Manchester An event that took place at Manchester Middle School is one of the many memories that students will treasure at the end of another school year.
Paper airplanes, bottle rockets, kites, boomerangs, and other items were assembled and flown by the Ocean County engineering students and the Engineering Team.
Numerous entertaining and instructive events were held both inside and outside the school that evening. Thanks to the Manchester Township Education Association, the evening event also included food and activities.
Along with building rockets with her students, Ocean County College Engineering Department Professor Pam Bogdan participates in a community engagement initiative that includes the school district.
At Ocean County College, I am the chair of the engineering and technical studies program. We collaborate with the Civil Air Patrol on this. We’ve completed roughly ten rockets. “Basically, OCC engineering students made all of these rockets,” she continued.
She clarified that water is contained in two-liter bottles. A pump is used to pressurize it, and when it is released, the bottle shoots straight up into the air. It is enjoyable, and I appreciate that we use manual pumping to give the children an idea of the amount of strength and energy they are exerting, as opposed to simply pressing a button. It truly requires some effort on their part.
As he pushed vigorously, one MTMS student was excited to watch his rocket launch.
The STEM program coordinator at MTMS, teacher Maura Simister, was present to observe the students’ work.
Typically, we host three or four events year. Simister stated, “I received funding from the Teachers Association for a community event that invites community members to observe what the students are doing and learning so they can share their projects.”
She mentioned that a renewable energy fair was one of their initiatives from the previous school year, and that we had a computer science fair in the fall. We make an effort to choose from current issues.
As part of the safety test, district preschooler Robin Ford had to touch his nose.
Professor Bogdan responded, “You passed,” which thrilled Robin as he got ready to launch his bottle rocket. When he pumped away and finally launched his vessel into the sky, his grandma, who had accompanied him to the event, was encouraging him.
The weather was ideal for studying with water rockets, according to Superintendent Diane Pedroza.
(STEM) is a catch-all phrase for the separate but connected fields of mathematics, science, technology, and engineering. The phrase is usually used in relation to curricular decisions or educational policies in schools.
The acronym has consequences for immigration policy, including the admission of foreign students and IT workers, workforce development, and national security issues (because a lack of citizens with STEM education can diminish efficacy in this field).
