2011+HCC+STEM+Academy

=Minority Male Initiative STEM Academy 2011 (HCC North East)= The northeast campus of Houston Community College provides a science, technology, engineering and math academy (STEM) for junior and high school students. Mr. Cummings taught Alternate Fuel Engineering to junior school students along with Mr. Nat Ihedigbo from Ryan Middle School of Houston ISD.

During the course, students built solar cars and tested them. Students explored the structures to understand how the parts relate to the function of the car.
 * __ Building Cars __**

__** Fun Fridays **__ On Fridays, we celebrate our work by sharing our projects and/or products that we created during the week. During our first Fun Friday, James Ihedigbo will speak to the groups. James Ihedigbo is the brother of our very own Mr. Nat Ihedigbo who teaches Alternate Fuels. During the first week, students will compete for the chance for a "back-stage pass" with James Ihedigbo. The staff will vote to deteremine the best projects. Please click on the picture of James Ihedigbo that is beside this paragraph to learn more about his career with the New York Jets.

__** PSA **__ As part of the class, student planned and created a public service announcement (PSA) advocating the use of an alternate fuel of their choice. Students worked in pairs to develop their PSA. During the first week and prior to the PSA, student will become experts on an alternate fuel type to create a poster. The posters will be presented to the class and then used as resources for the developement of the PSA. More information about the posters and photos of the posters are provide toward the bottom of this page. To view the winning PSA presentations, click on the files posted below.

Group 1 - PPTs

Groups 2 - PPTs

**__Alternate Fuel T-Chart Posters__** Below are the T-Chart Posters that the students created during the second week of the course. The MMI STEM Academy faculty responded to a survey to identify the winning posters. The winners are identified.



















Below are the T-Chart Posters that the students created during the first week of the course. The MMI STEM Academy faculty responded to a survey to identify the winning posters. The winners are identified. **First Group Posters** Fossil Fuel Electric Solar/Electric Fuel Cell #1 Biodiesel #1 Fuel Cell #2 Biodiesel Cell #2 **Second Group Posters** Fossil Fuel Electric Solar/Electric (missing-not completed)

Fuel Cell Biodiesel