Springfield Middle School’s pre-engineering technology class was awarded a $5,000 grant last spring to help fund materials for students to assemble prosthetic hands.
HOLLAND, Ohio — Scores on the ACT college admissions test by this year’s high school graduates hit their lowest point in more than 30 years, due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic fueled the decline.
Subjects used in STEM studies, like math and science, have seen students not reaching benchmarks.
So Springfield Middle School’s STEM Specialist, Mike Ransford, is incorporating interactive learning into his classroom by assembling prosthetic hands. Ransford said those skills were lost through distance learning.
“I think there’s more to it than being able to look at something,” he said. “Your screen is a great tool, but it’s not the only tool. So, I like to help them learn how to use other things.”
He was able to secure a $5,000 grant last spring with the help of the Ohio STEM Learning Network to fund the …