Success StoryRobotics Creates Interest in STEM



Robotics Creates Interest in STEM

Author: Casey Townsend

Planning Unit: KSU Administration

Major Program: Science, Engineering, and Technology

Plan of Work: Unrelated to a specified County Plan of Work

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

Frankfort YMCA, Kings Community Center, and local businesses have limited space for kids to participate in summer camps.  According to the National Science Foundation, STEM workforce represented 23% of the total U.S. workforce in 2019.  This data shows that there will be a high need of STEM experts in the future. For this reason a  A 4-day Robotics 101 program was created for cloverleaf 4-Hers out of school for summer break.  15 out of the 16 program participants were given a pre-survey measuring their interest in learning more about Science, Engineering and Technology projects.  The response rate was 40% before the program verses 100% afterwards showing a 60% increase with their interest in learning more about STEM.  

Kentucky State University's own, Maia Marie Langley, said, "My daughter Isabella is LOVING the Robotics Camp!!"







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