The Math Options Career Day at Penn State Behrend uses hands-on workshops to teach students how math is used in everyday activities. In one session, students bungee-drop Barbie dolls.
Students at Penn State Behrend's Math Options Career Day build foam roller coasters to learn about momentum and kinetic energy. "It made me think about how someone would have to plan and design a roller coaster to go upside down," said Sierra Cruz, a student at Fairview Middle School.
At Penn State Behrend’s Math Options Career Day, middle-schoolers programmed robots and built spaghetti-noodle bridges. “This showed me that math and science are in a lot of the world,” one student said.
The Sustainable Labs Program provides educational support and networking opportunities to labs across Penn State, helping them implement changes to become more energy and resource efficient. Actions taken by participating labs are estimated to result in over $155,000 in savings for the University and reduce about 490 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually.
