49ers.com – Emily Lucas
“On Tuesday, September 15, the 49ers Museum presented by Sony co-hosted an event with Wonder Workshop, a Kickstarter-funded Silicon Valley startup, to announce an educational partnership to further both organizations’ goals of making Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) more accessible and engaging for kids. Now in its second year, the 49ers STEM Education Program provides a learning platform for students in grades K-8, teaching content-rich lessons using the STEM principles of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The 49ers STEM Education Program is preparing to host more than 60,000 students to participate this school year. The partnership will enable the 49ers STEM Education Program to integrate programmable robots, Dash and Dot, into its curriculum to engage students in coding and robotics through hands-on active play. “It doesn’t matter unless the experience is meaningful and relevant,” said 49ers Museum Director Jesse Lovejoy. “Our program does that for students and we want to continue to do that for students. Through introducing things like Dash and Dot…we’re trying to make sure that kids have the best possible time while they’re here and start to get introduced to new, cool technologies.” As the leading professional sports organization in the support of STEM learning concepts for youth, the 49ers have demonstrated a commitment to education and innovation.”(more)