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The STEM Academy at Essex High School allows students to explore STEM subjects through project-based learning. It includes requirements like completing an electronic portfolio and internship. Students are grouped into advisories focused on areas like medicine, engineering, and computer science where they work on hands-on projects. For example, the medical advisory is using a 3D printer to build prosthetic hands for recipients. The goal is to provide personalized learning experiences to help students' college applications and potential careers in STEM fields.

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STEM School Board Presentation

The STEM Academy at Essex High School allows students to explore STEM subjects through project-based learning. It includes requirements like completing an electronic portfolio and internship. Students are grouped into advisories focused on areas like medicine, engineering, and computer science where they work on hands-on projects. For example, the medical advisory is using a 3D printer to build prosthetic hands for recipients. The goal is to provide personalized learning experiences to help students' college applications and potential careers in STEM fields.

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Essex High School

STEM Academy
A place for exploring and making connections

Academy Overview
School within a school to help students explore their passions
Academy of Visual and Performing Arts started in 2009
STEM Academy started in 2013
Register for Academies at the end of freshman year
Currently 53 students in the STEM Academy
Academies are one possible manifestation of Personalized Learning Plans

STEM Endorsement Requirements

Enrollment in STEM Advisory


Creation of a STEM electronic portfolio, ongoing from 10th to 12th grade
Attend 10 STEM Lecture Series Events
STEM Internship class (junior year)
Capstone project (senior year)
Four years of math
Four years of science

Academy Goals
Personalized growth throughout the program
Advisory grouped by interest
E-portfolio
Internship class in junior year
Capstone project in senior year
Making connections
Students and faculty in advisory
Lecture Series
Creativity and collaboration
Digital Literacy
Awareness of societal and global issues
Enhance quality of college application

Academy Strands

Medicine
Life Sciences
Computer Science/Math
Engineering

Medical Advisory
Our first project is to build prosthetic hands using the 3D printer in our
Fablab

Matched with mentors and recipients through e-NABLE


We are making the Raptor

Building the hands


19 students in Medical Advisory
Team taught by academy leader and tech ed teacher
Four hands, three recipients
Edited e-NABLE build plates with Rhino CAD software
Printed on uPrint by Dimension

Life Sciences Advisory


Students completed an inquiry activity in
which they tested local water samples for the
presence of coliform bacteria.

This activity demonstrated the importance of


using controls during experimentation and
why water quality testing is important

Future Plans
Research genetically modified organisms using DNA
electrophoresis

Design a bat cave with ideal conditions for hibernating bats


without contamination by white nose fungus

We recently became the Vermont champion in the Samsung


Solve for Tomorrow contest

Engineering Advisory
Our first project was to introduce the Design
Process through building paper rockets. Our
compressed air cannon can launch paper rockets
more than a tenth of a mile.

Currently learning Rhino to design 3D printed parts

Computer Science/Math
Learning about microcontrollers and programming with the Arduino using
the SparkFun Inventors Kit 15 circuits designed to unleash a students
inner inventor

Student led
Follow on activities will likely include:
Creating sensors for the bat cave
Learning how to create phone apps

Future Advisory Plans


Continue to work with students on their portfolios
Pick a problem in the community
Design and build a solution
Contests
VT State Science Fair

Community Outreach

Attended Tech Jam 2013 and 2014


Speaking Opportunities

VT Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Nov 2014


VT Fest in Killington, Nov 2014
Essex Rotary, Nov 2014

VSTEM meeting at UVM, Dec 2014

Attending local Maker events


Joined Girl Develop It
Hour of Code
Regular Tweeter

Advisory Board
UVM
FAHC
Champlain College
Logic Supply
IBM
Inntopia
Create It Labs
Polhemus
Keurig Green Mountain

STEM Internship Class


One semester class
Unit 1 Tech Intro
Unit 2 Career Exploration
Unit 3 Job Sites
Unit 4 Connections and Research
Unit 5 - Presentations

Logic Supply

Spring 2014 Internships

IBM
UVM - Biomaterials, Pathology, Lung Injury Experiments, Neurorehabilitation
Haemotologic Labs
ECHO
RETN (possible)
Husky (possible)
General Dynamics (possible)
Coding internship in process.

Capstone Projects

First Projects will start in Spring 2015


Will be done in conjunction with the students advisor
Possibly make this a class, similar to AVPA

E-Portfolio

Future Plans
Grow community partnerships, student numbers could be a problem

UVM Pathway, ITEST Grant, STEM Community Day?


New courses

Designing Solutions to Global Challenges


Introduction to Computer App Development

Increase collaboration with CTE


Middle School outreach
Large emphasis on Making in this community, incorporate that into advisory
projects and capstone projects
Continue to define how independent projects are done. Time, resources and space
need to be allocated.

Fab lab
uPrint 3D printer by Dimension
Laser Engraver
CNC Lathe
Electronics Workstation
Robotics Club workspace
New CNC Milling Machine available

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