The Change X grant allowed us to expose students to STEM education. They were able to talk on a challenging task that required them to struggle and work through it. The initial week we did sparked interest and we will be running a team moving forward.
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We will use the funding to purchase the class pack for FLL Explore, team registration and potentially another team kit. The class pack will allow us to offer FLL Explore as an intercession topic in October on a break and then also allow us to generate a club that will have a team to compete.
The impact on the community is that kids will be exposed to STEM opportunities and through the connections made they will learn more about STEM career paths. Those in the club will potentially get to visit a college campus.
One major opportunity is to allow students who may not be able to participate in sports to be a part of a team, collaborate and use problem-solving skills.
Our next steps are to reach out to Camille at ISU to learn about other districts who are doing this well and to learn about any other partnerships we may be able to form to support our students and teams. We also want to learn more about the challenges and what the day to day looks like with FLL.
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