design of a maze for aHexbug nano. Students are given requirements (such as include a hill, a tunnel, certain numbersof turns of specific degree measurements, etc.) to incorporate into their maze. The students workin groups to produce a maze from recycled materials and demonstrate their mazes to each otherin a gallery walk. The same characteristics of the hexbugs that make the maze design interestingare used in research with biobiotic insects. [6] Such biobiotic insects are used for search andrescue in disaster situations.Wearable electronics are