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Mahomet-Seymour junior high students demonstrate Project Lead The Way STEAM projects
Summary
Students at Mahomet-Seymour Junior High demonstrated STEAM projects using micro:bit controllers and MIT App Inventor during the April 22 Board of Education meeting. Teachers described course sequencing tied to state grant funding and future alignment with high school offerings.
Simon Anderson, a STEAM teacher at Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School, introduced a student showcase of Project Lead The Way curriculum at the board's April 22 meeting, describing the district's middle-school computer science courses and the grant funding behind them.
"Project Lead The Way is a STEM curriculum," Anderson said, explaining that the program offers grade-level sequences called Launch, Gateway and high-school pathways in computer science, biomedical and engineering fields. He said the district chose computer science courses for junior high using a state Computer Science Equity grant.
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