Action Sports used to Teach STEM to Students - Tuesday, May 24, 2011

It seemed like a professional skateboarding show with ramps, grind rails and skateboarding benches – but it was an asphalt classroom. Wearing jeans, red T-shirts, tennis shoes and helmets, the skateboarders and BMX riders performed stunts for about 45 minutes. It was all part of Skatepark Mathematics, the latest effort to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) among high school students. Read More...