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Virginia Demonstration Project Encouraging Middle School Students in Pursuing STEM CareersEncouraging students at all grade levels to consider pursuing a career in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields i s a national focus. In 2005, the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD), a Department of Defense laboratory located in Da hlgren, Virginia, began work on the Virginia Demonstration Project (VDP) with the goal of increasing more student interest in STEM educatio n and pursuing STEM careers. This goal continues as the program enters its sixth year. This project has been successful through the partici pation of NSWCDD's scientists and engineers who are trained as mentor s to work in local middle school classrooms throughout the school year, As an extension of the in-class activities, several STEM summer aca demies have been conducted at NSWCDD, These academies are supported by the Navy through the VDP and the STEM Learning Module Project. These projects are part of more extensive outreach efforts offered by the National Defense Education Program (NDEP), sponsored by the Director, Defense Research and Engineering. The focus of this paper is on the types of activities conducted at the summer academy, an overview of the academy planning process, and recommendations to help support a nati onal plan of integrating modeling and simulation-based engineering and science into all grade levels. based upon the lessons learned
Document ID
20110012080
Acquisition Source
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Bachman, Jane T.
(Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren, VA, United States)
Kota, Dena H.
(Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren, VA, United States)
Kota, Aaron J.
(Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
March 1, 2011
Publication Information
Publication: Selected Papers and Presentations Presented at MODSIM World 2010 Conference Expo
Subject Category
Systems Analysis And Operations Research
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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