Everything I know I learned in Kindergarten -- Connections between K-12 Outreach and and Recruitment and Retention in Engineering

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Everything I know I learned in Kindergarten --
Connections between K-12 Outreach and and
Recruitment and Retention in Engineering

• Skip Rochefort
• Chemical Engineering Department
• Oregon Sate University

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K-12 Outreach Activities with the Hewlett
Foundation at Oregon State University

• Skip Rochefort, Jason Hower, Keith Levien
• OSU Chemical Engineering
• Ellen Ford, Saturday Academy
• Ellen Momsen, OSU COE Women and Minorities
  Program
• And many College of Engineering and High School
  Students

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OSU Hewlett Foundation Grant

• Recruitment and Retention of Engineering Students
• PI Toni Doolen, IME
• 1.1 million - 3 years
• 85,000/year for K-12 Outreach

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OSU K-12 Outreach Programs

• K-8 (OSU based programs)
• Saturday Academy (Corvallis and Portland)
• E-Camp middle school girls and boys (summer)
• LEGO RoboLab Camp MS girls and boys (summer)
• AWSEM - middle school girls (school year)
• SMILE - Science Math Investigative Learning
  Experiences (rural communities)
• Hydroville Project (SMILE associated program)
• Science Education PartnershipS (SEPS Corvallis)
• Adventures in Learning (grades 5-7 summer
  programs)
• Expeditions (grades 3-4 summer program)
• Winter Wanderings (grades 3-7 school year)
• KidSpirit (sports/arts summer camps)
• SKIES Spirited Kids in Engineering and
  Science (summer camp)
• Wood Magic College of Forestry

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OSU K-12 Outreach Programs

• HIGH SCHOOL (OSU based programs)
• Saturday Academy ASE - Apprenticeships in Science
  and Engineering (statewide)
• SESEY - Summer Experience in Science and
  Engineering for Youth (nationwide)
• Science Connections (Portland)

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Oregon K-12 Outreach Programs

• COMMUNITY K-12 and Public Outreach (Lifelong
  Learning)
• OMSI Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (
  statewide connections)
• MESA Mathematics, Engineering, and Science
  Achievement (PSU based)
• 4-H of Oregon (statewide)
• Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts of Oregon (and
  associated programs)
• daVinci Days (Corvallis celebration of the arts
  and sciences)

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Mentoring

• Multiple levels of Mentoring exist in all
  activities and programs
• Every individual from Program Directors to the
  K-12 students interact with all levels
• Key to Recruitment and Retention in Engineering

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Mentoring Pyramid
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Hewlett Foundation Sponsored Summer 2003 Outreach
Log
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The PIN
Hey.. Ive got one of those pins!
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SKIES

• Spirited Kids In Engineering and Science
• 11 week-long K-2, 3-5, and 6-8 grade level camps
• Content areas include
• Engineering chemical, material science,
  environmental
• Science chemistry, physics, biology
• Inquiry-based with hands-on emphasis

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SKIES Photos
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E-Camp

• 1 wk. Engineering day camp for middle school
  students (15 boys and 11 girls)
• Inquiry-based learning with Chemical, Mechanical,
  Electrical, Civil, and Environmental Engineering
  Themes
• Lessons taught by Engineering faculty, graduate,
  and undergraduate students
• Use of wireless PDAs for data analysis

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E-Camp Photos
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AWSEM

• Advocates for Women in Science, Engineering, and
  Mathematics
• Served 11 Middle School Females
• 8 Sessions on weekends (2 hrs.)
• Activities designed to interest middle school
  girls in the sciences
• Chemistry, Anatomy, Math, Engineering, Physics,
  Biology

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AWSEM Photos
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SESEY

• Summer Experience in Science and Engineering for
  Youth (High School)
• Week-long research projects in ChE, BioE, and
  Chemistry
• Projects created by Faculty, daily work guided by
  ChE/BioE students
• 19 HS girls, 9 HS boys from 5 states

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SESEY 2003 Photos
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ASE

• Saturday Academy Apprenticeships in Science and
  Engineering
• 8 week summer internship in ChE or BioE research
  laboratories
• Faculty Advisor with graduate/undergraduate
  mentors
• Culminates in research symposium with poster and
  PowerPoint presentations

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Four Generations of ASE
Dr. Skip Rochefort ASE Superstar, Faculty Mentor
(kind of), likes to eat peanuts
Hai Le ASE 00, McKay High U Wisconsin, ChE
Jason Hower ASE 97, Corvallis High, Oregon
State Univ. Chemical Engineering
Annie Gai ASE 99, Sheldon High, Stanford
University Chemical Engineering
Adam Welander ASE 98, Central High, Carnegie
Mellon Chemical Engineering
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

• Flora and William Hewlett Foundation
• Toni Doolen, OSU Hewlett PI
• OSU Enrollment Management for Precollege K-12
  Program Support
• ALL OSU K-12 Program Directors
• My outreach colleagues Ellen Ford and Jason
  Hower.and all the kids!

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School-Year Outreach

• Engineering Outreach activities done throughout
  the school year by volunteer college students
• Activities include
• High School visits typically 1 day (150
  students)
• Open Houses at OSU Campus
• Multiple Day Engineering Activities

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High School Visits

• OSU ChE students to area high schools 3x per term
  (12x per year)
• Contacts typically science teachers
• Discuss Chemical Engineering, polymers,
  hydrogels, and applications
• Activities include
• Orbitz Drink and Bead-based bioreactors
• Baby Diapers and Super Absorbant Polymers
• Kidney Dialysis and Engineering Design

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Extended OutreachActivities

• Multiple session experiments in chemical
  engineering with high school students
• Two 4 hour sessions about Kidney Dialysis with
  Benson High Chemistry
• At OSU
• One week Kidney Dialysis with North Eugene High
  Engineering Class
• At North Eugene High School
• Experiments in Dialysis, Gel Applications,
  Microelectronics

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OSU K-12 Outreach Programs

• Dr. Skip Rochefort
• Chemical Engineering Department
• Director, OSU Precollege Programs
• Email skip_at_engr.orst.edu
• Phone [phone]