Start Early: Middle School STEM Fair as a Recruitment Tool

1. Start Early: Middle School STEM Fair as a Recruitment Tool STEMTech Indianapolis, Indiana October 3, 2011

2. About the Presenters • Jonathan PaverDean, Arts & Sciences • Antoinette BaldinDean, Business & Technology • Ric SegoviaAssistant Dean, Arts & Sciences • Jo Beth HalpinFaculty, Architecture

3. About Triton College • Western suburbs of Chicago • 63 square miles • District Population over 330,000 • 17,000 students (8,200 FTE) • 75% of students attend part-time

4. Discussion Question • What STEM related K-12 outreach initiatives does your school currently have in place?

5. Triton College STEM Fair • The evolution from Science Day to STEM Fair • Planning • How do you structure a day to engage 180 middle school students? • How do you feed them? • How do you get faculty involved?

7. Coordination • Division of schools: • Hester Junior High School • Union Ridge School • Komarek School District/NJHS • Elm Middle School • River Grove School • 5 Schools/Districts x 36 students each = 180

8. Informational Agenda What You Will Need To Know To Get Started Triton College has reserved thirty-six (36) seats for students from your district’s middle schools to participate in the annual STEM Fair. Selection of students is entirely up to you. Please select 36 students you wish to attend the STEM Fair and forward this information to our office. Include the number of chaperones who will accompany your students, and include their names too. Your “confirmation list” should include 36 student names and chaperones. Also, include the names of your participating schools and email addresses for your chaperones. Send all information by April 15th. Email to Ric Segovia at rsegovia@triton.edu.

9. Informational Agenda About the STEM Fair The STEM Fair is an exciting, hands-on, one day event featuring activities in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Lunch is included along with a science demonstration featuring Mike Davis, host of “City Science,” that aired on WYCC. Participating students (and chaperones) should expect to be on campus from 9:15 a.m. to 2:10 p.m. Because we would like for all students to get the most out of the STEM fair, we ask that students participating in the Fair remain on campus the entire day. We cannot accept half day participants. Lunch will be provided for all students and chaperones. You can expect your students to be challenged and immersed into a world of Sciences.

10. Informational Agenda Location Triton College will host the STEM Fair on its campus in the Robert Collins Building, located on the east side of the campus. Schools must provide their own transportation. Upon arrival, chaperones should escort students through the main doors of the Robert Collins Building. There will be a registration table in the main lobby to get you started. Buses can expect to pull into the main parking lot in front of the Robert Collins Building for loading and unloading. After unloading, buses should move to the south end of the lot if they choose to remain on campus and wait for afternoon departure. Students can expect to load buses at approximately 2:10 p.m. All STEM Fair activities, including lunch, will be held in doors in the Robert Collins Building. (We went with your idea for lunch!)

11. Informational Agenda Arrival/Check In and Departure Arrival and Check In time is between 9:15 and 9:40. Please allow time for check in and registration. The first activity begins at 9:45. When your students check in, an escort will be assigned to your group. Chaperones will be given an instructional packet to begin their activities. We ask that chaperones stay with their groups throughout the day.

12. Group Agenda

13. Internal Coordination • Rooms • Classes • Volunteers

14. Volunteers Sonja Godlewski Allison Dussias Liz Brindise  Beth Child Judy Jiang  Larry Manno Cullen Nicholson Sue Rohde Preet Saluja Jennifer Smith Lance Wilson Joe Beuchel Gabe Guzman Scott Baker Mary Romberger Peter Winkler Missy Cabrera Myrna La Rosa Cynthia Harris Sandy Poremba Zack Zikora Jamease Mosley Leslie Skopick Forbes Reyes Chris Pandolofo Mina Rezaeian Rudy Bahena Pedro Macias Tim Love JoBeth Halpin Frances Figg Brian Hammersley Larry Schmidt Rich Bodner • JenniseFermoso • Rachel Widd • Kimberly Ramirez • Hema Patel • Roger Bowling • Rachel Ziarko • Claribel, Matias • Vanessa Martinez • Charmi Desai • Andrew Michael Mastro • Holly Nicole Brown • Rene Franklin • Mariano Garcia • Marlon Johnson • Vanessa K. Patkowski • Amanda Lorren Valenzuela Luke Sikora JagodaSoltys LoredonnaBarar ArameDiagne Josey Miranda Jennifer Irizarry AgataWiater Taryn Parham Joy Fritz  Rosa Preston Linda Martinez Angela Satala Sabrina Frederick Pedro Nevarez Sarah Gibbs KlaudiaMichalczak Angela Camacho Gabriela Cossyleon

15. Marketing • Partnership Meetings • K-8 Partners provided contact people at schools • Personal Communication • Website marketing: STEM Fair Triton College will host a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Fair on April 28th, 2011. One-hundred-eighty (180) middle school students from our district will arrive at the Robert Collins building at 9:30 a.m. for an all day event. The students will attend fun and exciting activities in areas of Health, Science, and Technology. After lunch students will attend a science demonstration featuring Mike Davis, the local “Science Guy.”

16. Outcomes • STEM Fair ActivitiesThe Activities Schedule (included) outlines the times of the activities and lunch. Students will participate in all activities. Some schools may be grouped with other schools.

17. Activities #1 SCIENCE CRIME BUSTERS: Who Ate the Brownie Batter? Students will analyze evidence taken from the crime scene and determine who is the perpetrator. Chaperones will be asked to participate in this activity and lead their students through the evidence. This activity includes analysis of hair, fingerprints, footprints found at the scene, and powder residue found on each suspect. Note to chaperones: Chaperones may be called to be the suspects.

18. Activities #2 TEMPERATURE AND THERMOMETERS: Body Works Students will explore elements of health care and learn the importance of hand washing and its relation to medical procedures. Students take their own temperature using disposable thermometers and will learn the significance of body temperature and how to convert temperature from Fahrenheit to Celsius using a standard formula. Next, students will learn to measure respiration and learn the relation of radial pulse to heart function as they take their own pulse.

19. Activities #3 ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY: Scaling Up This activity introduces students to reading plans, construction techniques, and scale. Students will learn the fundamental steps in building a simple, single-story residential shed through mode building. This activity will introduce students to Architecture/Construction Management and an actual glance at the full size shed that was built by Triton students in their Wood and Masonry Technology class. Every student will receive a kit with a set of architectural drawings, plans and elevations, and precut balsa wood for constructing a scale model. Students will be able to keep their Shed Kit so they can finish their model at home.

20. Results of the Event Video Presentation

21. Discussion Question • What do you perceive are the positives and negatives of recruitment programs targeted at K-8 students?

22. Discussion Question • What is one idea that you will bring back to your home institution from this session?

23. Other Questions?