In todays current job market, many have found that there is a lack in the engineering field. This is a massive issue since it is engineers that creat our cars, buildings, homes, roads and many other things we take for granted. This cause for alarm has sparked a revolution to fill the need for the engineers. Many people have stepped in to teach junior high, and high school students the concept of STEM to inspire students to study and eventually pursue a job of engineering. STEM is an acronym for Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics. Here are some organizations that have created programs for the inspirtation is FIRST, Project Lead The Way, and CTEF.
FIRST:
First is an organization started by Dean Kamen. The idea for inspiration in technology and engineering was used through a robotics competition. Read More
Project Lead The Way:
Project Lead The Way is a high school curriculum started by Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester New York. The curriculum itself is a four year system involving an array of courses. Read More
CTEF:
CTEF stands for Career Technical Education Foundation. It is a not for profit business started by Paul Wahnish. The organization funds Team Krunch, The East Lake High School Engineering Academy as well as other academys and teams across parts of florida.
The goals are all of the same. To inspire the high school students to be innovative in the fields of technology. Read More
STEM Summit
In October of 2011, Paul Wahnish, founder of CTEF hosted the first STEM Summit at the Museum of Science and Industry. This two day event was in honor of science and technology. Featured at the event was Firsts very own Jon Dudas to help celebrate the movement of STEM! Also at the event was Team Krunch running demos of Krunch 12. Krunch 12 was the robot of Lunacy and was a great interaction between the children. In addition, there was a representative from Kettering University, an astronaut and other FTC and FLL teams.