News Site about STEM Education Runs Story about Wiley Middle School's STEAM program

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On the website STEMwire.org, reporter Hetali Lodaya writes about Wiley Middle School’s STEAM program.

Here is an excerpt:

Ray Hellinger’s sixth grade math class at Wiley Middle School is focused on four choices on a screen.

“If an airplane’s engine cut out in mid-air, which of the forces would decrease: gravity, thrust, weight, or drag? Think about what the engine provides, from the video you just saw.”

As the students input their answer choices into handheld clickers, all of their classmates across the floor are also talking about flight. There is lift and drag in science; Wilbur and Orville Wright in language arts; the history of kites in various cultures in social studies. Students are also designing their own kites that they will fly before the end of the week.

The story goes on to talk about the history of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) and provides more information about Wiley's pilot program. The rest of Lodaya’s story can be found at STEMwire.org

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