Magnolia Public School Visits for STEM Workshop

This past Saturday, gifted and talented students from Magnolia Public School visited CCTS and our FIRST program to learn about STEM and our robotics team.  Students participated in a workshop facilitated by CCTS Pre-Engineering Academy Instructor Alan Norton and FIRST Team leaders.  The students worked on an engineering problem solving project, learned about the CCTS Robotics program and got to shadow team members as they were working on Rocky 2015.

 

“Being able to visit the technical school, exploring the field of STEM and robotics by  participating in an actual engineering lesson has provided my 7^th and 8^th grade students an opportunity to get a head start in understanding their own potential,”  said Ralph Johnson, Principal at Magnolia Public School.  “The students of the FIRST team are fine examples to their younger counter parts by showing their enthusiasm about their career, school and team.”

One of the missions of the FIRST program nationally is to demonstrate that science, technology, and problem-solving are not only fun and rewarding, but are proven paths to successful careers.  The students of the CCTS FIRST team are taking  that message seriously by getting that word out the to the middle-schools in Camden County.  “Students need to get interested in STEM careers by solving problems at an early age,” stated Alan Norton, CCTS Pre-Engineering Academy Instructor.  “We need to show children that they can be the next great inventors and scientists by getting to them at an early age.”

 

Here are some pictures from their visit:

 

Mr. Norton, CCTS Pre-Engineering Academy Instructors works with the Magnolia students
on a engineering problem using VEX kits.

One of the FIRST Team Leaders and Pre-Enginnering Academy Junior
Cole B. works assists students with their project as Magnolia
Principal Ralph Johnson looks on.

Two of Magnolia's finest work on a pulley system with their VEX robot kits.