The College of Engineering featured the Trinect program in its e-newsletter. The article, seen below, was published on April 9th.
Engineers, elementary educators and future teachers partner to teach STEM |
At Iowa State, integrating engineering into K-12 classrooms is a collaborative effort that spans across campus and into surrounding school districts. Trinect, a program funded by the National Science Foundation STEM-C Partnerships, brings together three groups to introduce engineering concepts to young students: engineering graduate students, preservice teacher students and cooperating elementary teachers from Des Moines Public Schools.