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Ten recruiters from Navy Recruiting District (NRD) Houston joined
more than 50 teachers from across the greater Houston area for a
“STEM Through SeaPerch” seminar with the Navy's City Outreach team
on September 2, 2016 at Harby Junior High School in Alvin, Texas.
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September 2, 2016
- SeaPerch Program Founder Susan Nelson discusses
the benefits of SeaPerch to 10 recruiters from navy Recruiting
District (NRD) Houston and more than 40 educators from across the
Houston area during a “STEM Through SeaPerch” seminar with the
Navy's City Outreach team Friday at Harby Junior High School in
Alvin, Texas. Navy Recruiting District Houston has a total of 42
Navy recruiting stations dedicated to finding the best and brightest
men and women to serve in America's Navy, while also conducting
volunteer activities designed to help give back the city of Houston
and the surrounding communities they serve. Navy City Outreach is
dedicated to networking with communities to support diversity, STEM
through SeaPerch and Navy Awareness. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass
Communication Specialist 1st Class Chris Fahey)
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Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, or
STEM, is the Navy's gateway to building leaders in the
science and technology industries; SeaPerch is a
STEM-related underwater robotics program that provides
teachers and students with the resources they need to build
an underwater remote operated vehicle (ROV) using low-cost,
easily accessible parts. The purpose is to introduce
students of virtually all ages with basic engineering and
science concepts in a real-world situation.
Why
should recruiters and teachers participate?
The
Navy's SeaPerch program allows school teams to compete for
college scholarships, making it a ready-made program for
building the future leaders of tomorrow – in and out of the
Navy.
Navy City Outreach Coordinator Senior Chief
Petty Officer Therese Rogers was determined to invite as
many school districts as possible to help them build a
transparent, professional and successful SeaPerch program.
“It is critical for us to educate the teachers about
SeaPerch so they are able to educate their students and
implement this highly beneficial program into their during,
after-school or summer curriculum,” said Rogers. “Inviting
multiple school districts ensure transparent training
throughout all communities and helps introduces basic ship
and submarine design skills, naval architecture, and ocean
engineering to our future leaders at the earliest stage
possible.”
The seminar started early in the morning
with the City Outreach Team providing breakfast before
teaching attendees how to solder, build thrusters and
assembling the frame of an ROV. By midafternoon, the team
moved on to in-water testing where they soon understood the
benefits of the seminar.
“The training was very
challenging, and I loved the hands on application of the
sciences we learned,” said NRD Houston Recruiter Petty
Officer 1st Class Evan Wilson out of Navy Recruiting Station
Texas City, Texas. “I feel very confident that the teachers
had an amazing time and that I'm prepared to help them in
the classroom with what I've always felt was a
truly-beneficial program. I wish I had this when I was in
high school.”
Navy Recruiting District Houston has a
total of 42 Navy recruiting stations dedicated to finding
the best and brightest men and women to serve in America's
Navy, while also conducting volunteer activities designed to
help give back the city of Houston and the surrounding
communities they serve.
Navy City Outreach is
dedicated to networking with communities to support
diversity, STEM through SeaPerch and Navy Awareness.
By U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chris Fahey
Provided
through DVIDS
Copyright 2016
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