In its fifth year, the STEM Summer Enrichment Program (STEM-SEP) at Penn State Harrisburg is designed to improve student preparedness for college while promoting STEM education through active learning experiences and activities. This summer, 28 students from 14 high schools in the central Pennsylvania region participated.
In its fifth year, the STEM Summer Enrichment Program at Penn State Harrisburg is designed to improve student preparedness for college while promoting STEM education through active learning experiences and activities. This summer, 28 students from 14 high schools in the central Pennsylvania region participated.
High school students attending the STEM Summer Enrichment Program learned how to determine blood type during a biology workshop.
Students learned how to determine blood type during a biology session at the STEM Summer Enrichment Program at Penn State Harrisburg. During the program, faculty members offer hands-on workshops to give students a taste of eight STEM disciplines: math, physics, chemistry, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, biology and computer science.
Biology was one of eight STEM disciplines that high school students learned about during the STEM Summer Enrichment Program at Penn State Harrisburg. Activities, which included hands-on workshops and field trips, were designed to help students learn more about STEM fields as they prepare for college.
High school students make concrete boats during a civil engineering session in the STEM Summer Enrichment Program at Penn State Harrisburg. During the program, faculty members offer hands-on workshops to give students a taste of eight STEM disciplines: math, physics, chemistry, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, biology and computer science.
Mitchell Spear, laboratory manager at Penn State Harrisburg, gives students instructions during a biology session during the STEM Summer Enrichment Program at Penn State Harrisburg. The program offers high school students a chance to participate in hands-on workshops related to a variety of STEM topics.
Coding theory and cryptography was one session offered during the STEM Summer Enrichment Program at Penn State Harrisburg. The program gave high school students a taste of eight STEM disciplines: math, physics, chemistry, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, biology and computer science.
High school student Phoebe Boger participates in a biology session during the STEM Summer Enrichment Program at Penn State Harrisburg. During the two-week experience, students rotated through a series of workshop sessions covering many STEM topics.
Craig Culbert, assistant teaching professor of mathematical sciences at Penn State Harrisburg, offered a session on coding theory and cryptology during the STEM Summer Enrichment Program at Penn State Harrisburg. This summer, 28 students from 14 high schools participated in workshops on a variety of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) topics.
High school students participate in a civil engineering workshop during the STEM Summer Enrichment Program at Penn State Harrisburg. In its fifth year, the program is designed to improve student preparedness for college while promoting STEM education through active learning experiences and activities.