Scouting For Engineering Education

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The Boy Scouts of America are growing a new youth educational program called STEM Scouts open to boys and girls Guests Davis Fox and Deborah Debbie Vasquez talk about the mission of the program which goes beyond teaching content knowledge in science technology engineering and math It includes teaching curiosity teamwork parental involvement and other values that align with Scouting programs generally Davis and Deborah also discuss the program impact on kids in the Austin Texas area so far Mentioned in this episode STEM Scouts https stemscouts org Boy Scouts of America BSA http www scouting org Venturing program at BSA http www scouting org scoutsource Venturing aspx Exploring program at BSA http www exploring org STEM Scouts in Austin TX https stemscouts org council 8 austin Vertical farming background article http www bbc com future story 20170405-how-vertical-farming-reinvents-agriculture Our closing music is from Late for School by Bleeptor used under a Creative Commons Attribution License https creativecommons org licenses by 4 0 Subscribe and find more podcast information at http www k12engineering net The K12 Engineering Education Podcast is a production of Pios Labs http www pioslabs com You can support Pios Labs at https www patreon com pioslabs Also check out these projects from Pios Labs Guidebook Engineer s Guide to Improv and Art Games by Pius Wong on Amazon Barnes Noble and other retailers http www pioslabs com improv4design htmlClick here to visit this podcast episode