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Description
What do young people think about STEM fields today? Michigan STEM educator Danielle Boyer talks about her perspective as a recent high school graduate who teaches robotics to many young K-12 students. She talks about her lower-cost robot platform Every Kid Gets a Robot, her coloring books for STEM representation, young people’s college fears, and also her views on accessibility and diversity in engineering.
Episode cover art photo courtesy of Danielle Boyer.
Related Links
- The STEAM Connection: Danielle Boyer's STEM initiative.
- Every Kid Gets a Robot: Lower-cost robot from The STEAM Connection.
- Future of Manufacturing 3D Printing Summer Camp: Fisher Unitech program for teens.
- Getting Started with the ESP32 Development Board: Resource on the ESP32 from Random Nerd Tutorials.
- STEAM Sisters: Organization in Troy, Michigan, focused on girls in STEAM.
- Adafruit: Electronics company based in New York.
- Rachel York at Solidworks: Forum profile of SolidWorks' Community Manager.
- MythBusters: TV show from Discovery.
- STEAM coloring books: From The STEAM Connection.
- American Indian Science and Engineering Society: Professional STEM organization in the US.
- FIRST Robotics: Robotics competition for K-12.
- STEMedia: Business focused on STEM education and media.
- Digital Pop Culture for STEM”: Past podcast episode with Dr. Nehemiah Mabry of STEMedia.
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