STEM Camp 2019 - Session 1, Day 4 = Kickball! Day four was a more relaxing day for the students before the big competition day on Friday. Even though it was relaxing, they still had work to do. The students started working on planning their video, which they must complete in order to qualify for the prizes on competition day. This year’s prizes include 500 dollars for first place, 250 dollars for second place, and 150 dollars for third. To compete for these prizes, the studen

STEM Camp 2019 - Session 1, Day 1 = FUN! Day one of any program or class is what most would consider to be the most boring of all days. However, that was definitely not the case for the first day of the NSED Academy STEM Camp 2019 held at Virginia Union University. In many cases, day one is filled with boring information that many students would care less to hear about, such as what the program or class consists of and what is expected of them. For the students attending the

STEM Camp 2019 - Session 1, Day 2 = DIRT! Each day of the NSED Academy just keeps getting more interesting. After day one of breaking apart and reassembling their computers, day two allowed the students who did not have functioning computers to research and troubleshoot how to fix their problems. Some students’ computers let out beeps when they tried to test their computers, letting it be known that there was a problem. They asked questions and researched what those beeps cou

STEM Camp 2019 - Session 1, Day 3 = The Power of Podcasting Day three of the NSED Academy gave the students the opportunity to interact with the interns that are working at the STEM Camp for the summer. Danny Ballout and Tavieo Miles, Interns who both worked at the STEM Camp last year, introduced the students to a few important features in Windows 7 on the computers they reassembled. The students learned how to locate the control panel and how to get access to the device mana