STEM Education Institute Tuesday Seminar
FIRST is more than the high school FIRST Robotics Competition; it now encompasses programs for students from Grade 2 (or earlier) through college. Find out how this international program can serve all the students in your school system and will allow them to continue involvement for the rest of their lives.
Steve Cremer, FIRST Regional Director and Senior Mentor for Southern New England, will present what is new and exciting in FIRST, including the new curriculum and framework links to Technology/Engineering, Science, Math and ELA standards both in Massachusetts and around the world.
Hear about the partnerships with leading corporations which have created the FIRST Tech Challenge, FIRST LEGO League, Junior FIRST LEGO League, along with premier FIRST Robotic Challenge. Recent research has shown that after-school and out-of-school programs have a profound effect on student performance and their overall life skills in the STEM areas. Students are many times more willing to undertake difficult areas of study because they are aware of the excitement such study can bring to their lives and careers.