The Fort Meade Alliance held its inaugural Elementary and Middle School Tech Mania on March 18 at the newly renovated Meade High School.
Nearly 120 fifth and sixth grade students from Manor View, Meade Heights and Brock Bridge Elementary Schools and MacArthur and Meade Middle Schools visited their future high school for an afternoon of hands-on STEM-related learning.
The students explored biased AI with Learning Undefeated and Northrop Grumman, created binary code bracelets with US Cyber Command, participated in a mobile hacking demonstration with the National Security Agency, and made slime and catapults with Meade High’s National Technical Honor Society students.
“Events like Tech Mania are powerful because they spark curiosity and open doors for our youngest learners,” said Sean Conley, Elementary Network Assistant Superintendent of Anne Arundel County Public Schools. “Bringing our elementary and middle school students into Meade High School not only builds excitement for their future but also shows them the incredible opportunities that await in STEM fields right here in their community.”
Students from the Meade High School Athletic Leadership Committee also attended the event and helped to chaperone students as they moved between classrooms in the building.
During the event, students had the opportunity to engage with Meade High School students and ask questions about what it’s like to be a student at Meade High. Students left the event with increased knowledge of the science and technology at work in the region and the opportunities they could have as future Meade High School students.
