The NC State College of Education is hoping to spark more student interest in STEM disciplines through a grant-funded project that will help create and expand after school makerspace clubs focused on robotics in the Piedmont Unifour region.
Middle and high school students will have the opportunity to explore robotics through the $177,500 Burroughs Wellcome Foundation grant-funded “Programmed Robotics in the After-School Makerspace: A Four County Initiative” project.
The three-year initiative will build upon a previous makerspace project Principal Investigator Kevin Oliver, Ph.D., professor of learning design and technology, conducted at Wake Young Women’s Leadership Academy. It will also draw from a similar ongoing project at Newton-Conover Middle School from co-principal investigator Regina Barrier, Northwestern Satellite Office director for the NC State…
