Exposing K-12 students to science and engineering

Author

Bachnak, Rafic ; Chappa, Eduardo ; De La Rosa, Karla

Author_Institution

Texas A&M Int. Univ., College Station, TX, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

18-21 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Strategies employed to recruit and retain students in science and engineering fields include a variety of approaches, including hands-on activities, field trips, summer workshops, competitions, and software training programs. This paper describes a recruitment and outreach project, Impact of Space Exploration Programs, geared toward local area K-12 faculty and students. More than 350 individuals participated in program activities during the 2007 school year and about 300 individuals participated in 2008. This paper presents details about the project, especially the activities that were carried out last year.

Keywords

education; engineering; natural sciences; Impact of Space Exploration Programs; K-12 students; engineering; field trips; hands-on activities; science; software training programs; summer workshops; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Educational technology; Laboratories; Materials science and technology; NASA; Recruitment; Space exploration; Space shuttles; Space technology; K-12 outreach activities; NASA and space exploration; Science and engineering recruitment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 2009. FIE '09. 39th IEEE

Conference_Location

San Antonio, TX

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4715-2

Electronic_ISBN

0190-5848

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2009.5350789

Filename

5350789