STEM-Robotics: Our students develop a sophisticated range of robotics skills which are embedded within STEM practices that include various maker technologies, coding platforms, and entrepreneurial endeavors.
Robotics is an interdisciplinary field that integrates computer science and engineering. Robotics involves design, construction, operation, and use of robots. The goal of robotics is to design machines that can help and assist humans. Robotics integrates fields of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, information engineering, mechatronics, electronics, bioengineering, computer engineering, control engineering, software engineering, among others. (Source)
STEM: is an approach to learning and development that integrates the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. (Source)
Check out the STEM-robotics articles below that have appeared in the news recently. These articles reinforce our mission and the importance of preparing young women for future careers in STEM fields.
Meet The First Black Woman To Earn A Nuclear Engineering Ph.D. From Nation’s Top Program
Ciara Sivels knew she was going to make history, but she really wanted to focus on finishing her Ph.D. program first. Sivels, a native of Chesapeake, Virginia, is the first black woman to earn a doctoral degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Michigan, the top program in the country. “It […]
Girls Are More Engaged When They’re ‘Doing Science’ Rather Than ‘Being Scientists’
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/doing-science-increases-girls-engagement.html Asking young girls to “do science” leads them to show greater persistence in science activities than does asking them to “be scientists,” researchers at New York...
Women must act now, or male-designed robots will take over our lives
The overarching problem of men dictating the rules has found new expression in something that is currently changing the way we live and breathe: artificial intelligence (AI). Let us be clear. There are great benefits in the use of AI and we should cherish...
Gender Diversity Is Urgently Needed Say Prominent Women In Technology
Noel Sharkey Antiguo colaboradorIA y Big DataEscribo sobre beneficios, errores y exageraciones de los robots, la inteligencia artificial, el aprendizaje automático y las nuevas tecnologías. Injustice against women persists in the application of new technologies....
Correction: Youth Robotics story
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated PressApril 27, 2019, 10:07 AM ET• 3 min read Mary Pangowish works on her tea Mary Pangowish works on her team's robot during the First Championship robotics competition, Friday, April 26, 2019, in Detroit. Pangowish is the...
For the first time in history, girls win all the top 5 prizes of the national STEM competition.
Andželika / Community member /https://www.boredpanda.com/ The finalists were judged for their knowledge of STEM subjects and demonstration of 21st-century skills, such as critical thinking, communication, creativity, collaborative skills, and teamwork. This year,...
How the STEM Crisis is Threatening the Future of Work.
The United States is falling behind in some of the most important areas of education to help solve the problems of today and tomorrow. The crisis in STEM fields—which cover science, technology, engineering and mathematics—is threatening the growing workforce and in...
All-Girl Robotics Team In Afghanistan Works On Low-Cost Ventilator … With Car Parts.
It sounds like an impossible dream, but then again, the all-girls robotics team in question is called the "Afghan Dreamers." Living a country where two-thirds of adolescent girls cannot read or write, they're used to overcoming challenges. Elham Mansoori, member of...
News STEM- Robotics
Stereotypes and cultural norms dampen girls’ interest in STEM, but educators can counter the disparities with small changes to their practice. In several studies, when children were asked to draw a mathematician or scientist, girls were twice as likely...
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