Summer Fun and Learning at SciTEC!

Thanks to the Ruston Fire Department, NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Stennis Space Center, Ruston Daily Leader, and SouthParkway Dayschool for making week 1 of the SciTEC Summer Science Institute in the Louisiana Tech University College of Education a great success! Please email scitec@latech.edu or call 318-257-2866 to register for our upcoming sessions!

Click here to visit the Ruston Daily Leader to learn more about what is happening during the camp sessions.

Telling Our Story in the Ruston Lincoln USA 2015 Community and Relocation Guide

If you've not already done so, make sure to  grab your copy of the 2015 Ruston Lincoln Community and Relocation Guide pictured below. There are mentions about SciTEC's IDEA Place, an ad for the Louisiana Tech University Planetarium, a message about Project ACHIEVE under the direction of CIL Adjunct Professor Cathi Cox-Boniol, a welcome to our community from our new Mayor Ronny Walker, a nice spread about our University and many other interesting articles. Don't miss page 23 where the Louisiana Elementary Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Tammy Schales, is also featured! Great things are happening in the COE and in Lincoln Parish's Ruston, LA!

Stennis Space Education Center Provides Workshop with Louisiana Tech's SciTEC and NASA Research Center, Grambling University, and Area School Districts

Thirty-nine middle school students and 48 pre-service, in-service, and informal educators participated in the three-part workshop presented by educators from the Stennis Space Center on October 15-16 for STEM curriculum development aligned with national standards. The workshops included hands-on, problem-based learning, and technology-based activities to engage students and teachers in science, technology, engineering and math concepts. Diane Madden, STEM Science Outreach Coordinator for SciTEC said in The Ruston Daily Leader “the parents in the community who participated with their children were as eager to learn the STEM content as their children. You know programs are successful when the participants are actively engaged and say that the time passed so quickly that they wish there was more time to learn. These were great learning experiences for all who participated.” Other participating members included the Institute for Micro-manufacturing local Boy Scout leaders and scouts, and parents representing collaboration across LaTech’s campus and North Louisiana.

In addition to this workshop SciTEC also hosted educators and counselors from NASA Stennis Space Center for a three-day “train-the-trainer” Astro Camp. Trainees included 30 high school students from the LA GEAR UP program and 17 informal and pre-service teachers. They were joined by 50 students ages 7 to 15 from north Louisiana. Dianne Madden said in an interview with The Ruston Daily Leader, “the Stennis NASA Camp was an excellent learning opportunity for the students involved in hands-on activities related to science. The students identified challenges and proposed solutions to space related situations and gained experience in STEM. They learned how using those skills can be rewarding and fun.” 

 - Visit http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/#.VHu9qTHF98E to learn more about the Stennis Space Education Center.