Appalachian STEM Enrichment Academy Spring Education Sessions
Water Quality Learning Opportunity
The Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service will offer a 3-week Appalachian STEM Enrichment Academy (ASEA) program for middle school students grades 5-8 to participate in an interactive learning opportunity focused on water quality from the Appalachian counties. The sessions will be held completely online. Sessions will be both synchronous and asynchronous. There is no charge to participate, limit of 20 students.
The learning objectives for the Water Quality ASEA Cohort:
- List the properties of clean water
- Compare characteristics of healthy and polluted streams
- List sources of waste and their impact to streams and rivers
- Describe the physical features important for aquatic life
- List ways a person can become a citizen scientist
- Collect water quality data and share publicly
- Describe the watershed they live in and potential impacts
Register for Water Quality Program
Registration closes March 31, 2023
Water Quality Schedule
Week 1
Session 1: Introduction Water Quality
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
4:00–5:00 p.m.
Session 2: Raccoon Creek and pH Bingo
Thursday, April 6, 2023
4:00–5:00 p.m.
Session 3: Stream Restoration
Asynchronous
Week 2
Session 4: Waste in the Waterway
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
4:00–5:00 p.m.
Session 5: Aquatic Biology
Thursday, April 13, 2023
4:00–5:00 p.m.
Session 6: STEM Citizen
Asynchronous
Week 3
Session 7: My Backyard Stream
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
4:00–5:00 p.m.
Session 8: How's My Watershed & Reflection
Thursday, April 13, 2023
4:00–5:00 p.m.
Water Quality Test Kit
A basic Water Quality Test Kit will be mailed to student to be used with the sessions. This kit allows students to make water quality measurements from a water body near their home and share their data on My Backyard Stream. Contents of the kit include: Field data sheets, a bottle of 5-in-1 test strips pH strips, forceps, macroinvertebrate ID sheet, a petri dish, a pipette, and a magnifying glass.
Instructors
- Jen Bowman, Director of Environmental Programs at Ohio University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Services
740-597-3101
bowmanj2@ohio.edu - Voinovich Undergraduate Research Scholars
- AmeriCorps
- Foundation for Ohio River Education
Technology Learning Opportunity
This spring the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service will offer a 2-week Appalachian STEM Enrichment Academy (ASEA) program for the Appalachian counties middle and high school students grades 8-12 to participate in an interactive learning opportunity focused on the fourth industrial revolution digital transformation: the mentioned technologies (or rather groups of technologies) such as Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Drone, Virtual and Augmented Reality. There is no charge to participate, limit of 22 students.
The learning objectives for the fourth industrial revolution digital transformation ASEA Cohort are shown below.
- What are the main characteristics of Artificial intelligence (AR)? What are the applications of augmented reality AR in manufacturing?
- What are the advantages of Artificial Intelligence (AI)? What is the purpose of AI?
- What is an Unmanned System? Learn about drones and how they are used in the real world. How are Aerial Drones applied today and in the industry?
- Learn to build robots! Play and experiment with the world’s most popular open-source robot to develop hardware and software tech skills.
Register for Technology Program
Registration closes March 31, 2023
Technology Schedule
Week 1
Session 1: What is augmented reality (Metaverse)?
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Session 2: What is primary purpose of a drone?
Friday, April 7, 2023
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Week 2
Session 3: What is artificial intelligence?
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Session 4: Build Internet of Things (IoT) Otto Bot
Friday, April 14, 2023
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Internet of Things Otto Bot Kit
Participants can use this kit to build and program using a visual programming language based on Blockly from Google. A Bluetooth module allows the student to remote control via the mobile App. We will ship the Otto Kit to their home addresses.
Instructors
- Elkan Kim, Senior IT Project Manager and Computer Software Engineer, Ohio University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service
740-597-1692
kimt@ohio.edu - Ohio University Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Students
Funding supporting the ASEA platform and development of the lesson materials are in part from: AEP Fund of the Columbus Foundation, DOE PORTS Future PPO EM, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, and Voinovich School Appalachian New Economy Partnership. Direct funding to support Water Quality cohort instructors and kits are provided from AEP Fund of the Columbus Foundation and Voinovich School Appalachian New Economy Partnership.
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