A&M-Commerce Students Dazzle, Inspire at Dallas ISD STEM Expo
Multiple student organizations representing the College of Science and Engineering (CoSE) at Texas A&M University-Commerce dazzled nearly a thousand Dallas ISD students and their families at this year's Dallas ISD STEM Expo.
Marking its 10-year anniversary, the annual STEM Expo encourages the district's students to engage with science, technology, engineering and mathematics through interactive exhibits. The event is the largest of its kind in Texas.
Accompanied by faculty members Dr. Naima Khan, Dr. Lin Guo and undergraduate admissions counselor Peggy Borchardt, A&M-Commerce student groups featured several interactive demonstrations at their booth.
Emma Van Dieden, Alyssa Haddock, Collin Callagher and Tatam Wright from the Beta Beta Beta National Honors Biological Society taught attendees how to look under a microscope to view microorganisms. They also demonstrated anatomical models of a skull, a kidney, an eye and a double helix model of DNA.
Environmental Science Society members David Jackson and Jamie Cervantes demonstrated a soil filtration system, water and soil PH meters, a water conductivity meter, an air quality monitor and a groundwater flow system illustrating how contaminants move through the ground.
The Society of Physics Students, with members Makayla Teer, Sherman Losey and Ryan Rodgriguez, used balance birds to illustrate differing centers of mass and demonstrated traveling and standing waves, conservation of angular momentum, running a current through a coil to produce a magnetic field and converting mechanical power to electrical energy.
“Watching the younger kids experience the demonstrations for the first time was amazing,” Teer said. “Their eyes lit up with amazement and curiosity when they discovered something new, and then again when they figured out how it worked!”
Losey concurred. “It was nice talking with these young science enthusiasts,” he said. “They asked good questions that got to the root of what was happening.”
The Dallas ISD STEM Expo and similar community events provide CoSE students with valuable teaching opportunities and the chance to network and establish professional connections while cultivating future outreach activities.
“Our student groups are doing amazing things in the classroom and beyond,” said Dr. Andrea Graham, dean of the College of Science and Engineering. “They are true ambassadors representing the high-quality STEM programs at A&M-Commerce and helping us share our love of science, technology, engineering and math with aspiring STEM students.”
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