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, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to explore Earth’s Ocean and how it relates to all life on the planet. The...
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 school to the SEBS campus to participate in hands-on activities as they learn alongside Rutgers faculty in their respective discipline....
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 new video at https://youtu.be/DGTPPy2fNyc. We ask for your help in promoting this new video through your network. Below is a sample...
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 thoughts on developing and Using the Polar Literacy Principles in Science Communication. We encourage you to check out her thoughts...
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 challenge will explore sending a mission to Mars with the activity, Mars Base Camp. Developed by Google and Virginia Cooperative...
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 for Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) students, who couldn’t attend their original programs due to COVID-19 restrictions. McDonnell and Lichtenwalner...
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 underrepresented urban communities across New Jersey will spend a week participating virtually in this annual summer enrichment experience that marks...
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 with previously accepted and displaced REU students to build their capacity to work with large online and openly accessible data...
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 gas. Then, he uses clay to sculpt the creature and names his lifeform “Jomama.” “We asked the kids to show...