With so much educational emphasis on STEM education in the last several years, it seems natural to pair agriculture with science, technology, engineering, and math courses. That is going to happen now, thanks to a new partnership between ARIN Intermediate Unit 28, Indiana County’s Penn State Extension office, and the Indiana County 4-H.
ARIN will be hosting thirty students, ages 8 to 12, for a three-day camp emphasizing the importance of STEM in agriculture from July 9th through the 11th.
ARIN Education Technology Specialist Lori Rodgers says the students will work with robots and electronic circuitry, learn the science of making cheese and learn about honey from a local beekeeper.
Much of the technology being used at the camp comes courtesy of the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation. The camp is already filled, but plans are in the works to expand the program in the future.
