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- Fuel Cells
- Awards
- Dates
- Overview
- Schools
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We have officially completed TechSTEP for the 2008-2009 school year! Thanks to all who participated and made it happen!... Teacher Workshop 3 gave the teachers a chance to “go deeper” with some of the concepts covered previously in the year, including modeling using Microsoft Excel. The Challenge Weekend presented student teams with several competitions, including a speed race and a tug-of-war competition. Each team also prepared a PowerPoint presentation that communicated their design process and test results. To connect students’ projects to the “real world,” a fuel cell researcher and Louisiana Tech faculty member shared with the group and then toured research labs in our Institute for Micromanufacturing. Finally, the students were able to hear from their student mentors about college life in engineering and science fields. Click here for pictures from Teacher Workshop 3 and the Challenge Weekend! We’ll see you next year! |
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Congratulations to the following teams who won TechSTEP awards for the 2009-2010 school year:
- Ringgold High School – First Place, Speed; First Place, Torque
- Benton High School – Best Presentation; Second Place, Torque
- Ouachita Parish High School – Best SolidWorks Prototype
- Bolton High School – Second Place, Speed
We’re looking forward to great things next year!! |
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Here are the dates for our 2008-2009 Teachers’ Workshops and Discovery Weekends:
Teacher Workshop 1 – November 8, 2008
Discovery Weekend 1 – December 6, 2008
Teacher Workshop 2 – January 24, 2009
Discovery Weekend 2 – January 31, 2009
Teacher Workshop 3 – March 21, 2009
Challenge Weekend – March 28, 2009 |
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LATechSTEP (STEM Talent Expansion Program) is an initiative funded by the National Science Foundation. It is a partnership between Louisiana Tech University’s College of Engineering & Science and seven high schools from Louisiana and Texas.
The main goals of the project are:
- To demonstrate math and science applications
(hands-on activities, projects, etc.) with high school mathematics
and science teachers.
- To encourage and prepare high school students to graduate in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering,
and Mathematics) fields in college.
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We are excited to announce our partner high schools for
2008-2009! The following high schools have decided to
join with us in LATechSTEP:
- Airline High School – Bossier City, LA
- Benton High School – Benton, LA
- Bolton High School – Alexandria, LA
- Captain Shreve High School – Shreveport, LA
- Parkway High School – Bossier City, LA
- Ruston High School – Ruston, LA
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