STEM Students Spend Day on University of Illinois-Urbana- Champaign Campus Engaged in Science and Mathematics Learning
STEM Students Spend Day on University of Illinois-Urbana- Champaign Campus Engaged in Science and Mathematics Learning
CHICAGO - Approximately 160
students and parents from the Chicago
Pre-College Science & Engineering
Program (ChiS&E) traveled in four
greyhound buses to the University of
Illinois’ Urbana-Champaign campus for
a day of science and mathematics related
activities. The trip marked the final class
of the fall semes ter for 6th, 7 th and 8th
grade students. Throughout the year
Saturday and summer classes are held on
the Chicago campus of the University of
Illinois for students in grades K-8. The
trip was made possible with support from
ChiS&E Board member Kevin Pitts with
the assistance of Sahid L. Rosado L ausell,
UIUC Outreach Coordinator.
The experience included a tour of the
campus and a day of experimentation.
Students learned the process of 3D
printing and then made objects using the
process. They also learned the science
behind the creation of ice cream, made
the ice cream and then a te it. “Our parents and
students really enjoy visiting the campus and
learning about the University of Illinois,” said
ChiS&E president Kenneth Hill. “It’s quite an
opportunity.”
The Chicago Pre-College Science and
Engineering Program (ChiS&E) provides
a pathway to a career in science or
engineering. From Kindergarten through
8th grade, students participate in fun
hands-on, age appropriate learning
activities to build science, engineering,
and math knowledge. The hallmark
of ChiS&E’s program is its early focus
on math. ChiS&E also engages and
empowers parents as valued partners in
their children’s education; and works with
families to prepare students to succeed in
undergraduate engineering and science
programs in top universities.
The free classes are held in partnership
with Chicago Public Schools, the University
of Illinois at Chicago, and the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Colleges
of Education and Engineering and the
Department of Mathematics, The program
is made possible with the support of AT&T,
BP, Colonel Stanley McNeil Foundation,
Elasticsearch, W. K. Kellogg Foundation,
MacArthur Foundation, Motorola
Solutions Foundation, Peoples Gas and Albert
Pick Foundation. For more information, visit
www.chiprep.org or email info@chiprep.org.
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