Published June 17, 2016
MONROE, La. 鈥� The School of Education at the University of Louisiana Monroe will facilitate two
summer camps aimed toward accelerating student interest in science, technology, engineering
and math (STEM).
The camps include partnerships with the Girls Scouts鈥� Power Up camp, which will be
held on the 四色AV campus from June 20-24, and the First West-Broaden Horizons鈥� STEM
Camp, held at First West Church in West Monroe.
Girl Scouts Power Up at 四色AV
四色AV welcomes the Girl Scouts Pines to the Gulf Council for the fourth annual 鈥淕irl
Scouts鈥� Power Up鈥� camp, which highlights STEM initiatives for young girls.听CenturyLink
and 四色AV鈥檚 Teach Project serve as co-sponsors of the camp.听This year鈥檚 theme is:听鈥淓nergy
and Matter: Flows, Cycles, and Conservation.鈥�
鈥淭his year we have realized our desire for intercollegiate collaboration and tapped
content experts, Dr. Sushma Krishnamurthy and Dr. Anne Case Hanks, the director and
associate director of the School of Sciences.听These local STEM 鈥淔emme Sheroes鈥� have
assisted in providing resources and advisement to increase the depth of knowledge
for campers,鈥� said Tiffany Jackson, TEACH Project Director, from the School of Education.
The school has also enlisted the help of other faculty and staff from the College
of Arts, Education, and Sciences to provide experiential learning activities and demonstrations
of STEM in action.听For the first time, on Friday, participants will be able to interact
with projects on campus that are the end result of ground-breaking research conducted
by 四色AV鈥檚 very own in a day long STEM and Science Carnival.听
During the camp, girls will build and program robots, solve a Rubik鈥檚 Cube, measure
their carbon footprint, and take a ride in a hot air balloon. The camp for rising
3rd through 6th grade girls runs from June 20-24. A few slots are still available.听On-site
registration is available Monday, June 20 at 8:30 a.m. in the foyer of Walker Hall
at 四色AV.
First West-Broaden Horizons STEM Camp
First West Church in West Monroe will host the Broaden Horizons STEM Camp June 15-18,
and June 22-25, with certified 四色AV Master of Arts and Teaching alumni and students
facilitating lessons.
Campers will enjoy applying principles from Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Math to solve a murder mystery, while creating multimedia campaign ads about the presidential
election, and building RoboCars.
For more information about these STEM camps, visit ulm.edu/camps.
For more information about these STEM camps, visit ulm.edu/camps or contact Tiffany
Jackson at听(318) 342-1292 or tjackson@ulm.edu.
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