Students at St. John Berchmans Catholic School utilize a volcano module to learn problem-solving and critical thinking skills. The curriculum, known as STEM EDA, was developed by the Cyber Innovation Center's National Integrated Cyber Education Research Center and implemented at three north Louisiana schools this year.
A project-driven pilot course engaging middle school students to explore, discover and apply science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) will expand to six or seven additional schools next fall, including some in Caddo Parish.
The Cyber Innovation Center's National Integrated Cyber Education Research Center (NICERC), which developed the curriculum, piloted the course at St. John Berchmans Catholic School, T.O. Rusheon Middle School and D'Arbonne Woods Charter School in Union Parish this year.
NICERC received positive feedback from the participating schools and ...