1. STEM to STEAM Workshop Proposal for Joseph L. McCourt Middle School
Carolyn M. Dooley, Art Teacher
Joseph L. McCourt Middle School
Cumberland, RI

2. STEM: Brown University
STEM PD for teachers Stephanie Feger, Program Specialist/Educational Technology Stephanie The Education Alliance at Brown University 4 Richmond Square; Providence, RI

3. STEM: Brown University (cont’d)
The Artemis Project
five-week summer program
directed by four undergraduate women at Brown University
introduces rising 9th-grade girls to computer science, targeting them at the critical age when the disparity between males and females in the sciences becomes most pronounced.
The program is free
students have the option to obtain free RIPTA bus passes
lunch is provided every day

4. STEM: West Point
United States Military Academy at West Point Center for STEM education Run through the Admissions Office COL Deborah MacDonald (845) FREE STEM PROGRAM for BOTH GENDERS 4 days/3 nights The 2013 STEM Workshop application will be available in January.

5. STEM: Naval Academy
United States Naval Academy at Annapolis If you have questions regarding Summer STEM please

6. STEM to STEAM: RISD
John Maeda, new President of RISD, is an MIT graduate RISD now has a heavy emphasis on engineering Introducing the Art into STEM: STEAM RISD is actively working to get STEAM funding by Congress at and the National Science Foundation at Bridging STEM to STEAMstemtosteam.org/archive/?page_id=428 Babette Allina, Office of Government Relations: stemtosteam risd.edu / Presently, no middle school programs available; however, RISD offers STEAM classes to teachers

7. STEM to STEAM Proposal STEM to STEAM workshop at McCourt Format:
-9 a.m. – 1 p.m. on a Saturday
-not a teacher-run event
-run by volunteers who are engineering majors from URI and professional engineers in community
-Number of students is dependent on the number of workshops offered

8. STEM Proposal (cont’d)
In Progress: Tucker W. Shosh, Major, B.A., Providence College will assist in modeling the program after West Point to create a satellite STEM program & assist with funding (Phone: )
Since PC is a liberal arts college, he cannot secure STEM majors—must go to URI
Possible Local Resource: Science Center Outreach; Brown University; Box 1992; Science Library, 3rd Floor 201; Thayer Street; Providence, RI 02906; Phone

9. STEM to STEAM Proposal: What would the workshop look like?
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. registration/check-in
9:00 – 9:15 welcome (whole group in cafe)
9:20 – 10:55: Session I
11– 12:30: Session II
12:30 – 1:00 pm: Closing Remarks and resources
Select 2 Workshops (in Classrooms)
Chemical Engineering: create a potato rocket
Mechanical Engineering: Aviation—create a balsa wood airplane
Physics: Spaghetti Bridge competition
Technology: Hacking
Art to Physics Egg Drop Competition: create an aesthetically pleasing & functional container for an egg drop competition