Local teacher leading Camp STEM at MTSU

Jun 08, 2015 at 02:15 am by bryan


As evidenced by the elementary school youngsters having fun while learning on a college campus, Camp STEM at MTSU is gathering steam.

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Four weeks in June will find Murfreesboro City and Rutherford County students on campus, where they will grow in science, technology, engineering and math skills.

Led by Director David Lockett, a fourth-grade teacher at Homer Pittard Campus School, Camp STEM pushes children interested in the STEM disciplines to increase their knowledge and have fun at the same time.

The camp is founded on the principle that students want exciting, challenging and life-impacting STEM experiences. Its goal is to demonstrate how STEM works in the real world by providing hands-on activities in STEM.

Camp STEM is a series of four one-week camps, focusing on STEM areas. An average of 25 to 50 children attend each week.

"Each week, we focus on something different, whether it's robotics, recycling, art, earth science ... something to pique students' curiosity," Lockett said.

The first and third weeks of the camp will focus on robotics. June 8-12 will pick up steam as the arts are added to the STEM elements. June 22-26, the final week, touches on earth and space science.

Science-driven Camp STEM also provides spring and fall break options in addition to the June opportunity.

Need more information?

For more information, visit http://www.campstem.us/about-us/, email Lockett at David.Lockett@mtsu.edu or info@campSTEM.us or call 615-415-7963 or 615-569-5904.

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