From RESET Volunteer Ji Chen: The hands-on experience can bring great promise to students in early science education. As a robot inspector for FIRST regional competition in Philadelphia, I was astonished by the hands-on skills teenage participants demonstrated during the competition.  They knew how to use tools and software properly, and how to solve problems on…

Hi John, The Girl Scouts had their Pre-Kindergarten RESET/STEM session today- It was such an amazing event! Both the Pre-K students and the scouts had a fun, interactive and educational experience. Personally, I was very happy with the turnout and the degree of engagement & enthusiasm from all the age groups. We had 13 scouts…

After 17 years, our early summer chorus will include an incredible specialist ensemble: Brood X Cicadas! Pronounced as Brood “ten”, these cicadas were last seen in 2004, when some of RESET’s members were as young as 2nd graders! Indeed, special class time was taken to observe these wonderfully curious and bright-eyed insects molting and singing…

On Quality STEM Education from the Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-a-elgart/does-your-childs-school-have-a-quality-stem-program_b_7155356.html

ReSET Volunteer George Pick sent the following message.  It could be hard to persuade our students it’s not magic… Hello everyone; Somebody sent this fascinating U-tube video. It is worth watching. George Pick Pendulum waves.  

Wayne’e report on his fifth grade program: Late in February I finished my 12th one-hour session at Key Elementary School, working with all the 5th grade students (~95) on Longitudinal Waves and Patterns of Sound Waves. The highlight was students seeing and in some cases making Chladni Patterns on square aluminum plates by stroking them…