Spending time in the STE(A)M Truck has piqued the interests of students across the board who have gotten into projects that range from wooden journal covers to rockets, said Blackmon.
“Even those who thought they’d never want to dabble in what we used to call ‘shop’ love it,” she said. “I’ve not met a class yet that doesn’t look forward to it every Friday. They speak about what they learned and the tools they used, and they walk away with something they made. It has impacted students in such a positive way.”
One group that needed a bit of convincing was girls, said Blackmon. “They turned their noses up at the idea of using tools, but the minute they heard ‘power tools,’ they lit up. They went from ‘meh’ to grinning from ear to ear.”
Marsha Francis, STE(A)M Truck’s executive director, said there’s also an allure to learning outside a textbook.
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