Allegheny Traditional Academy middle school girls engaged in the after school program STEM Stars focused their Carnegie Science Center i5 Digital Video competition entry on Air Pollution and Asthma. SPECK played a feature role as the girls used the monitors to assess the air quality in their own school. Check out their culminating video:
STEM Stars, a joint program between the Carnegie Science Center and the YWCA, targets middle school girls in Allegheny County. The goal of STEM Stars is to improve academic achievement and increase interest in and awareness of STEM topics and careers.
-guest post by Cathy Rohrer