Put on Your Thinking Caps: “Oceans 911” STEM Challenge is This Weekend!
Saturday’s competition will feature fun challenges, problem-solving, and more!
When the competitors gather Saturday to embark on the eleventh annual Foxcroft STEM Challenge, they will set off on a day filled with collaboration, calculations, deductive reasoning, and — above all else — STEM-tastic fun!
When the competitors gather Saturday to embark on the eleventh annual Foxcroft STEM Challenge, they will set off on a day filled with collaboration, calculations, deductive reasoning, and — above all else — STEM-tastic fun!
In addition to rotating through stations of stimulating challenges, participants will engage in an imaginative daylong theme — Oceans 911 — developed by Foxcroft’s STEM faculty and organizers. Using an app and Kindle Fire assigned to each team, girls will also have the opportunity to answer questions and earn raffle tickets towards a great selection of prizes.
The success and momentum of this annual science, technology, engineering, and math competition keep on rolling. The high school and middle school divisions have 32 teams competing. This means that over 100 girls — including many of your daughters — will spend the day using their STEM knowledge, along with deductive reasoning skills and common sense, to solve challenges in the Athletic/Student Center and the science wing of Schoolhouse.
In addition, high school students are invited to a post-event career panel with female engineers from Stryker, where they will be able to ask questions and get a glimpse of the many things that engineers do. Middle school parents and visitors are invited to two informal roundtable sessions while their students compete. The first, featuring Foxcroft Head of School Cathy McGehee, will explore ways of supporting girls in STEM; the second will feature a panel of Stryker engineers sharing their career paths.
Foxcroft’s 10 teams, along with teams from Bullis School, Madeira School, Wakefield School, and homeschool group Primae Res, will convene in Engelhard Gymnasium by 8:30am on Saturday. Awards and prize drawings will wrap up the high school event around 12:30pm.
The middle school competition, which takes place in the afternoon, offers a wonderful opportunity for girls to learn about Foxcroft and its STEM program, as well as to have fun! Middle school participants are coming from Blue Ridge Middle, Edlin School, Grymes Memorial, Harmony Middle, Mercer Middle, Norwood School, The Hill School, Washington Episcopal School, Village School, and Wakefield School’s middle division. Foxcroft’s team of student tour guides (CAPs) and other volunteers will help the Admission Office staff welcome them and show them around. The middle schoolers’ day will end with awards and prizes, as well.
See the full schedule of the day. We hope everyone has a STEM-sational time on Saturday!
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