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Area Students to Participate in CIJE-Tech Young Engineering Conference
One of three events nationwide featuring capstone projects designed to foster STEM problem solving skills and teamwork
600 Students from Jewish high schools in the tri-state area will be participating in the Annual CIJE Young Engineers Conference demonstrating innovative, working projects at the Hebrew Academy of Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR) in Lawrence, New York.
The event features projects that foster teamwork, problem solving and electronic engineering skills taught as part of the CIJE-Tech High School Engineering STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) -based curriculum. Innovative strategies are used, including small group collaborative work and the use of hands‐on activities and experiments to promote inquiry and curiosity.
CIJE-TECH is a discovery-focused, interactive curriculum with a year each of scientific and biomedical engineering. It exposes students to a diverse range of science and technical knowledge areas while helping develop multidisciplinary and abstract thinking as well as leadership and teamwork skills. Learning is connected to the real world through an emphasis on the application of STEM subjects to everyday life, employment, and the surrounding environment. To increase STEM learning, the CIJE‐Tech programs include activities that improve student and teacher content knowledge and teacher pedagogy.
