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Our mission is to develop a sustainable STEM pipeline in Northern Virginia. We engage students in elementary school and inspire them to continue pursuing STEM education in high school, college and the workforce through a collaboration with schools, businesses and community organizations.
We do STEM camps, competitions, STEMinars, Teacher Professional Development, STEM Expos and more. These are all centered on the critical need for a hands-on, activity based approach to learning STEM through collaboration and innovative teaching methods.
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) are the core components of a competitive economy. Northern Virginia has a critical shortage of skilled workers in these areas and we are committed to improving this problem and building the future STEM workforce.
OUR ACTION
OUR CHALLENGE
OUR MISSION
NOVA’S STEM OUTREACH PROGRAM
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WE DO STEM CAMPSFrom 2016 to 2018 over 2,400 students have attended our hands-on STEM camps, including robotics, cybersecurity, arduino and many more. Our average camp is 20 students led by a classroom teacher assisted by a high school or college student involved in a technical program.
WE DO STEM COMPETITIONSWe help students develop their skills and provide training for new coaches and support robotics competitions, the Cool Code Awards, and AFA’s CyberPatriot. We run the VA VEX Robotics State Championship, which is recognized as one of the top events in the country.
46%camp growth from
2016 to 2018
of VEX events used our trailer system in
2017 & 2018
WE DO STEM EXPOsWe coordinate on-campus STEM Days, engage with local STEM events at libraries and schools, participate in Maker Faires, and bring STEM to large community events and educational conferences such as Celebrate Fairfax, YFT Country Fair & Auctions, and the USA Science & Engineering Festival.
525Kestimated attendees from EXPOs we exhibited at in
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WE DO STEM INTERNSHIPSWe provide a platform for STEM-driven students to gain valuable skills and experience through internships. We have excellent opportunities for qualified high school/college students with experience in designing and building robots, programming, rocketry, CAD, arduino and cybersecurity.
10Interns taught18 STEM Camp
Sessions in 2018
WE DO STEMINARSWe operate hands-on STEM workshops and teacher professional development to support the growing demands of the workforce. We work with teachers on many levels to increase their skills and respond to the rapid pace of change in STEM education as technologies develop.
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We have the most exciting and educational
summer STEM camps in Northern Virginia. Led by
STEM teachers and college students enrolled in STEM
programs, our STEM Camp program introduces Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Math to thousands of
grade-school students.
Camps are focused on hands-on, project-based learn-
ing that provides students with excellent opportunities
to begin exploring STEM fields and to chart a course for
future STEM education and workforce opportunities.
Our summer camps are dispersed throughout the
northern Virginia to provide equitable access to high
quality STEM enrichment. 59 Scholarships for financial
assistance were awarded between 2016-2018.
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46% growth since 2016
950 registrations, 823 unique students
Highlights
LocationsFCPS, LCPS & PWCS Schools
NOVA AL & LO Campuses
Oath & Micron
Sponsors include:
Participation 2018
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STEM Camps help build regional capacity for STEM
education. Of the 111 unique instructors we’ve hired
from 2016 to 2018, about one third are professional
K-12 teachers, who acquire new skills and have the
opportunity to bring new ideas back to their schools.
We also hire college students, enrolled in STEM
programs, and high school students who are engaged
in STEM education through school or competitions, as
camp instructors. In this role they have the opportunity
to share their passion with younger campers and help
guide them on STEM Education pathways.
While expanding our STEM Camp program, we strive to
reach underrepresented groups in STEM fields. Our
STEM middle school camp has a 60/40 boy-girl ratio
while our STEM and Coding ES camps have a 50/50
ratio, a balance we’re targeting across all camps.
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Why VEX Robotics?
Attributes of VEX Robotics Participants
We support VEX in Virginia because it is integrated into
many of the school divisions through PLTW, Scouts,
and TSA, making it an excellent platform to get students
started in STEM so that they are prepared beyond our
camps and competitions. Students who participate in
VEX Robotics demonstrate a number or qualities we
strive to teach such as, teamwork, collaboration,
creativity in problem solving, communication, critical
thinking skills, and time management.
Students and Teachers develop and refine their
STEM talents through competitions. Research*
shows that students who participate in STEM competitions
are more likely to pursue a STEM degree. We support
competitions such as AFA CyberPatriot, the Cool Code
Awards, Science Fairs, FIRST Robotics and particularly
VEX Robotics.
Kelly Miller, Gerhard Sonnert & Philip Sadler (2018) The influence of studentsʼ participation in STEM competitions on their interest in STEM careers, International Journal of Science Education, Part B, 8:2, 95-114, DOI: 10.1080/21548455.2017.1397298
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Growth of VEX Teams in VA 2010 to 2018
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2010: 5 Event Partners | 2018: 30 Event Partners
67% used a NOVA TrailerEvents avg 20 Teams and 100 StudentsOver 2,500 students supported
39 VIQC Events 2015-2018
91 VRC Events2015-2018
62% used a NOVA TrailerEvents avg 33 Teams and 200 StudentsOver 11,000 students supported
Two 16ft VRC TrailersOne 14ft VIQC TrailerSTEM Interns to setup, run, and pack equipment
C H A L L E N G E
Since 2014 NOVA Systemic has run the VEX Robotics
State Championship (called States).
The Showcase Event for Robotics
This year, States was held on Feb 16-17 in Doswell, VA.
141 commonwealth teams (ranging from elementary to
high school) competed for a chance to represent Virginia
at the World Championship in Louisville, KY. Of the 141
teams at States, 83% were from Northern Virginia.
It takes more than 100 volunteers to make this event a
success. We recruit student and adult volunteers as well
as college students from institutions all over the
commonwealth. Of the 40 judges at States18, 75%
were college students.
The two day tournament was comprised of students
playing the plastic platform VEX IQ game, Ringmaster
(elementary and middle school) and the more advanced
metal platform VRC game, In The Zone (middle and high
school). Like an athletic event, States is known for
passion and intensity as students hone their teamwork
and STEM skills in competition.
Many Northern Virginia teams earned places at the
World Championship by earning Tournament Champion,
Design or Excellence awards.
Doswell, VAwill be held on March 1-2, 2019
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Our States18 guest speakers recognized the
importance of robotics in STEM education, including
NOVA President, Dr. Scott Ralls, First Lady of Virginia
Pamela Northam, VA Secretary of Education Atif Qarni,
Micron VA Site Director Tim O’Brien, Lockheed Stategy
and Business Development VP Darrell Durst, and
Robotics Education Foundation CEO Dan Mantz.
VIP Speakers
Girl-Powered! All the girls competing at States18
RALLS NORTHAM QARNI OʼBRIEN DURST MANTZ
Sponsors
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Held each year at the Loudoun, Alexandria and Manassas Campuses. They are free events that attract thousands of people to participate in exciting hands-on STEM activities, including drone flying, robotics, VR, chemistry, cybersecuri-ty, 3D printing and more! Each year these STEM Days attract between 2,500 and 3,000 people to a NOVA campus. In 2018 we held 4 STEM Days at NOVA.
At the Youth for Tomorrow Country Fair & Auctions. The STEM Zone is a hub of hands-on STEM activity that engages and inspires young minds. With a STEM passport in hand, students complete STEM tasks to learn, have fun, and win prizes. Each year over 20,000 people attend the Country Fair & Auctions. In 2018 we held our third STEM Zone at YFT.
We also participate in the USA Science & Engineering Festival, which draws over 350,000 people and Celebrate Fairfax, which has more than 70,000 in attendance each year. In April 2018 we returned for the second time to USASEF and in June held our 4th expo at Celebrate Fairfax.
Since 2015, over a million people have had the opportunity to see one of our STEM exhibits. Expos are an important tool in preliminary STEM engagement. Our signature STEM Expo events are:
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Cyber STEMinar at NOVA Annandale
We offer STEMinars (or workshops) throughout the
year to bring new STEM technologies to light and new
students into STEM. Offerings range from cybersecurity,
computer animated design and coding to making
activities with 3D printing, laser engraving and electronics.
We work with public and private schools, libraries and
community groups to support STEM within their
organizations. In 2018 NOVA SySTEMic presented at
the VTEEA conference on VEX Programs, coding in
RobotC, and 3D printing with advanced materials.
NOVA SySTEMic works with 8 school districts to
provide teacher professional development (PD), which
is essential to building regional STEM capacity. Our
STEM Education Coordinators work with each
school division to provide hands-on technical training to
support teachers in academic and co-curricular
programs. In 2018, PD sessions included Raspberry Pi,
Kano, Scribbler Robotics, Arduino, VEX IQ Robotics
and RobotC, reaching over 120 teachers with the
potential to reach 10,000 students in the first year alone.
Professional Development9 STEMinar sessions Oct thru Dec 2018
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Each year we employ high school seniors and college students as interns to assist our programs. A majority of interns work during the summer break while a few work through-out the year. Interns utilize their skills in STEM, education, and marketing to help us develop or refine components of our programs. During the year we retain between 4 and 6 interns for program support.
Interns provide a vital array of services: for STEM camps, they review and develop curriculum and activities as well as leading camp instructor training and teaching camps. This summer 10 interns helped teach 18 camp sessions and helped with logistics of summer camp equipment.
For STEM competitions, interns prepare robotics trailers with new game sets for the coming season as well as documenting equipment for competition support. During the year, interns also support many local competitions by setting up and running events. During the State Championship interns are tasked with preparing and running particular areas of the event.
For our STEM EXPOs, interns play a large role in the planning, packing of equipment and execution of the events, and for our STEMinars they prepare presentations for teacher professional development and hands-on workshops for middle and high school and college students.
In the summer of 2018 we had more than 20 interns working for us from 6 high schools across Northern Virginia and 8 colleges and universities from VA, NY, & PA
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In the spring of 2019, NOVA will open a state-of-the-art engineering technology fabrication laboratory, referred to as the Fab Lab, on the Manassas campus. This facility is made possible through a grant from the Growth and Opportunity Virginia (GO Virginia) economic development program and in collaboration with Micron Technology, U.S. Army’s Night Vision and Sensors Directorate, Prince William Service Authority and BAE Systems. The Fab Lab will house the A.A.S in Engineering Technology as well as a Makerspace for college and community engagement.
The Fab Lab will serve as a hub to connect industry to the developing technology workforce and support NOVA’s industry aligned A.A.S in Engineering Technology program. The revitalized A.A.S. degree adds a focus in mechatronics to NOVA that will prepare students for employment as technicians, operators and/or technologists in the fields of mechanical, industrial or electrical engineering technology.
The Fab Lab will offer state-of-the-art equipment for instructional and training use such as modular automation systems, high and low voltage electronics, fluid and power control systems and a full “Smart Factory” mechatronics system to teach how to control manufacturing, maintenance, inventory and supply chain operations.
In addition to academic classes at NOVA, the Fab Lab will furnish a Makerspace, which will be leveraged as part of NOVA’s STEM outreach through NOVA SySTEMic. The Fab Lab will support workshops for the community and have opportunities for NOVA faculty and students to include hands-on project based learning.
The Makerspace will feature a 3D scanner, 3D printers, laser engraver, plastic thermoforming machine, a vinyl printer/cutter and a full woodworking shop as well as a computer aided design (CAD) computer lab featuring SolidWorks software.
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