Penn State Behrend's Math Options Career Day brought nearly 180 middle-school students to the college on May 10. A series of hands-on workshops throughout the program exposed students to how math is used in various career fields.
Nearly 180 middle-school students attended Penn State Behrend's Math Options Career Day on May 10. The program uses hands-on workshops to show students how math is used in different careers.
Students at Penn State Behrend's Math Options Career Day learned how to bend and cut steel pipes. The program, which brought nearly 180 middle-school students to the college, uses hands-on workshops to show how math is used in various careers.
The STEM activity fair at Penn State Behrend's Math Options Career Day included a staged crime scene. Students used math to conduct chemical analysis of materials found in the exhibit.
The STEM activity fair at Penn State Behrend's Math Options Career Day included a station where students made beaded bracelets. The exercise used different colors to teach students about the mathematics of pi.