STEM Festival Advances Technology at Furnace Town
More than 500 fourth grade students immersed themselves in STEM-based activities at Furnace Town near Snow Hill, Md., Nov. 2 and 3 as a part of the Maryland STEM Festival 2016.
The STEM Festival event, “Advances in Technology: Then, Now and Beyond” led by Marlyn Barrett, Worcester County Public Schools Science Supervisor, offered students the opportunity to rotate through 15 educational stations to learn about Heliophysics and NASA missions such as the Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE), Global Precipitation Monitoring (GPM), and Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP).
Four of the 15 stations led by NASA Education Staff members Patricia Benner, Shardae Williams, Kristen Weaver, and Brian Campbell, staffed four of the stations providing STEM activities associated with NASA’s current missions. These activities encouraged students to learn about specific topics through building sundials, measuring and monitoring precipitation, and measuring moisture in soil.
In addition, Wallops’ staff provided NASA education lessons to 26 participating teachers focusing on the advances in technology related to light, water, and soil and their importance to sustainable agricultural processes.
This is Worcester County’s Second Annual Maryland STEM Festival, designed to provide inspirational, educational, and accessible programming in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) throughout Maryland.
For more information about the programs or upcoming events, visit: http://marylandstemfestival.org/about/.