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Who Me? I can have a career in STEM

Explore the problem of low rates of STEM career pursuit among MCHS graduates. This research investigates the lack of STEM career education as a potential cause and suggests steps to address it.

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Who Me? I can have a career in STEM

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  1. Who Me? I can have a career inSTEM Jennifer Howard Magoffin county high school

  2. Problem of practice • MCHS graduates are pursuing STEM careers at low rates (non-medical) • Interest inventories revealed current students had a low interest in STEM careers Are Magoffin Co. High School students pursuing STEM careers at low rates due to lack of STEM career education?

  3. STEM Career ED

  4. University of KY College of Engineering Visit Toured All Engineering Departments Visited Major Labs Full Campus Tour

  5. Joe Curd Morehead State University Professor

  6. STEM Connections - MPATE Day at MSU

  7. STEM Connections - MPATE Day at MSU

  8. STEM Connections Engineering Design

  9. STEM Connections Sound Waves and Trig

  10. STEM in the Real World KY Department of Transportation Engineers Presentation Mountain Parkway Expansion Fields of Engineering Coursework for Engineering KY Dept of Transportation Scholarship for Civil Engineering

  11. STEM in the REAL world

  12. What did the data reveal? Before… After…

  13. Guest Speaker – Survey and Mapping Major • Guest Speaker – Network Engineer • More PBL • Explore what other schools are doing to promote STEM • Lesson collaboration with science department • More grant proposals NEXT Steps…

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