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2024-25 Hybrid 6-8th Grade Programming
MathCounts
MathCounts Video Challenge
MathCounts Video Challenge
6th – 8th Grade
- Teams of 4
- Year-long program to improve problem solving skills
- Thought-provoking and fun math problems
- Compete using a circuit of exams at NSBE’s Fall Regional Conference (FRC) and the Annual Convention
MathCounts is a national middle school mathematics competition that provides engaging math programs to middle school students to build confidence, improve attitudes towards math & problem solving and fosters achievement. To secure America's global competitiveness, MATHCOUNTS inspires excellence, confidence and curiosity through fun and challenging math programs.
**MathCounts holds a National Competition every May where the National Champion is determined during the Countdown Round. This individual receives a $20,000 Donald G. Weinert College Scholarship.
MathCounts Video Challenge
MathCounts Video Challenge
MathCounts Video Challenge
The Math Video Challenge is a national program that challenges middle school (6th-8th Grade) students to develop their math, communication and technology skills in a collaborative video project.
Coaches who register a team in this program receive what we call the Math Video Challenge Playbook, which includes detailed program information and tips on how to create a video. The Playbook also includes the 250 MATHCOUNTS problems that students use to create their videos, which are organized by math concept so educators can use the Math Video Challenge as a class project.
Learn More About the MathCounts Video Challenge Here
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Microsoft Code Academy (BAM)
Microsoft Code Academy (BAM)
Microsoft Code Academy (BAM)
Middle school students will be able to jump start their future in STEM by choosing from coding classes ranging from Intro to HTML, JavaScript and CSS to Python, App Development and Game Design.
Facilitated by Microsoft professionals Blacks at Microsoft (BAM), coding classes will teach computer programming skills through interactive and exciting projects especially for kids who have great imaginations, like figuring out how things work or simply love technology. Students will have so much fun creating video games, animated stories and bringing their imaginations to life not realizing all the cool skills he or she is learning along the way: basic coding and programming, problem solving, logic, physics and more!
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Microsoft Code Academy (BAM)
Microsoft Code Academy (BAM)
Stay tuned for more exciting 2024 Virtual Programming!
Middle School Competitions & Programs
FIRST Lego League (FLL)
FIRST Lego League (FLL)
FIRST Lego League (FLL)
4th-8th Grade
- Teams of 4-5
- Real-world engineering challenges
- Build LEGO-based robots
- NSBE’s Annual Convention
FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL) is a program that introduces children to science & technology in a fun, energized atmosphere of sportsmanship.
The objective is to:
- foster enthusiasm about science and technology in young children.
- equip the participants with the idea of team spirit
- encourage children to solve complex tasks in a creative way
Students will research a given topic within a team, as well as plan, program and test an autonomous robot to solve a mission. FLL Teams have the opportunity to experience all steps of a real product development process: solving a problem under time pressure with insufficient resources and unknown competitors. FLL is a small micro-cosmos of real business life in all of its aspects.
MATH COUNTS
FIRST Lego League (FLL)
FIRST Lego League (FLL)
6th – 8th Grade
- Teams of 4
- Year-long program to improve problem solving skills
- Thought-provoking and fun math problems
- Compete using a circuit of exams at NSBE’s Fall Regional Conference (FRC) and the Annual Convention
MathCounts is a national middle school mathematics competition that provides engaging math programs to middle school students to build confidence, improve attitudes towards math & problem solving and fosters achievement.
To secure America's global competitiveness, MATHCOUNTS inspires excellence, confidence and curiosity through fun and challenging math programs.
**MathCounts holds a National Competition every May where the National Champion is determined during the Countdown Round. This individual receives a $20,000 Donald G. Weinert College Scholarship.
Microsoft Code Academy
Grades 6-8
Students will be able to jump start their future in STEM by choosing from coding classes ranging from Intro to HTML, JavaScript and CSS to Python, App Development and Game Design.
Coding classes will teach computer programming skills through interactive and exciting projects especially for kids who have great imaginations, like figuring out how things work or simply love technology.
Students will have so much fun creating video games, animated stories and bringing their imaginations to life not realizing all the cool skills he or she is learning along the way: basic coding and programming, problem solving, logic, physics and more!
Scheduling
Thanks to the generosity & partnership with Mary McLeod Bethune Public Charter School, our in-person activities have resumed, and our future engineers, scientists and STEM innovators will be hosted at 1404 Jackson Stret, NE. With the exception of the college tours; Fall Regional Conference & NSBE's 51st Annual Convention, ALL of our in-person STEM programming will occur at Mary McLeod Bethune PCS! This partnership will allow us to provide additional STEM enrichment to scholars in our DC Community as well as allow Howard University's NSBE Collegiate Chapter, Karsh STEM Scholars, Howard STEM Faculty & STEM majors and other partner University student leadership organizations to directly give back to the community & mentor the Next Gen of Black Engineers & STEM professionals!
The new 2024-25 Program Schedule is being finalized & will be emailed to members once finalized!
Team Practices, Enrichment Classes & Workshops: When Do They Meet?
Many children in the DC Metro Area love STEM but may not want to be an engineer (or even know what engineers do). For this reason, DMV NSBE, Jr. will offer a variety of STEM programming & other enrichment classes to our members. To ensure that our members can not only participate in any of our chapter's programming AND outside extra-curricular activities; weekly team practices, enrichment classes, workshops and monthly chapter meetings will occur on the weekends:
Chapter Meetings: 1st Sunday of Each Month (5pm-6:30pm)
Our student-led chapter meetings are hands-on intended for BOTH the student members AND their parents.
Scheduling our programs on Saturday's & Sunday's gives students, parents & coaches the flexibility to have an enriching NSBE, Jr. experience while also giving them time to spend with family & nurture their non-STEM interests.
How Can We Juggle It All?
Schedules for team practices & enrichment classes will be determined by the dedicated volunteer coaches & mentors serving our children. From our experiences, the most successful NSBE, Jr. chapters also have a high percentage of parent-coaches who have children in the chapter. We hope you consider serving as a coach for one of your child's math or technical teams. Besides exploring engineering together & having fun guiding your child (& their teammates) in exciting hands-on STEM adventures - YOU, your co-coach and the parents on your child's team get to decide the practice meeting schedule! Ex: Will our FLL team practice on Saturday's from 1pm-2:30pm or Sunday's 2pm-3:30pm. Does this time work well for everyone on our team? Does it conflict with my son's football & karate schedule? Will my daughter be able to do Future City, MathCounts, a coding class and also gymnastics with her travelling club program?
Consider Being a Coach! Coach & Mentor Training coming soon!