The Partnership in Innovative Preparation for Educators and Students
The Pipeline Partnership
We all know how important and fun science and math can be for students when placed in a real-world context with hands-on experiences. As classroom teachers devote more of their time and energy to reading and writing
testing they are struggling to include these real-world, hands-on experiences for their students, yet these
teachers see how fun and important hands-on science and math is for their students.
The vision of the Pipeline Partnership is to support classroom teachers by partnering them with high school and university students, science and math professionals, both retired and working, and engaging students in innovative hands-on science experiences that bring together scientific thinking, literacy, and math skills around an in depth, hands-on science project.
Current available projects include:
The Solar Sprint— students experiment with and build a solar powered model car. Topics covered are gear ratios, friction,aerodynamics, voltage, solar cells, and motion.
The Rocketeers—design and build rockets using several different types of engine designs. Topics covered are the laws of motion, chemical reactions, aerodynamics, calculations for speed, acceleration, and force.
LEGO Bots—students investigate the principles of computer programming and robot design to build a robot that accomplishes certain tasks. Topics covered are programming, algorithm design, motion, and mechanics.
Pasta Bridges—students investigate the principles of structural design by building load bearing bridges of different types from pasta that they test for structural integrity. Topics covered are forces, angles, statistics,and ratios.
The Toy Challenge—students design and build the next great toy or game. A national competition is also held where students can present their inventions.
Industry Professional Information
To get involved, contact Dave Khaliqi, CSTEME/PIPES Director
