Detroit
students
get
lessons
in STEM
through
mentoring
event at
Selfridge
Air Base
By
Aaron
Best
Tell Us
Detroit
HARRISON
TWP, MI
-
Detroit’s
Carver
STEM
Academy
stepped
outside
the
classroom
for a
hands-on
experience
on
Tuesday,
June 11,
2019 at
STARBASE
One, a
STEM
academy
located
at the
Selfridge
Air
National
Guard
Base in
Harrison
Township.
As a
celebration
of the
50th
Anniversary
of
Apollo
11 Moon
Landing,
Carver
STEM
Academy's
students
tried
their
hand at
sending
up a few
rockets
of their
own.
They
experienced
virtual
reality,
soldered
pieces
on
circuit
boards
and
spent
time
with
professionals
from
AT&T.
The
activities
were
part of
a
two-day
Believe
Detroit
event.
“We
want to
provide
more
opportunities
for
young
leaders
like you
to have
exposure
to
different
types of
subject
matter,”
AT&T
Michigan
President
David
Lewis
told the
60
students
from
Detroit’s
Carver
STEM
Academy.
The
activities
at the
military
base
included
robotics,
engineering
design,
3D
modeling,
and
career
exploration.
“AT&T is
giving
Detroit
students
the
opportunity
to gain
STEM
skills
and
explore
future
career
opportunities,”
said
Mark
Muzzin,
STARBASE
deputy
director.
“Children
leave
STARBASE
with a
renewed
enthusiasm
to learn
and
greater
confidence
in their
abilities.
We are
grateful
that
AT&T is
making
this
possible
for
these
Detroit
students.”
The
virtual
reality
(VR)
experience
was a
favorite
among
the
students.
On
Tuesday,
they did
a
practice
run,
learning
to
maneuver
in a
virtual
world by
picking
up
everyday
items.
On
Wednesday,
they had
a VR
experience
in
Apollo
11.
“I
thought
it was
real
because
I could
touch
everything,
and it
was
really
fun,”
12-year-old
Takaira
Turner
said
about
her
experience
at the
airforce
base.
STARBASE
is a
Department
of
Defense
program
offering
students
a
hands-on
experience
emphasizing
the
application
of
science,
technology,
engineering,
and
math.
The
program
offers
an
inquiry-based
curriculum
that
engages
students
in
hands-on,
minds-on
experiments
and
technological
activities.
“Opening
up new
opportunities
for
Detroiters
is what
Believe
Detroit
is all
about,”
Lewis
said.
“AT&T is
proud to
help
make a
STARBASE
experience
possible
for
Carver
STEM
students
and we
look
forward
to
seeing
the
students
achieve
great
things
in the
future.”
STARBASE
is one
of the
organizations
AT&T is
working
with as
part of
its
Believe
Detroit
initiative.
Believe
Detroit
is an
AT&T
Michigan
effort
aiming
to
improve
educational
opportunities,
academic
achievement
and
create a
path to
self-sufficiency
for
Detroit
youth.
It is an
extension
of AT&T
Believes℠,
a larger
company-wide
initiative,
which
aims to
create
positive
change
in local
communities.
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