by Paige Barnes | Aug 1, 2017 | EDAP Winners, Houston, STEM News, STEM Students
Indhu Gunda won an award for her entry in the 2017 NCWIT Aspirations in Computing. Indhu is a dedicated and hardworking high school student who likes to explore challenges. Her favorite part of computer science is developing programs that address complex challenges....
by Paige Barnes | Jul 21, 2017 | EDAP Winners, STEM Students
Vijay Moorthy is in third grade and won an award for his art entry in the 2017 CEA and HMNS Art, Essay, and Media Contest. Prior to this award, Vijay won several awards for academic excellence at his school, St John Paul II Catholic School. He has also obtained...
by Paige Barnes | Jun 1, 2017 | EDAP Winners, Houston, STEM News, STEM Students
Amanda Opp was one of the winners of NREL’s 2017 Lithium-Ion Battery Car Competition. Amanda just finished middle school at The Manning School in Golden, CO, where she was honored to be in the National Junior Honor Society. She loves to volunteer in the...
by Paige Barnes | May 30, 2017 | Colorado, Houston, STEM Experiments & Activities
(If you haven’t already, read our first post about Cross-Curricular STEM Challenges.) A CS lesson on human interface design using Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Younger students may require an explanation of interface). Think about the droids in Star Wars as...
by Paige Barnes | May 30, 2017 | Colorado, Houston, STEM Experiments & Activities
STEM requires problem solving, and problem solving requires a broad spectrum of thought. Because their brains haven’t been conditioned to think in a vacuum, many times young students can tackle problems that have stumped engineers. Because of this, we at Energy...
