Houghton, Michigan – How often do school children get excited about staying an extra hour after school? At Hancock Middle School, a new program called Hancock Mind Trekkers is giving 8th graders a reason stick around after the last bell: hands-on fun with science.
This after-school initiative is part of Gear Up (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs), a federally sponsored program that follows the high school class of 2017 through to their graduation and provides college-prep services along the way.
Michigan Technological University’s Center for Pre-College Outreach (CPCO) coordinates Gear Up and takes pride in putting a uniquely Michigan Tech spin on things. To help get the eighth graders excited about science, technology, engineering and mathematics, CPCO turned to its own Mind Trekkers student organization. Michigan Tech Mind Trekkers travel around the region—and across the country—sharing hands-on demonstrations with pre-college students. And now they’ve added a monthly stop at Hancock Middle School, bringing a handful of new demos each time.
Hancock Mind Trekkers invites all the school’s 8th graders and usually sees about a dozen students at each monthly meeting.
For the full story, see http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2013/february/story85194.html.
For more about Michigan Tech Mind Trekkers, see http://mindtrekkers.mtu.edu/.
For more information, contact Jen Martin, jsmartin@mtu.edu, 906-487-2219.
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