GLOBAL Gaining Local Opportunities to Biotechnology Access and Literacy GOAL: To raise awareness and give access to students

s in Martin County to STEM education, careers in that field, and literacy OBJECTIVES INPUTS OUTPUTS Level of OUTCOMES

Existing Resources
Martin County middle school students (grades 7-8) Its Your Move Now, Inc. Staff NC State Science House Eastern Satellite Office (Edenton, NC) NC A&T State University STEM Academy (Greensboro, NC) Elizabeth City State University (Elizabeth City, NC) Pitt Community College (Greenville, NC) UNC Institute of Marine Sciences (Morehead City, NC) Duke Lab NOAA (Beaufort, NC) Bio-Rad learning modules Health Department Jason Manning, Greenville Wastewater Laboratory Analysts Committee UNC DESTINY Centers for Teaching and Learning (CTLs) and the dissemination of STEM pedagogy Training and curriculum distribution

Activities

Short Term
(Years 1-2)

Long Term
(beyond Year 2) Students pursue a degree in a STEM related field. Students will pursue a career in a STEM related field. Students will develop a more fluent STEM vocabulary.

Participation
Read and discuss current literature about the significance of STEM education and to understand the urgency of now in regards to STEM education and our competitiveness in the global economy. Mentors will undergo formal training and professional development o How to improve student research and active involvement in STEM education. o Vernier LabQuest and sensors Students will work in teams to perform experiments. Students will complete 6 modules that will expose them to various agencies and businesses in the STEM industry, each module consisting of experiments, interviews, and evaluations. Students will create a digital story about their experience. Students will maintain a lab notebook for STEM experiments, literacy, and vocabulary. Students will read and discuss, Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas Friedman. Five mentors will attend 5 training sessions for professional development Mentor will receive 1 CEU credit each. 60% of students will complete all modules. 60% of students will complete a 3-5 minute digital story about their growth in STEM education, using the agencies computers. 60% of students will complete lab notebook to develop science literacy. Its Your Move Now, Inc. establishes a 6-member STEM subject matter expert advisory group.

GLOBAL will provide an extracurricular opportunity to explore biotechnology. GLOBAL will be hands-on, career-based and involve real-world applications with a focus on laboratory investigation and scientific literacy. GLOBAL will foster teambuilding skills; demonstrating that scientists do not solve problems in isolation, but as effective teams. GLOBAL will understand the local and global economic impact of having more youth inspired to become scientists, engineers, and mathematicians. GLOBAL will have a catalytic effect upon the school curriculum to provide STEM educational opportunities for teacher training, implementation of a more hands-on, minds-on curriculum and student involvement in extracurricular STEM initiatives.

Students enroll in STEM courses in high school. Students seek opportunities for STEM summer enrichments through camps, universities, etc. Students will develop a more fluent STEM vocabulary. Students will compete in regional and/or state science competitions such as Science Olympiad , Science Quiz Bowl, Science Fair and/or NC Robotics Competition.