1. Changing the Perception of STEM Careers for Diverse Middle
School Students K
2. K 3. A Partnership between UCF and Workforce Central Florida
K 4. Participating Central Florida Public School Districts Lake
County Orange County Osceola County Seminole County Sumter District
K 5. Student Participants Under-represented minorities, females,
low socio- economic, and students with disabilities Resulting
Groups: 5 Heterogeneous Camps (male & female) 2 Homogenous
Camps (one all male, one all female) Targeted Population: K 6.
Expose underrepresented student populations to STEM careers. Make a
real life connection for students to mathematics and science
courses. Give students a condensed college life experience. K 7.
What does the literature say? United States as a STEM super power
(McNeill et al., 2008) National Focus (Blickenstaff, 2005;
Griffith, 2010; Museus et al., 2011; Price, 2010)
Underrepresentation of minorities (Museus et al., 2011) S 8. DATA S
9. A Qualitative Study Methodology Post Interview Pre Interview
STEM CAMP Survey Interviews Interventio n Survey Interview s S Data
Analysis Methods 10. Interview Questions Pre Interview S What is
S.T.E.M.? What do you think of when you think of Science? What jobs
come to mind when you think of Science? What do you think of when
you think of Technology? What jobs come to mind when you think of
Technology? What do you think of when you think of Engineering?
What jobs come to mind when you think of Engineering? What do you
think of when you think of Math? What jobs come to mind when you
think of Math? Of the jobs that you previously mentioned, do you
see yourself obtaining a position in one of those fields? Why or
why not? How is STEM useful in our country (the United States) at
this time? How is STEM useful to you in your daily activities? What
do you expect to learn from this summer experience? 11. Interview
Questions Post Interview S What is S.T.E.M.? What do you think of
when you think of Science? What jobs come to mind when you think of
Science? What do you think of when you think of Technology? What
jobs come to mind when you think of Technology? What do you think
of when you think of Engineering? What jobs come to mind when you
think of Engineering? What do you think of when you think of Math?
What jobs come to mind when you think of Math? Of the jobs that you
previously mentioned, do you see yourself obtaining a position in
one of those fields? Why or why not? How is STEM useful in our
country (the United States) at this time? How is STEM useful to you
in your daily activities? What did you learn about STEM from this
experience? How has this camp changed how you feel about STEM? 12.
UCF & Industry Partners B 13. On Campus Activities Bridge
Building Simulated Classroom Rocket Building/Launch B 14. More On
Campus Activities Training Simulators Engineering structures with
playing cards B 15. Hands on Learning Collaborative Problem Solving
Real World Issues Architecture & Design B 16. Egg Drop Activity
Problem Solving B 17. S 18. Outcomes Effects on Participants More
students interested in STEM Students began considering STEM careers
Camps resulted in a change in perceptions #1 Foundational knowledge
was increased after camp # 2 # 3 # 4 Increase in understanding of
the usefulness of STEM # 5 S 19. Planning for STEM Camp Thinking
Outside of the Box B Target a population of students pick a school
or several Budget keeping costs down On campus partners Meals
Transportation Utilize existing university industry partnerships
Determine length of camp (our plan 4 days) Enhance the college
experience Highlight the college residential experience Include
engaging hands on STEM activities 20. What are you going to do to
create a STEM experience at your school? Contact information is
located on Wikispaces: http://experiencestem.wikispaces.com/ B Will
your preservice teacher be comfortable with STEM content?
