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. 

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.

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.

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.