[Fuller Info] STEM Grant Awarded to Fuller Grade 7 Team

[Fuller Info Group]

Good Evening Fuller Families,

Please see the exciting news below:

There is a description of Rhea Brown's (Tangerine Science teacher and
Fuller STEAM co-leader) award winning grant proposal. It is advertised on
the Massachusetts STEM Summit website.

http://mass-stem-summit.org/summit-news/biogen-idec-foundation-ignite-the-power-of-stem-grant-program-winners

*Fuller Middle School (Framingham)*
Fuller Bioengineering for Sustainability Project

The Fuller Bioengineering for Sustainability program will engage students
in project-based learning with an authentic, real-world application that
has a direct impact on students and their school community. Students will
evaluate and redesign current cafeteria waste and waste management
practices at Fuller Middle School.  Students will utilize 21st century
skills as they learn how engineers evaluate design solutions and go through
the engineering design process to conduct background research on
sustainability; collect, analyze, and present data on current cafeteria
waste; develop and propose sustainable solutions for cafeteria waste
management; communicate their proposed solutions to the school community
for approval and feedback; and implement and assess their sustainable waste
management solutions.

Students will be charged with the task of assessing current waste
management practices and developing a project that will reduce cafeteria
waste and increase environmentally-friendly, sustainable waste management
solutions.  Student proposals for sustainable cafeteria waste management,
along with their background research and justification for developing
environmentally-friendly waste management procedures will be presented to a
panel of adults in the school, including school administrators, teachers,
parents, custodians, and cafeteria staff. This will allow students to
develop and practice oral and written presentation skills. Students will
then incorporate feedback on their designs and proposals to develop a
unified program for cafeteria waste management to be approved by members in
the panel.

The Tangerine Team is taking an important step toward STEAM, and all other
Fuller teams are working collaboratively in the planning and development
process of their first inquiry-based project to be facilitated this fall.
 More details forthcoming!

Sincerely,

Sharon

-- 
Sharon Seyller
Principal
Fuller Middle School

"If the only tool you have is a hammer, then everything looks like a nail."
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