STEM

Virginia Competes: Envisioning the Future of STEM in K-12 Environment

Summit for middle and high school STEM teachers – April 16
Summit for guidance counselors – April 17
Location:  Nance Room, Longwood University, Farmville, VA
Time:  8:30 am through 3:30 pm
Registration cost:  $20.00 (lunch included)

“Computational Thinking:
It represents a universally applicable attitude and skill set everyone, not just computer scientists, would be eager to learn and use.  It is a fundamental skill for everyone, and not just for computer scientists.”  (Wing, 2006)

In order to prepare our students for emerging careers, all students need to develop computational thinking.   To meet this need, colleges and pioneering high schools are offering math and science courses with integration of computational thinking today.

In Computational sciences (or scientific computing), students construct models and numerical solution techniques and use computers to analyze and solve scientific, social and technical problems. In general, the field of computational sciences is distinct from computer science (the mathematical study of computation, computers and information processing). The scientific computing approach is to gain understanding, mainly through the analysis models implemented on computers.   Colleges offer courses in computational sciences such as computational biology, computational physics, computational chemistry, informatics, and so on.
On April 16th teachers are invited to discuss and examine the issues relating to implementing computational thinking projects in classrooms. 
On April 17th, guidance counselors are invited to hear from industrial experts, scientists, and university administrators about the emerging subjects and careers in science, technology, engineering and math.

Limited participation; FIRST COME FIRST SEREVED
Register today.