STEM Education Throughout Our Schools

Manassas Park City Schools

Manassas Park City Schools is committed to promoting a well-rounded education for all students with an emphasis in the provisions of the foundation of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). By supporting comprehensive STEM and robotics programs, we will implement and offer educational opportunities for our students through the generous support of local business and industry, as well as the Manassas Park Education Foundation, which broaden their educational experience and meet future work force needs.

Our Mission

Time to Invent Club

EcoGreen Challenge

C.A.R.E. Block

SySTEMic Solutions Challenge

Cougar Science Camp

Primary Level

Secondary Level

Time To Invent Club Afterschool club of up

to 12 students

Use problem solving and inventing skills to study STEM education

C.A.R.E. Block Two teachers per

grade level lead a STEM block in their hallway throughout the year.

Designed to reach all students

Teaches through inquiry and critical thinking skills

Piloted with GT students

Designed to teach energy and resource conservation to students

Involves critical thinking and engineering skills

EcoWind Challenge

Challenges 8th Grade students to invent and problem solve using household objects

◦ Optics Device

◦ Recyclable Rube-Goldberg Machine

SySTEMic Solutions Challenge

Teach STEM to students in grades 3-8

Focuses on Inquiry while aligning with Middle School Science Standards

Partnered with:◦ National Science

Foundation◦ George Mason

University◦ Prince William

County Police

Cougar Science Camp

Manassas Park Robotics

The mission of the robotics program in Manassas Park City Schools is to create opportunities, both within and outside the school division, for students to gain 21st century skills, with an emphasis on “coopertition,” while learning to design, program and build robots throughout their education.

Our Mission

Design and build robots using current technology

Learn fundamental engineering skills, critical thinking, problem solving and social skills.

Design and build programs to control the robot autonomously and user-controlled

Takes video game skills and turns it into real life

Robotics teaches students to…

Consortium consists of Manassas Park, Manassas City and Prince William County Schools

All Elementary, Middle, and High Schools have at least one robotics program

NOVA Robotics

Partnered with

First Lego League Club Competition Club

◦ 2 teams of 5-7 fourth and fifth grade students

◦ Compete in November

Programming Club◦ Targets 3rd and 4th

grade students◦ Teaches basic

programming for NXT robots

FLL

FLL Fun Day – May 11th 2013

Fun Day May 11th at Osbourn Park High School

79 teams totaling over 700 elementary students

Middle School◦ Three teams of 4-6

members◦ Compete throughout

NOVA area

High School◦ First year for the

program

◦ Had one team of 5 high school students

◦ Expanding to two teams next year

VEX Robotics

Map of REC/VEX robotics

Design Award and Mentor of the Year

Students in our robotics clubs participate in SySTEMic Solutions STEM camps

Starting in Summer 2013 – VEX Robotics Camp with Manassas City◦ Students learn to engineer, build and program

robots prior to start of school year

Robotics Camp

SeaPerch

2012-2013

Create underwater ROV

Entirely Remote controlled

MPHS had one competition team this year though several members participated without competeing

SeaPerch

Tournaments

2011-2012◦ Hosted Regional and

National Tournament at Manassas Park Community Center

2012-2013◦ Hosted Regional

Tournament

Coming Soon: jFLL

2013-2014

Starting at Cougar and Manassas Park Elementary Schools

Using FLL fields and situations

Expecting 2 teams of students in 2nd and 3rd grade

So what do the students think?