For more than 15 years, STEM 101 has been rooted in an interdisciplinary approach developed through collaborative efforts to provide students with comprehensive, meaningful, and real-world STEM learning experiences.
Hands-on STEM learning provides powerful learning experiences and increases teacher effectiveness.
STEM education prepares learners for high-demand careers that drive economic development.
Students are able to take the resources in each kit and practice their newly learned STEM skills at home and out in the community. We also foster relationships between education and industry to provide more career centered opportunities to students.
When students actively participate in hands-on STEM learning whether through experiments, build models, or solve real-world problems, we empower them to become active learners, critical thinkers, and successful problem-solvers.
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Harley-Davidson’s decision to sponsor a STEM 101 Connections project was a great step in our K-12 STEM outreach efforts. STEM 101 took this idea of highlighting in-demand electrical careers and turned it into a well-designed, engaging and comprehensive project for students – one that allows students to do something hands-on, exposing them to the very basics of electrical circuits.
I’ve been using the STEM program for quite a few years now. We have a Fun Friday every week and the students get to work on their kits. They’re working on things that we might not get a chance to cover in class. The hands-on approach keeps all my students engaged.
The STEM 101 kits our school received through the Ashley Furniture grant have been instrumental in meeting the curriculum objectives in my Computer Science & Engineering class. The students were excited and actively learning basic skills in building circuitry and applying specific programming skills with microcontrollers. Some students took things to a more advanced level by creating their own projects with their new skill sets! Thank you Ashley Furniture and STEM 101 for these engaging kits!
These STEM Kits are far from the pre-cut crafts students are used to. I watched them move from nervous starters to confident, collaborative problem-solvers. They began to help each other, critically think, and take ownership of their learning. What took days last year, they now accomplish in under 30 minutes. Watching students gain independence, accountability, and critical thinking skills from a STEM 101 Kit was more than I ever expected. It’s simply amazing.
