STEM Curriculum Development

Growing up in Uganda and attending the International School of Uganda, I received a solid education, but I realized after coming to college that I had missed out on many hands-on STEM experiences. To address this gap, I decided to return to Uganda in the summer of 2024 to give back to my community by developing and leading a STEM curriculum for middle and high school students at my school. My goal was to provide the next generation of students with the same opportunities for practical, experiential learning that I had lacked. Over the course of four months, I worked to create engaging, hands-on activities that would inspire students and help them apply their STEM skills to real-world challenges, all while promoting teamwork and problem-solving. 

• Sustainability-Themed STEAM Day: Organized a fun, interactive event for 330 middle and high school students, featuring hands-on activities that integrated science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics.

• Robotics Sessions: Led weekly sessions to design, prototype, and build a trash-collecting and sorting robot using the Lego Mindstorm 51515 kit.

• Pasta Tower Challenge: Guided students in designing a pasta tower that balanced weight and height efficiency, encouraging creativity and engineering thinking.

• Projectile Motion Experiment: Facilitated the construction of popsicle stick catapults to test and learn about projectile motion through experimentation.

• Walking Water Experiment: Conducted a hands-on activity to teach students about soil nutrient diffusion through the principles of capillary traction.

• Sustainability Trivia: Hosted a sustainability-themed trivia session to reinforce key environmental concepts and promote student engagement.