district stem education program

DISTRICT STEM EDUCATION PROGRAM
Cherry Creek School District
Richard Charles, Director
5416 S. Riviera Way
Centennial, CO 80015
720-554-5605
February, 2013
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
“Tomorrow’s workforce educated today”
Volume 1 – Issue 1
A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR:
Happy New Year!. As we begin the new year we have many things to celebrate from our accomplishments in 2012.
During this past year, the STEM program relocated its offices from the Institute of Science and Technology on the
Overland Campus to the Instructional Support Facility (ISF), where we embarked upon a district-wide focus for STEM
education in the Cherry Creek School District.
Mary Chesley's edict that "Every student is a STEM student" is the adopted vision for STEM education in our district.
Indeed, the skills which are necessary to be successful in our future economy are those synonymous with STEM
skills. These skills usually reflect:
Critical thinking
Collaborative problem-solving
Creativity
Innovation
Career preparation
Use of technology to create and communicate solutions to real-world problems
We can make this a reality for all students with the support of parents, administrators, teachers, students and
community partners. To this end, we have hired two Secondary STEM Coaches, Sherri Dennstedt and Denise
Goldin-Dubois, to work closely with teachers on STEM instruction, curriculum and assessments. Both Sherri and
Denise are veterans in our district who have served in a variety of capacities and bring a wealth of knowledge and
expertise to their positions.
There are many exciting STEM activities taking place at a number of sites throughout the district. We hope to capture
as many of these exciting opportunities as possible within these newsletters. As we continue to implement our
vision, there are plans for us to form a district-wide STEM Advisory Committee, made up of industry experts, which
will be responsible for advising us on STEM programming components as well as industry partnerships.
We look forward to moving STEM education forward in Cherry Creek Schools. Please feel free to contact
administrators at your school to inquire about the various offerings. Please also take a moment to share the many
STEM activities going on at your school with our staff.
Contact Information:
Denise Goldin-Dubois, Secondary STEM Coach
720-554-5604
Sherri Dennstedt, Secondary STEM Coach
720-554-5603
Barb Bortz – Administrative Assistant
720-554-5605
SECONDARY STEM COACHES CORNER
Sherri Dennstedt and Denise Goldin-Dubois were hired this summer as Secondary STEM Coaches for the district. This is a new
position for the district and was created to both support the implementation of the new Common Core State Standards in the
district and to help teachers incorporate STEM thinking into math and science classrooms.
Sherri is working with four middle schools and one high school. One focus in science has been the use of
Claims, Evidence and Reasoning in the science classroom. Sherri is supporting four eighth grade teams of
teachers and one high school PLC team in creating unit plans that incorporate engineering and design. For
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example, at West Middle School, the 8 grade science team redesigned their pinewood derby car unit into
an engineering design process for students. Teachers are also working on daily lesson plans that include
students writing CERs on a regular basis with a focus on student-centered instruction.
Denise is working with three middle schools and three high schools. The math teachers are specifically
working on implementing the Standards for Mathematical Practice into their classrooms. These practices
are the student behaviors that we expect to see when students are engaging in high level mathematical
thinking. Denise is pushing teachers to explicitly label the math practices students are using and having
students recognize and label their own thinking.
The science coaching cohort and the math coaching cohort each hosted a professional learning day with
teachers this past fall. Both days included teachers thinking about and practicing writing lessons that put student thinking first. The
teachers did math and science together and had a chance to experience the types of lessons they want their students to experience.
Since then, Sherri and Denise have been in teachers’ rooms planning, observing and debriefing. It’s been a great start to the year
and they will be looking forward to supporting more great teaching and learning throughout the year.
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Feb. 14 is the next science STEM cohort professional development day. The math cohort professional development day will be
held in April.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Leigh Estabrooks, Invention Education Officer of the Lemelson-MIT Program visits with CCSD staff members
in November, 2012
Leigh Estabrooks leads the Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam initiative, which was created to inspire a new
generation of inventors. InvenTeams are high school teams that receive grants up to $10,000 each
to invent technological solutions to real-world problems.
Ms. Estabrooks conducted a workshop on engineering design, the invention process, and
intellectual property leading to patents. Several district and school leaders were in attendance.
During her tenure, Estabrooks has broadened the initiative’s impact by doubling the number of
teachers to receive professional development for creativity and invention. She has insured that
teacher training includes (1) guidance for creativity and inventive thinking, (2) instruction on basic
electronics, (3) introduction to CAD, and (4) review of necessary tools to build a prototype.
The goal of the program is to expand the InvenTeam initiative both nationally and globally. In this
position, Estabrooks’ role also includes development of educational materials and resources on invention to enhance 1-12
pedagogy.
For more information on InvenTeams: web.mit.edu/Inventeams/
SPECIAL EVENTS AT OUR SCHOOLS
JANE GOODALL SHARES MESSAGE OF HOPE
Primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall addressed students at
Overland High School. She brought a message of hope for young people, encouraging
them to follow their dreams and never give up trying to achieve them.
Goodall, an expert in the social relations of wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National
park in Tanzania, travels the world nearly 300 days a year speaking about her four
passions-youth, intellect, the resilience of nature, and indomitable human spirit as well as
the Roots and Shoots global youth program which helps young people to learn about
problems in their communities and the world and then take action toward solving those
problems.
Characters from books such as Dr. Doolittle and Tarzan inspired Jane to follow her
passion. Despite the ridicule and dissuasion of others, Jane took advantage of
opportunities such as working alongside anthropologist Louis Leakey, that would lead her
toward her dream of working with chimps in Africa. Constantly following her mother’s
advice, Goodall continued to pursue what she loved and would not give up. Dr. Goodall
passes along her mother’s good advice wherever she travels.
Thanks to Chris Tovani, Office of Curriculum and Instruction for setting this event up.
FORMER ASTRONAUT VISITS SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT
Leland D. Melvin, a former astronaut and current NASA administrator, talked about the importance of Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, or STEM education during his visit to Eaglecrest High School and
Prairie Middle School. Melvin met with Eaglecrest SciTech and AVID students and
toured several of the school’s STEM classrooms.
“This was a tremendous opportunity to underscore the importance of STEM
education while connecting with an organization whose engineering and scientific reputation is
synonymous with excellence”, said Richard Charles, Director of the STEM Education Program for
CCSD. “We have an ongoing relationship with NASA Education that provides students with
opportunities to conduct research in Microgravity through NASA HUNCH.”
Melvin, who has held the post of NASA Associate Administrator for Education since October 2010, is
responsible for the development and implementation of the agency’s education programs that
strengthen student involvement and public awareness about its scientific goals and missions. In this
role, he leads the agency in inspiring interest in STEM fields through NASA’s unique mission, workforce, facilities, research and
innovations.
Associate Administrator Melvin also serves on the White House National Science and Technology Council’s Committee on Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education, or CoSTEM. CoSTEM coordinates the STEM education activities and programs
for all federal agencies, encourages the teaching of innovation and entrepreneurship as part of STEM education, and implements a
five-year STEM education strategy for all federal agencies. He is the United States representative on the International Space
Education Board, or ISEB, a global collaboration in the space education between NASA, the Canadian Space Agency, the European
Space Agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales. The ISEB shares best practices
and unites efforts to foster interest in space, science and technology among the student community worldwide.
Associate Administrator Melvin’s visit to our schools was sponsored by SHADES OF BLUE, a non-profit organization dedicated to
providing young people with the educational opportunities, training and employment assistance needed to pursue careers in the
aviation and aerospace industries, and to assist educators with the development of curricula that will prepare students for careers in
those industries.
Arts & Technical Communications Symposium
On Wednesday, October 10, 2012, students in the Overland Zone were inspired by professionals in the fields of photography,
broadcast journalism, audio production, graphic design, and web design as they attended the Arts & Technical
Communications Symposium at the Institute of Science & Technology.
Fran Sajsa, a photographer, began by asking students what their dreams were and what steps they were taking to get
there. He discussed what his "dream job" was like, the fantastic travel opportunities he had, and the memorable people he
had met.
Greg Bond, a graduate of Miami University's business program, talked about how he used his love of computers and web
design to create his own job. He has the flexibility of working from home and uses the internet to help businesses make
more money. He told students to "expand their universe" and "use what you love to find success."
Photographer, Michael Rieger, shared images he captured at Ground Zero. He discussed the tremendous opportunity this
was and showed how he captured human emotion.
George Strompolos, an Overland alumnus, runs his own company in California. Now a media producer, he once worked for
YouTube and talked to students about their career paths.
Tira Neal, an audio production engineer, loves everything about music. An adjunct professor at local universities, Tira
discussed the training needed to pursue a career in audio production.
Dustin Resch astounded his audience with his digital artwork. His talent at capturing famous people through caricatures
earned him recognition from Conan O'Brien, and Resch's work is on display at the Museum of Conan Art. Resch advised
students to "do school right the first time" having spent 16 years trying to complete his art degree.
Dave Aguilera, Channel 4 meteorologist, involved his audience in some weather experiments and captured their attention
by creating the conditions (in a glass box) for a tornado to form.
Drew Soicher, known for his bobble-head figures on Channel 9, shared his passion for good writing and knowing how to tell
a story well. He read part of a children's book, "Casey at the Bat," which started as a creatively-written baseball article.
Soicher advised that students should "Dare to be different" and should not fear failure, or success.
Each symposium at the Institute of Science & Technology highlights a different career concentration to further students'
understanding of STEM-related careers. The next symposium, Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, which will include
visitors from VISA, Google, and more, will be held on February 26, 2013.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS
SCRATCHING THE SURFACE
Want to get your students interested in programming? Well, let’s get
started! Scratch is an object-oriented programming language that makes
it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, and art,
and share your creations on the web.
When sharing your creations with the Scratch online community, students
are making a shift from consuming from the internet to being positive
contributors of the internet. Currently, Scratch is being offered as an
after-school club at Coyote Hills Elementary. Jon Pierce, a Cherry Creek
School District Instructional Technology Coordinator is dedicating his time
to getting students interested in programming at an early age.
As young students create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also
learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively. If you are interested in learning more about Scratch or
how it might fit at your school, please contact Jon Pierce by filling out a Learn More about Scratch form. This form can be found at
http://goo.gl/igmQP.
Coming this spring: Scratch Day!!! Cherry Creek will be hosting a Scratch Day event. We will post the
event at cherrycreekschools.org. This will be a day for kids and their parents to get to know others
who participate in workshops for beginner Scratchers, show-and-tell for Scratchers who want to share
their work, and ad hoc gatherings where Scratchers work on projects and design challenges together.
Scratch is a programming language developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media
Lab, with financial support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Microsoft, Intel Foundation,
MacArthur Foundation, Google, lomega and MIT Media Lab research consortia. For more information:
(http://vimeo.com/2102968#)
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FOSS SCIENCE
Thanks to John Eyolfson, District K-12 Science Coordinator and Judy Bogart, District Elementary Science
Coach, approximately 500 elementary teachers spent their summer learning how to teach FOSS (Full
Option Science System), which integrates science with reading, writing and math. FOSS began as a pilot
program at Polton and Ponderosa Elementary schools last year and preliminary results saw large jumps
in achievement and positive changes in the way teachers approached science instruction. The program
engages students with hands-on instruction resulting in multi-sensory learning, reflective thinking, and
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how to work together. During the 2012-2013 school year students in Kindergarten through 5 grade
are beginning with the study of Physical Science. By the 2013-2014 year, the program will expand to
include Earth and Life sciences. The program also aligns with the new
state science content standards which determine what students should know and be able to do at
each grade level.
We would also like to thank the District Warehouse, Todd Zielke and his staff, for housing and
organizing all the FOSS supplies on a regular basis as the schools utilize this program.
CURRENT ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGIES IN OUR DISTRICT
First Robotics: For students aged 6 -18, FIRST is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization devoted to
helping young people discover and develop a passion for science, engineering, technology, and math.
Founded over 20 years ago by inventor Dean Kamen, the 2011-2012 FIRST season attracted close to
300,000 youth and more than 100,000 Mentors, Coaches, and Volunteers from 60+ countries. The
annual programs culminate in an international robotics competition and celebration where teams win
recognition, gain self-confidence, develop people and life skills, make new friends, and perhaps
discover an unforeseen career path. For more information regarding First Robotics programs:
http://www.usfirst.org/.
VEX Robotics: VEX Education is dedicated to providing engaging and fun student experiences that enable individuals to reach their
full potential while they develop the knowledge and skills vital to success in the 21st Century. Vex is a program that integrates
science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) as a means to meaningfully engage and develop the next generation. VEX
Education exists to help schools focus on practical, affordable and accessible ways of delivering dynamic hands-on STEM educational
experiences to as many students as possible. Mixing the excitement and motivation associated with competition and real-world
applications of mathematics and science concepts through the use of the engineering design process, Vex focuses on addressing
current educational and societal needs on many levels. For more information: www.vexrobotics.com/.
Arduino Robotics: Arduino Robotics is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware
and software. It’s intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments.
Arduino can sense the environment by receiving input from a variety of sensors and can affect its surroundings by controlling lights,
motors, and other actuators. The microcontroller on the board is programmed using the Arduino programming language (based on
Wiring) and the Arduino development environment (based on Processing). Arduino projects can be stand-alone or they can
communicate with software on running on a computer. Although there are currently no major competitions specifically around
Arduino (or specifically requiring the use of an Arduino), Arduino is often used as the main processing unit inside many robots. The
website Instructables occasionally holds open contests where many of the contestants use
Arduino.
LEGO Education Robotics:
Build to Express Robotics: Designed for the elementary learner, BuildToExpress is a
groundbreaking teaching process that combines a facilitative teaching method with hands-on
manipulatives. The technique engages students in higher-order thinking by combining LEGO
model building with open-ended, nonjudgmental questions. Learners are challenged with building tasks related to a subject area and
then use reflective language to explain what they have built and how it applies to the topic at hand. This process of hands-on
building combined with dialogue and reflection enables students to develop a deeper understanding of what they are learning. The
BuildToExpress process helps engage students with multiple learning styles.
WeDo Robotics: WeDo Robotics can be used in the classroom or integrated into the science or technology curriculum with grades
1-4. Also, designed for the elementary learner, WeDo Robotics is a cross-curricular set and series of theme-based activities. With
WeDo, your class can build animals, soccer players and more, then program movement with fun, drag and drop software. Complete
lesson plans for science, math, literacy and social studies make it easy to get started writing
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stories, solving problems, and creating innovative projects. Students also develop 21 century
skills, such as critical thinking, collaboration, and creativity.
MINDSTORM NXT Robotics: LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT Education helps classroom teachers
bring the fun of robotics into middle school and high school classrooms. With LEGO
MINDSTORMS Education, you convert your classroom into a hands-on robotics laboratory! Your
students will model real-life mechanisms and use creativity, logic, and problem-solving skills while learning key STEM concepts.
Students are learning the deeper things that truly can change the rest of their life. They learn about teamwork, cooperative learning,
and skills that go beyond the science or the math.
ROBOTICS, continued
After school Robotics competitions: Students in elementary, middle and high school can really test their STEM skills
through action-packed after school robotics competitions. LEGO Education proudly supports FIRST, a non-profit
organization dedicated to inspiring technology interest in today’s students, to support a global network of robotics
competitions. While participating in FLL students also learn about science and community service. In addition to
building a robot to perform specific tasks, students also have to do a research and service project related to the theme
that year.
FIRST LEGO LEAGUE Robotics competition:
More than 100 students on 21 teams from seven Cherry
Creek Schools (Campus, Challenge, Falcon Creek,
Greenwood, Laredo, Prairie and Timberline) competed in
FIRST LEGO LEAGUE (FLL) Robotics Qualifying Tournaments,
during the month of November, 2012. Several teams won
awards and eight teams qualified for the FLL State
Championships which were held on January 12, 2013 on
the Auraria Campus. The schools that had qualifying teams
are Timberline Elementary, the Challenge school, and
Campus Middle School.
On January 19, 2013 the Colorado Championship Tournament was held at Colorado School of
the Mines. Cherry Creek School District teams that received awards were as follows:
1st place, Innovative Solution – Macdonald’s Bot-LeVert Vrai (Campus)
1st place, Research Quality – Macdonald’s Bot – Punchcards(Campus )
1st place, Gracious Professionalism – Macdonald’s Bot-Wrinkly Banana (Campus)
2nd place, Inspiration – Macdonald’s Bot – Purple People (Campus)
2nd place, Research/Creative Presentation – Senior Samurai (Timberline)
Other CCSD teams that competed at the State Tournament were:
Macdonald’s Bot Blazing Fire (Campus)
Elder Ninjas (Challenge)
NXT Brains (Timberline)
Congratulations to Brenton Burnett, from Campus Middle School, for receiving the Coaching Excellence award. Great
job Brenton!
Teachers in Training: Teachers from each of the
middle schools in the district and several
elementary schools attended professional
development days for Build to Express Robotics,
WeDo Robotics and MINDSTORM NXT Robotics
training. These professional development days
were made possible due to Cherry Creek School
District being chosen as one of fourteen LEGO Education Smart School Grant
recipients.
Parent letter, CCSD First Lego League teams
Dear Mr. Charles,
We are some of the volunteer parent coaches of First Lego League teams at Timberline Elementary, and we had the
pleasure of corresponding with you last year, as we began our adventure with starting FLL teams at Timberline.
First, we wanted to congratulate Prairie Middle School for hosting its first Qualifying Tournament for FLL on
November 10. One of Timberline's three teams competed at that Qualifier, and our family personally attended as
spectators. Brenda Fletcher, Chad Blood, and their fantastic team of volunteers ran an organized, efficient, positivelyfocused tournament that they can be very proud of. With the number of FLL teams doubling this year in CCSD,
Prairie and your staff offered a valuable service to the CCSD community by hosting a tournament in our geographical
area. We appreciate the opportunities that provided for our children and look forward to a bright STEM future for
our school community.
Second, we've already personally congratulated Campus Middle School and The Challenge School for their
wonderful successes at that Qualifier and wish them the best of luck at the State Tournament. It is a great testament to
CCSD and our STEM programs that we will have such a strong showing at State. We are grateful to the district for
their support of our children's future.
Third, we wanted to share Timberline's pride with you. Two of its three teams have also qualified to compete at the
State Tournament.
Team #1174, The NXT Brains (a rookie team), competed in the Southern Colorado Qualifier at the Air Force
Academy this weekend. Their robot scored 6th place out of 40 teams. And they were honored with a special Judges'
Award trophy, which is an award for the team that best exemplifies FLL but doesn't fit into a specific award category.
Team #383, Senior Samurai (a 2nd year team), competed in the North Metro Qualifier at Westminster High
School. Their robot tied for 2nd place out of 22 teams. And they were honored with the 1st Place trophy award for
the Research Project, their work with senior citizens, and their innovative solution of modifying a cane.
Both teams participated with support services at Timberline's Grandparents' Day Breakfast, corresponding to this
year's FLL research theme: helping senior citizens stay independent, engaged, and connected.
In addition, Senior Samurai did outreach into the community in the following ways. Their biggest effort was called
"Le'go Your Legos", inspired by a high school FIRST team in Oklahoma. The team collected 14,127 used Legos from
Timberline and other community donation sites; they sorted, cleaned, and distributed the Legos to children at the
Gateway Battered Women's Shelter in Aurora and to The Mission (for disadvantaged and homeless families) at the
Volunteers of America. They also taught kids at Children's Hospital and senior citizens at two assisted living centers
about their robots.
We know that you take great pride in fostering the STEM activities around CCSD, and we appreciate that support.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Katherine and Mat Aschenberg
volunteer parent coaches
"Senior Samurai"
Timberline Elementary Robotics Teams
303-906-6214
MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
Campus Middle School
Students in Brenton Burnett’s Industrial Technology class design a CO2 dragster.
The students first create the dragster using SketchUp which is a 3D communication
software program designed for Design and Engineering professionals. K-12
educators and students from all over the world use SketchUp to explore, explain
and present their ideas using 3D models. Students in this class are given physical
and dimensional constraints as well as safety issues to keep in mind when
designing and building their dragsters. After the students have created their
design on SketchUp they are then given a piece of wood to create their design,
which must be sanded, painted, and completed with the final details in order to
demonstrate its ability to perform on the provided platform. For more information on SketchUp: www.sketchup.com.
Thunder Ridge Middle School - Up, Up, and Away!
Students in Mark Wieland’s Technology
class learn about what happens when an
aircraft is filled with a gas. They learn that
it is lighter than air. Their design and
building skills are tested on how well their
balloon flies.
Smoky Hill High School
Dan Cornell, Instructor of Technology and the Digital-Evolutions class & SHHS have
partnered up with RoboRealm. RoboRealm is an application for use in computer vision,
image analysis, and robotic vision systems. Using an easy point and click interface
RoboRealm simplifies vision programming. Using an inexpensive USB webcam and the PC
you already have, machine vision can be added to your robotic projects.
Here is an example of what one student, John Choi, did with RoboRealm: By using
RoboRealm in conjunction with a 3D rendering engine, a cross-link interface was created
that could shine virtual light onto a screen by waving an actual flashlight to a
webcam. The webcam captures video data of the flashlight, which RoboRealm
continually processes for circle and color detection. By doing this, the flashlight's realworld position can be measured and stored into the computer's memory. From there, RoboRealm streams the stored
position data into the rendering engine, which draws the virtual light, the wall, and the specular reflection. In layman's
terms, with RoboRealm, the webcam tracks the movement of a flashlight to shine digital light for an interactive art
piece. With the power of RoboRealm's computer vision technology, it becomes easy to create complex augmented
reality and robotic applications. For more information on RoboRealm: www.roborealm.com.
Smoky Hill High School’s senior and president of the Digital –Evolutions class, John Choi, a STEM artist, recently won a
Colorado Scholastic Gold Key Portfolio Award and a Gold Key Award for his
sequential illustration. John, at this time, is waiting to hear the results for the
game design he submitted. John is planning on studying computer science,
possibly including art & design as his minor. John’s work will now be entered
in the National competition, which is held in New York in March, 2013.
Congratulations John!
MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL NEWS, continued
Eaglecrest High School
Congratulations to the Eaglecrest High School SciTech program. They have been selected as a
NASA HUNCH school for this academic year.
The HUNCH program is a school-based innovative program that promotes student interest in
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. While students are building hardware,
etc. for NASA they are also building their interest as researchers, as well as their self-esteem.
HUCH is a win-win innovative solution for inspiring the next generation of researchers and providing cost-effective
hardware for NASA. Students are currently investigating research topics in
microgravity. Eaglecrest is the second high school in the Cherry Creek School
District to participate in this project, with Overland High School being the first.
Overland High School
The HUNCH team, pictured here with Dr. John Frost and science teacher, Jenn
Nass-Fukai , at Overland High School is flying their second experiment. This
experiment explores properties of crystal growth in microgravity using
containers of various shapes.
Fox Ridge Middle School
NASA HUNCH representatives visited the Leadership team
at Fox Ridge Middle School to explore the possibility of
students building cargo transfer bags for NASA astronaut
training missions. “This is terribly exciting to our staff. To
think that our students get to see the relevance and
importance of measurement, design and manufacturing
through sewing is amazing”, said Principal, Tracy Grant.
NASA will be providing the school with industrial strength sewing machines and materials for the program. Fox Ridge is
the first school in our district to take part in the development of soft goods for astronaut training.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON NASA HUNCH
(HUNCH – High school students United with NASA to Create Hardware)
HUNCH is an instructional partnership between NASA and high schools and intermediate/middle schools. This
partnership benefits both NASA and students. NASA receives cost-effective hardware, soft goods and educational
videos that are produced by the students. The students receive hands-on experiences and in some cases, NASA
certification in the development of training hardware for the International Space Station Astronaut crew members or
ground support personnel. A spin-off of this teaming is the inspiration of the next generation.
NASA will provide the materials required for building the hardware and soft goods along with drawings and other
documents needed to fabricate the items. NASA will also provide a quality inspection oversight role during the
fabrication of the hardware.
The school will provide technical direction to the students, and provide a safe working environment. The school will
teach the students how to use the tools needed to fabricate the hardware. The school will also provide pictures of the
process. At the end of the school year, students and teachers are recognized for their efforts, and have the opportunity
to display their hardware. For more information: www.nasahunch.com.