DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — From robots, to homemade cars, to unbreakable eggs – you’ll find them all at an education conference in Durham this week.
Teachers from across the state are learning new ways to get students interested in science and math. Meanwhile, students are showing off the results of new teaching strategies.
There was a giant catapult designed to hurl objects hundreds of feet. But it was also a physics lesson. “We were studying kinematics and projectile motion,” said student Maddie Taylor.
A group of high school students from Tri-County Early College in Cherokee County put the project together in physics class and presented it to other students at the Scaling STEM conference.
The conference brings together teachers, students and corporations focusing on moving from textbook learning to hands-on projects in science, math and technology. . .
