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Project STEM

This series focuses on STEM, the cross-curricular approach to teaching science, technology, engineering and math, and the ways students are learning through fast-paced, out-of-your-seat projects and lessons designed to expose students to emerging career fields.

Partnership pairs high-schoolers with scientists for real-world research

Lowell Erin Albanese

Students in the Science Research class at Lowell High School are working with Van Andel Institute scientists on metabolic and neurodegenerative research.

Simulated crime ties science, critical thinking & data analysis

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

A forensics class incorporates life skills as students act as investigators to solve a murder.

Partnership with Black-founded nonprofit brings dedicated learning space

Grand Rapids Alexis Stark

The newly renovated classrooms at Innovation Central High School were unveiled to staff and students at the STEM Greenhouse 10th anniversary open house, to celebrate the new collaborative partnership between STEM Greenhouse and Grand Rapids Public Schools.

Levitating cars? Anything’s possible in STEM Academy

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark

Levitating cars may sound like magic or science fiction, but for Kenowa Hills STEM Academy students, anything is possible with magnets, a 3D printer and a little bit of math and science.

High-schoolers use TikTok to inform, entertain

Cedar Springs Riley Kelley

Cedar Springs media students are making the best use of TikTok, to deliver positive, entertaining and informative messages.

Real-world scenarios meet STEM fun

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

STEM night activities give families an opportunity to see what students are learning in classrooms.

Student-built boats make a splash during regatta

East Grand Rapids Riley Kelley

Middle-schoolers applied math, science and art lessons to their entries for the competitive regatta fundraiser.

Health care leaders ask students for ideas, solutions

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Sixteen students are helping leading scientists and researchers solve problems at an advanced cancer treatment center in Grand Rapids.

Invention the focus of summer camp

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

North Godwin students kicked off their summer at the school’s first summer STEM camp.

Artificial Intelligence Incubator, certificate program bring new opportunities for AI education

Grand Rapids Community College Erin Albanese

To reach students and the community, GRCC recently unveiled an Artificial Intelligence Incubator and an AI certificate program.

Testing out Newton’s laws of motion, with longboards

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark

During their Gone Boarding unit this spring, Kenowa Hills STEM Academy students created longboards and paddleboards from scratch and tested them at local parks.

Summer camp encourages girls in STEM fields

Education Everywhere Edith Reyes

Girls can change the world, and elementary girls learned just that at a recent Van Andel Institute summer STEM camp.

New STEM space provides cutting-edge opportunities

Kelloggsville Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Three years after voters approved a bond request, students and staff are beginning to see all the possibilities of the high school’s new STEM area.

New manufacturing hub means more space, more students

Kent ISD Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Kent Career Tech Center’s new manufacturing hub brought together four programs, each in larger spaces: welding, engineering, precision machining and mechatronics.

Middle-schoolers learn coding, 3D printing, CAD

Kelloggsville Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

A middle school Robotics class teaches coding, 3D printing and computer-aided design. It’s one of three STEM electives offered to expose students to opportunities in high school science and technology.

Fifth-graders prepare for STEM project with an animal visit

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

Holland’s Outdoor Discovery Center visits with its animals to help North Godwin students prepare for an upcoming STEM project.

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