Shaler Area's 3rd annual STEAM Competition features largest field of competitors
Now in its third year, the Shaler Area High School STEAM Competition has grown to attract its largest field of competitors for the March 2 event—with teams of students coming from school districts in Allegheny, Butler, Washington, and Westmoreland counties.
The daylong competition challenges students to complete four on-site team challenges that incorporate multiple aspects of science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM), and require students to work collaboratively in their teams of five in order to succeed.
Each challenge is created by a team of Shaler Area High School teachers specializing in each subject area—including 2018 Teacher of the Year Finalist Greg Mason, high school physics teacher.
Students have been working for the past months on the off-site project challenge to create a mobile, underhand, corn hole catapult. Inspired by backyard picnic games, teams’ catapults will compete against one another in a game of corn hole.
This year’s competition is sponsored by Chevron, with support from the University of Pittsburgh College in High School program and the Shaler Area Education Foundation. The competition will take place at Shaler Area High School on Friday, March 2, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Participating school districts include:
Baldwin-Whitehall
Bethlehem-Center
Brentwood
Carlynton
Cornell
Diocese of Pittsburgh – Bishop Canevin
Elizabeth Forward
Fox Chapel Area
Gateway
Mars Area
Montour
Moon Area
New Kensington-Arnold
North Allegheny
Pittsburgh Public Schools – Allderdice
Plum Borough
Riverview
Seneca Valley
Shaler Area
South Butler County
Trinity Area
West Mifflin
Posted: Friday, February 23, 2018