Special Lab Helps Students Gain Dimension

"What I was mostly concentrating on was what the car looked like," said [Zachery Carnal], who wanted his car to look cool. "It (the lab) has made me focused on being a computer technician." "The program at McLaughlin accomplishes the STEM integration through synergistic lear...

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Published inThe Ledger (Lakeland)
Main Author Green, Merissa
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Lakeland, Fla Halifax Media Group 23.01.2011
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Summary:"What I was mostly concentrating on was what the car looked like," said [Zachery Carnal], who wanted his car to look cool. "It (the lab) has made me focused on being a computer technician." "The program at McLaughlin accomplishes the STEM integration through synergistic learning modules," [Brian Grip] said. "Each module has a different focus. The benefit in using the module approach to STEM is the variety of subject matter that students can be exposed to during the school year." "When you do hands-on activities, you don't have to write a lot of stuff," [Breyana Duren] said. "You get to experiment."
ISSN:0163-0288