On May 2, the Foam Warriors team was awarded the $5,000 first-place prize in the Miner Creativity Challenge for the STEM learning experience it created, the Quick Draw Cannon. The team was one of 11 to enter a toy designed and created for middle school students in the competition, which was open to teams of three to five S&T undergraduate or graduate students. The acronym STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and math.
“The Miner Creativity Challenge is an opportunity for our students to design and build a STEM learning experience, and for middle school students to get excited and engaged around STEM concepts,” says Dr. Rachel Kohman, director of Kummer Student Programs, who organized the event in partnership with S&T’s Makerspace and the Kummer Center for STEM Education. “The challenge required S&T students to take the fundamental…
