Please join Mt. Carmel Elementary as we welcome a
team of brilliant UAH Engineering Design students striving to “design an
environment in which children can be exposed to STEM early in their academic
lives”. Monday, September 14th, 2015, UAH professor Dr.
Christina Carmen’s Engineering Design students Project Team, sponsored by Women
in Defense, will present an interactive
STEM/Maker Fair to the Pre-K through 3rd grade students of Mt.
Carmel.
Directly following the school’s PTA meeting at 6:00,
parents and students are invited to investigate STEM topics ranging from simple
construction designs to robotic toys.
There will be six different STEM stops to visit with a chance for hands
on learning and family fun.
Since
June, 2015, this team of eight mechanical engineers has been working with Mrs.
Cyndy Dunning, Library Media Specialist for Mt. Carmel Elementary, to
reconfigure and improve the original sound-dampened STEM Station project built
by UAH students two years ago. Mt.
Carmel students are anxiously awaiting the return of the STEM Stations sometime
in early November, but they have been busy learning about the excitement of
STEM topics through weekly MakerSpace Friday sessions organized by the school
librarian and manned by parent and community volunteers like former engineer/new
Kindergarten mom, A. Vandiver; former teacher/now volunteer mom, K. Harris,
and Buckhorn High School senior/future librarian, L. Evans. Cory Copeland, Customer Liaison for the UAH
project team and Boeing intern has been pivotal in helping train volunteers in
the new technology purchased by the librarian in preparation for MakerSpace
Friday and has shared his enthusiasm with many students.
Having
short enrichment opportunities each Friday to participate in creative STEM play
has created an excitement at Mt. Carmel that we would like to share with you on
Monday evening. Thank you in advance for
planning to attend the STEM/Maker Fair. We would love for you to join us in celebrating how libraries
can be a pathway to STEM careers in the future.
Cyndy Dunning
Library Media
Specialist
Mt. Carmel
Elementary
335 Homer Nance Road
Huntsville, AL
35811
@MTCESLibrary http://www.facebook.com/Mt.CarmelLibrary
Project
Team Members: Garrett Bosse,Team Lead; Chris Hill, Co-Team
Lead/ Manufacturer; Angela Crittenden, CAD/Meeting Secretary; Cory Copeland,
Customer Liason; Seth Hill, CAD /Manufacturer; Michael Sanderson, Documentation
Lead; Daniel Lewis, Co-Documenter; and Skrlett Perkins, Collaboration Manager.
Dr. Christina Carmen,
UAH Professor
Mrs. Deborah Fraley,
Women in Defense
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