Kids as Environmental Entrepreneurs
Chuck Spuches, associate dean at SUNY-ESF and associate adjunct professor at Syracuse University, and Ruth Small, professor in SU’s iSchool, will pilot a national online innovation competition.
There will be at least 400 middle school youth from Central New York, including those traditionally underrepresented and financially disadvantaged, who will participate in the national STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) entrepreneurship competition. This project also includes a research component that focuses on how and to what extent participation in a STEM entrepreneurship program increases middle school participant’s (1) learning of STEM content, (2) interest in and motivation to continue learning STEM content, (3) ability and motivation to create scientific innovation, and (4) interest in pursuing current and emerging STEM careers.