Physics Teacher Talks About Hooking Students on STEM

At the chapter's October luncheon, Stephen Hamersky, a physics teacher at Gross Catholic High School, talked about his passion for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and how AFCEA grants have supported his efforts. Although his ultimate concern is hooking students on some aspect of STEM, he places emphasis on robotics and spends time supporting it through VEX Robotics Competitions. Hamersky has used prior STEM grants to support open robotics, which uses open-source pieces and has been a very effective way to increase interest for middle school students. He talked about one student who got involved with robotics because of friends and went on to earn a computer science degree. Hamersky concluded by pointing out that AFCEA grants provide the extras that many schools can't afford.

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