K-12 STEM Activities and Initiatives

The Tennessee Alpha Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, along with the Great Smoky Mountains Alumnus Chapter, participated in their first MindSET module at Holston Middle School earlier this week.

Fifty-three middle school students took part in the MindSET bridge building module. Newton’s Laws, the engineering design process, and the flexibility of beams, were the math and science concepts covered in the module. More photos and a short video of the session will be available shortly on Tau Beta Pi’s Facebook page.

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Recently, ATK Space Systems engineers got permission from NASA to bring their families to the development lab for a hands-on look at mission rocket launch. Read the article

There was an astronaut on hand and the kids got to learn about the “development of the electronic, mechanical, and computer controls that make the giant solid rocket motors work.”

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The creators of EinsteinWise after-school tutoring program hope to “help raise U.S. math standards to the level of our nation’s economic competitors.”

The article from The Columbian (WA) highlights the EinsteinWise program and other STEM activities gaining traction in Washington state schools.

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