FIRST Lego League
November 04, 2024 / 5:00 - 6:30 PM EST Thank you so much for attending our webinar! Below is a brief summation of what we discussed with you all, as…
Congratulations to Janice McDonnell and her team for new national 4H challenge promoting Ocean literacy and conservation
About the 2022 4‑H STEM Challenge Designed by Rutgers University, Explorers of the Deep, focuses on the mysteries and adventures of ocean exploration—with robots! Young people learn how to use science,…
RUCOOL Welcomes 4H STEM Ambassadors
RUCOOL hosted 4-H STEM Ambassadors to explore the use of drones for remote sensing and environmental monitoring. The 4-H STEM Ambassador program welcomes New Jersey youth from middle and high…
FANFARE of Excitement for our NEW ENIGMA TOOLS of SCIENCE VIDEO!
As part of the NASA funded ENIGMA project we produced an 8 minute video with Tilapia Films during these challenging times. To share this exciting science research, please view our…
Arctic Relations blog – Polar Literacy Initiative
This week was #ScienceLiteracyWeek in Canada, and as part of the campaign, the Arctic Relations blog asked Janice McDonnell, STEM Agent in the Department of Youth Development, to share her…
The 2020 4‑H STEM Challenge is a Race to Land Humans on Mars this year!
The race to land humans on Mars is on! The annual 4-H STEM Challenge in connection with Rutgers looks a little different this year but the enthusiasm remains. The 2020…
Eight Weeks of Intensive Virtual Learning
Two weeks. That is the amount of time Janice McDonnell and Sage Lichtenwalner, Co-PIs of the OOI Ocean Data Lab Project, had to create an eight-week intensive, hands-on virtual program…
Rutgers Annual Teen STEM Ambassador Program Goes Virtual this Summer
The Rutgers 4-H STEM Ambassador program, typically a five-day residential on-campus program for high-achieving high school students, has gone virtual. Starting July 24, more than 50 teens from underserved and…
Summer REU with the Data Labs Project and RIOS
During this unprecedented time in our history when students are required to “stay at home” due to government imposed rules, we developed a virtual learning and research opportunity to work…
Rutgers Researchers Teach Science to Local Students
Josue, a 5th grader at McKinley Community School in New Brunswick, imagines an alien could evolve and thrive in the harsh elements of Jupiter by harnessing the ability to eat…