Category: K-12 at UF

The Engineering Club at Howard Bishop Middle school in Gainesville, FL has a lot to cheer about this year. After finishing second place in the Tampa Bay regional Future City CompetitionTM the last two years, the team finished first this year and went on to compete at the national competition. Ondine Wells, STRIDE K-12 Coordinator […]

While many educational outreach efforts to local K-12 schools have been canceled due to COVID-19, the STRIDE Center has remained engaged with students remotely. STRIDE K-12/Technology Transfer Coordinator, Ondine Wells, mentored the Howard Bishop Middle School Future City Engineering Club twice a week through the summer via Zoom. Started last year, Howard Bishop’s Future City […]

For at-home teachers and parents looking for educational resources related to engineering and transportation, STRIDE maintains a list of free K-12 resources on its website. Included in this resource list are STEM activities from the Institute for Transportation Engineers (ITE); activities, videos, and demonstrations related to crash safety developed by UF professor, Dr. Griffith Jones, […]

This past fall a new engineering club at Howard Bishop Middle School in Gainesville, FL became the first school in Alachua County to compete in the national Future City Competition. The club was led by Bishop’s Technology instructor, Mr. John Bailey, and the UF STRIDE Center’s K-12 Coordinator, Ondine Wells. Six students met weekly for […]

Girls Engaged in Engineering DayOn March 11, 2020, 150 middle school girls from the Sarasota and Orlando areas visited the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering for a day-long Girls Engaged in Engineering event. The STRIDE Center provided a hands-on activity in bridge building and a presentation featuring innovative research being conducted by Dr. Jennifer […]

On March 11, 2020, 150 middle school girls from the Sarasota and Orlando areas visited the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering (HWCOE) for a day-long Girls Engaged in Engineering event. Girls began the day with a keynote address from Dr. Christine Angelini in the Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences. During the day, girls participated […]

Touch-A-Truck Community Event The UF student chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), in conjunction with the STRIDE Center, hosted a children’s activity booth on Saturday, September 14, 2019, at the 10th Annual Fun 4 Gator Kids Touch-A-Truck event held on the Santa Fe College campus. Nearly 10,000 people attended the event, where children […]

Elementary School Career Days Feature Transportation Engineering and Hands-on STEM Challenge This school year, over 600 elementary school students at Alachua County Public Schools have learned about transportation through hands-on STEM activities during their annual Career Day events. Students learned about how all engineers design and build solutions to solve problems and that transportation engineers […]