STEM Students Spend Day on University of Illinois-Urbana- Champaign Campus Engaged in Science and Mathematics Learning

Approximately 160 students and their parents traveled to the University of Illinois’ Urbana-Champaign campus to participate in science and mathematics related activities.
Approximately 160 students and their parents traveled to the University of Illinois’ Urbana-Champaign campus to participate in science and mathematics related activities.

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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