A one-week STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) summer academy was held on base at Quantico Middle/High School on June 15-19, 2015. The Fifth Annual STEM Summer Academy, which supports the DoDEA curriculum standards, was a huge success. Fifty students teamed up with 21 teachers and 18 scientists and engineers. This year’s activities were slightly different from the past four years to give the students who previously attended the academy more variety. The activities included the SeaPerch Challenge, in which students built their own Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV) and used them to complete multiple underwater robotic challenges. The students also participated in numerous activities involving water properties and filtration, a card tower activity, and two different buoyancy activities. Through hands-on challenges, students explored physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, robotics, and mathematics in an engaging, high-energy environment.
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