The Marconi Project
We are calling this overall project MARCONI (after the Italian inventor). The software we will develop will allow students to collaborate and bounce ideas off one another,” Whitmer said. “Students will be able to share great STEM experience and tackle real and complex problems.” Whitmer continued “They will also get to see STEM in action in their own communities and envision how a STEM career doesn’t have to mean leaving home.”
We can fly!
Planes are incredible! They can fly thousands of feet into the air and weigh 90,000 pounds! But somehow, they manage to stay up in the sky and transport people, animals, and goods around the world. Have you ever wondered how this is possible?
DESCARTES and EDISON Free For The Rest Of The School Year
Parametric Studio is working with schools around Iowa and the Midwest to help teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the biggest assets we can provide students is the ability to learn at home using the same technology we use to help them in the classroom.
NEWTON-AR received with flying colors at Edwards Elementary
At Parametric studio, we are devoted to providing young students with opportunities to have hands-on learning experiences with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Recently, second-grade students at Edwards Elementary got a chance to experience Parametric Studio’s newest software, Newton. NEWTON combines Engineering, Making, Computer Science, STEM learning, and Augmented Reality. And it does this through game-based Rube-Goldberg-style challenges. NEWTON helps teachers engage students in problem-solving while encouraging collaboration and creativity.
An Engineering Game For Teaching STEM
At Parametric Studio our mission is to help educate the future innovators of America through engaging, inspiring, and educational software. Our guiding principle is to facilitate better STEM education through engineering. Created through SBIR grant funding by NSF and the US Department of Education, our three products for elementary, middle, and secondary schools offer fun and interactive designs that blend STEM, Gaming, Real Engineering Design Tools, and 3-D printing.
Fourth-graders design boats using DESCARTES software
Gilbert Intermediate School fourth-graders came to Iowa State University to see if the boats they designed using our engineering education software, DESCARTES would float across the Forker pool carrying freight.