Today we had another STEM field trip (our 12th of the academic year!); this time we (virtually) visited the 6th grade class (~55 students) at the Joyce Kilmer K-8 School. This field trip was organized by Fernando Clevez, teacher at the Kilmer and a long-time science fair judge! Topic this week was Engineering Design Process […]
Today was our Last field trip of National Engineers Week (but not the last of the year: we still have ~10 field trips left this year. Today, 70 fifth grade students from the Murphy K-8 school came for an engineering design process workshop / field trip, wherein they learned about engineering, thinking like a mechanical […]
Today was the third field trip of National Engineer’s Week! We typically only run field trips (especially virtual ones) for upper elementary and middle school students, but today we had 9th and 10th graders from the Dearborn STEM Academy. The theme of today’s field trip was “Engineering in College.” First, attending students had a STEM/College […]
Today was our second field trip of National Engineer’s Week! 75 x 4th/5th graders from the Tobin K-8 School came to learn about Engineering and the Design Process! Today’s field trip was led by NU students (and Center for STEM Education work studies) Tyree and Hadeel, with additional assistance by NU students Karen and Samantha. […]
Today was our first field trip (of four) of National Engineer’s Week! The Mendell Elementary School, which we’ve partnered with in the past for the Excellence for All’s robotics program (and Nick did his student teaching practicum there), came for a virtual visit – their whole fourth grade (44 students) was in attendance! Sam and […]
On Wednesday, February 3rd we had a STEM Field Trip with the Edison K-8 (Elementary School) where we discussed the Engineering Design Process and applied it to a Civil Engineering Project – Paper Towers. We began by talking about what Engineering is and went over the 5 steps of the Design Process: Ask, Imagine, Plan, […]
On Tuesday, December 15th, we had a virtual field trip with Ms. Brigg’s fifth grade class (~16 students) from the Donald McKay K-8 School. This field trip was an Engineering Design Workshop, which is a shortened field trip (2 hours) with three specific activities: What is this Thing?, Paper Towers, and STEM/College 101. What is […]
Today (December 17th), during a blizzard, we had a virtual field trip with the Grew Elementary School‘s fourth grade classes (~35 students)! Joining us for the field trip (8:45-10:45am) was five Northeastern volunteers: Hadeel (joining from the UAE, at 5:30pm), Madisyn (from Atlanta, GA), Bryanna (from NJ), Tasha (from Northeastern), and Lauryn (from Las Vegas, […]
On November 12th, 48 x 4-6th grade students from the Mary Lyon K-8 School in Boston came for a virtual field trip. This is the 4th consecutive year that the Mary Lyon has come for a field trip to Northeastern! We love having them come. Thanks to Mrs. Kit for arraigning these visits! For the […]
On Thursday, November 29th we had another STEM Field Trip, this time with the Dever Elementary School in Boston, in which 63 students in grades 4 and 5 attended virtually. The field trip ran all day (from 8:40am to 2:10pm), covering Engineering and the Design Process, as well as Natural Disasters. The day started off […]
