On Friday, July 20th, students from the St. Mary’s County Parks and Rec’s PTO summer camp flew and tested several different paper airplane designs as part of a growingSTEMS activity. Twenty summer campers and two of their mentors’ participated in a growingSTEMS activity at the Hollywood Rec Center on a… Read More »Summer Campers Test Paper Airplane Designs
July 13th was the fourth River Concert Series event held at the St. Mary’s College of Maryland. We demonstrated two new activities: Alka-Seltzer rockets and straw paper airplanes, and returned once again with Oobleck. Alka-Seltzer rockets where a blast (pun intended) and demonstrated how chemical reactions work. Film canisters were… Read More »River Concert Series – A growingSTEMS Activity Booth
The RoboBees are holding open enrollment at the Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center on August 30th! We welcome students from 8th through 12th grade to come see what The RoboBees are all about. Students and Mentors from the team will be on hand to explain what FIRST… Read More »Open Enrollment | 2012-2013 School Year
growingSTEMS attended the special “Fourth of July” St. Mary’s River Concert Series event held at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Complete with GAK, OOBLECK, Yow Sting, and fireworks bursting in mid-air during the instrumental finale, families were entertained throughout the entire night. Bloom, the WiBot, was out rolling around through… Read More »River Concert Series – A growingSTEMS Activity Booth
Friday June 19th was the second week for the St. Mary’s River Concert Series hosted by St. Mary’s College of Maryland. With assistance from The RoboBees students were out in force conducting science activities. The RoboBees brought both their competition robot (Yow Sting) and their practice bot from this past… Read More »River Concert Series – A growingSTEMS Activity Booth
This past Friday (June 22nd) was the first of the 2012 River Concert Series hosted by St. Mary’s College of Maryland. For the second consecutive year, growingSTEMS™ hosted its activity booth, with assistance from The RoboBees. The hands-on chemistry experiments captured the interest of many children and their families. Three… Read More »River Concert Series – A growingSTEMS Activity Booth
Yesterday’s Exposition was hosted by the Metal Lions (FTC 3253) of Archbishop Carroll High School, under the direction of Ms. Janet Lathan (IT/Math Teacher). The day was filled with demonstrations and hands on interaction by local FIRST® teams and other STEM organizations. Mentors from The RoboBees and growingSTEMS™ took demonstration… Read More »Archbishop Carroll High School – Robot Exposition
Future Leaders of Our World (FLOW) is an after school mentoring program in St Mary’s County Public Schools (SMCPS). At Hollywood Elementary School (HES), the FLOW program pairs twelve students with adult or High School student mentors for one to two years. The program seeks to build positive relationships and… Read More »FLOW Mentoring at Hollywood Elementary