One of the major challenges in science education is the fact that women and minority students in the United States earn so few bachelor’s degrees in fields like computational science. For girls, middle school is a particularly critical time to develop an interest in computational projects. A new introductory freshman course in computational science and engineering prepares students to work with the Sciencenter’s Future Science Leaders Program to create educational activities that encourage girls and underrepresented minorities in middle school and high school to participate in computer coding. The course is designed around societally relevant, team-based projects in energy, sustainability, health and materials discovery. An undergraduate minor in computational science and engineering is also being developed as part of this project.
One of the major challenges in science education is the fact that women and minority students in the United States earn so few bachelor’s degrees in fields like computational science. For girls, middle school is a particularly critical time to develop an interest in computational projects. A new introductory freshman course in computational science and engineering prepares students to work with the Sciencenter’s Future Science Leaders Program to create educational activities that encourage girls and underrepresented minorities in middle school and high school to participate in computer coding. The course is designed around societally relevant, team-based projects in energy, sustainability, health and materials discovery. An undergraduate minor in computational science and engineering is also being developed as part of this project.
- Paulette Clancy, Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
College of Engineering
- Perrine Pepiot, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
College of Engineering
- Nandini Ananth, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
College of Arts and Sciences
- Community partner: Sciencenter
- Paulette Clancy, Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
College of Engineering
- Perrine Pepiot, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
College of Engineering
- Nandini Ananth, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
College of Arts and Sciences
- Community partner: Sciencenter
Funding teams that are integrating community-engaged learning into new and existing curricula