Better Together: Kids are the winners thanks to UNH STEM Lab collaborative partners

Monday, January 20, 2025Tuesday, March 26, 2019

When I did my student teaching at a middle school in Manchester, I remember many days of feeling overwhelmed by the challenges some students faced. The onset of adolescence alone can be a turbulent time. Combine that with factors such as financial instability, trauma, mental health issues and lack of support systems, and it can become a nearly impossible time for youth to navigate successfully.

What’s all the buzz about in the UNH STEM Lab?

Monday, January 20, 2025Friday, November 23, 2018

The STEM Discovery Lab was buzzing earlier this month — literally. Educators sporting bee antenna headbands buzzed their way around the room as part of a lesson in apple tree cross-pollination during a “Food, Land and People” curriculum training.

STEM-powered family fun awaits at the 4-H Science Bonanza

Monday, January 20, 2025Tuesday, September 25, 2018

The Science Bonanza team envisions the day as a place where youth can experience a variety of STEM workshops that are exciting and different from what they might learn in a typical school day. It’s also a chance to learn more about getting involved in 4-H and other STEM Discovery Lab programs.

Giving young women in computer science a boost

Monday, January 20, 2025Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Know a young woman involved in robotics? Or someone who is designing apps or teaching herself programming language? Perhaps you know a young woman who experiences barriers to technology but has worked hard to pursue computing aspirations despite those obstacles. Encourage her to apply!

Summer programs bring excitement to STEM Discovery Lab

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Thursday, August 16, 2018

The sessions guided campers through the engineering design process, a cyclical approach that involves investigating and imagining solutions to a problem and then planning, creating, testing and improving those solutions.

Students EXCELL in STEM with UNH Manchester summer program focused on ESOL

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Thursday, August 2, 2018

The five-week program for middle and high school students combines English language skill building with hands-on learning through lab and classroom work, as well as field trips.

Failure is Not an Option

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Tuesday, July 24, 2018

I saw a lot of kids fail this month during our Design-Make-Code summer programs. It made me and our instructors happy. The best teachers know failure is part of the learning process and encourage their students to fail. Not permanently, but as a way to foster creative problem solving.

#BioHackNH: Right Place, Right Time

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Wednesday, June 27, 2018

So, what exactly is regenerative manufacturing and what makes it so exciting? In simple terms, it’s the engineering and growing of tissues and organs in labs. This innovative new industry has the potential to change how we approach healthcare and treat disease.

Did you know that you can be a Citizen Scientist?

Sunday, January 19, 2025Monday, May 21, 2018

Right here in Manchester, you can participate in data collection and environmental monitoring at Cedar Swamp Preserve, managed by The Nature Conservancy.

Thanks, STEM!

Sunday, January 19, 2025Tuesday, May 1, 2018

You read a lot lately about how practicing gratitude can improve your mental well-being. But have you ever thought specifically about why you are grateful for science?

Teenagers These Days

Sunday, January 19, 2025Wednesday, April 11, 2018

To hear some tell it, today’s teenagers do nothing but stare at screens and play video games all day. And while there may be a small kernel of truth in that accusation, it is certainly not the whole story.

Future Engineers at Work

Sunday, January 19, 2025Tuesday, March 27, 2018

While some kids in Manchester were hanging out with friends or playing videos during the February school break, youth at UNH Manchester’s STEM Discovery Lab were busy cutting, sawing, gluing, soldering, designing, testing and building cars and underwater vehicles. Not bad for a week’s vacation, right?

Why Computer Science?

Tuesday, June 11, 2024Tuesday, March 13, 2018

When you are in a room with people all passionate about the same thing, it’s energizing. That’s exactly what happened at the Code.org Regional Partner Summit in San Antonio last week. In our case, what we are passionate about is computer science education.

West High student’s solar research project takes flight

Sunday, January 19, 2025Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Can you imagine a Boeing 747 powered completely by solar panels? Manchester West High School sophomore Noah Orr could and wanted to figure out if it’s possible. Orr is participating in the STEM Discovery Lab’s Agnes Lindsay STEM Fellowship Program. As part of the program, Orr is conducting a research project with the support of his mentor, University of New Hampshire Manchester Biotechnology student Tina Minard.