Cultivating the next generation

Boston University faculty and students are working with pre-college students (kindergarten through grade 12) to build robots, measure light as both a particle and a wave, and solve forensic mysteries by analyzing strands of DNA. By exciting their interest in science and technology, faculty and students are helping pave the way for another generation of young people to focus their intelligence and creativity on solving crucial problems science and engineering.

A new NSF-funded project known as STAMP (Science Technology and Mathematics Partnerships), led by BU physicist Bennett Goldberg, is creating new partnerships to connect BU faculty and students with classroom teachers (K-12) in four local school systems. They are also drawing on the expertise and resources of some of New England's most renowned institutions (including the Boston Museum of Science and the New England Aquarium) as well as industry partners. STAMP will work with local teachers to create innovative programs that support investigation, experimentation, and problem solving in the classroom and laboratory.

STAMP builds upon a number of long-standing programs at the University, under the umbrella of LERNET (BU Learning Resource Network) that include Mathematics Field Days, Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth Events, Engineering Days, Saturday Science Labs, Weekday Physics Labs, as well as summer internships in science, engineering and mathematics. LERNET also produces the Pathways Program, one of the first in the nation designed to encourage interaction between young women in high school and female scientists.

Project STAMP