McDonnell Family Assistant Professor in Engineering Education Greses Pérez and Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach lead a team of Tufts students who do engineering education outreach at the Samuel Adams School in East Boston, MA.
The goals of the outreach are to:
- Increase robotics and engineering design competencies for elementary students in a multicultural and multilingual environment
- Use students’ first languages
- Expand access to materials and workshops
The following languages are spoken at Adams School:
- English
- Spanish
- Portuguése
- Arabic
- Vietnamese
- Ruso
- Criollo haitiano
So far, over 200 elementary students have participated in workshops to improve their engineering skills.
- Summer Program 2022
- 60 students, grades 3-5
- School Year 2022-2023
- Fall 2022: 33 students, grades 4-6
- Spring 2023: 30 students, grades 2-3
- Summer Program 2023
- 75 students, grades 3-5
- School Year 2023-2024
- Fall 2023, 23 students, grades 4-6