Pennington teen wins $10,000 award in national STEM competition

This week we are reminded that working at a snail's pace can pay off in the long run. Charlotte Lenore Simon Michaluk from New Jersey, took home a $10,000 award for her STEM project in the Broadcom Masters 2020 middle school competition. The 14 year old’s project was entitled: “Simulating Slipping Snails: Mitigating Climate Change and Oceanborne Invasive Species Transport with Biomimicry”. Her project brought light to the continuous problem of biofouling. This happens when algae, bacteria, or barnacles build up on ship hulls, buoys, or underwater pipes. Scrubbing the slime and critters off is costly and biofouling also cuts down on ships' fuel efficiency. The Broadcom MASTERS — an acronym for “math, applied science, technology and engineering for rising stars” — is a program of the Society for Science & the Public designed to inspire middle school students to follow their personal passions to college and career paths. For the first time, the competition was held virtually and had 30 finalists judged and evaluated on what they came up with.

Verizon Initiative Helps Kids With Remote Learning

Verizon realizes that the Covid-19 pandemic has made learning, access to technology and staying connected more crucial than ever for students.
Thus Verizon has rolled out a new initiative to help students adjust to remote learning.

The initiative strives to make sure students have access to technology and not fall behind. The initiative provides free technology, advanced curriculum and professional development. Along with 30 GB of free data access per month.

Verizon tripled the program’s per COVID-19 allotment to better meet the needs of remote students. Verizon Innovative Learning is the plan that has been helping over 100 schools in Houston and has already helped over 650 kids get connected and ready for remote learning.

This initiative is amazing to see executed because there are many cases where a child does not have access to work to their fullest capabilities due to a lack of hardware. Many students relied on coming to school to receive this technological access.

We would love to see more companies follow this example.

For more information, https://www.verizon.com/about/news/students-next-gen-technology

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