Inside a STEM classroom
Date: 3/4/2012 Album ID: 1426925
Photos by Emily Rasinski
Take a look inside the new STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) Learning Center which is part of the SIUE Charter High School in East St. Louis. "This classroom has roughly the same ammount of technology as a space shuttle," teacher Matt Johnson said of the new room.
Science and math teacher Matt Johnson leads his Science Explorations class in a lesson on experimental design in the new STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) Learning Center which is part of the SIUE Charter High School in East St. Louis on Friday, March 2, 2012. This classroom has roughly the same ammount of technology as a space shuttle, Johnson said of the new room. The students pictured are Henric Wicks (from left), Jeremiah Rogers, Deon Kerby, and Aleisha Latta. 
Photo by Emily Rasinski,  erasinski@post-dispatch.com
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Amber Johnson (left) writes out her research on the Tuskegee syphilis experiment on one side of the dry erase board as Jeremiah Rogers (front right) and Deon Kerby work on their experiment on the opposite side in the new STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) Learning Center which is part of the SIUE Charter High School in East St. Louis on Friday, March 2, 2012. 
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Sophomore Aleisha Latta writes out her research on the Stanford Prison Experiment on a dry erase board while junior Quewon Smith (silouetted) works on a Robotics project on the Smart Board in the new STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) Learning Center which is part of the SIUE Charter High School in East St. Louis on Friday, March 2, 2012. 
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Sophomore Deon Kerby (left) and junior Henric Wicks listen to instructions from their teacher Matt Johnson in the new STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) Learning Center which is part of the SIUE Charter High School in East St. Louis on Friday, March 2, 2012. I'm geeking out. I'm like a kid in a candy store Wicks said of the new classroom. He is interested in pursuing a career in computer engineering or computer science.
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Science and math teacher Matt Johnson (far right) leads his Science Explorations class in a lesson on experimental design in the new STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) Learning Center which is part of the SIUE Charter High School in East St. Louis on Friday, March 2, 2012. This classroom has roughly the same ammount of technology as a space shuttle, Johnson said of the new room. 
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Science and math teacher Matt Johnson (left) leads his Science Explorations class in a lesson on experimental design in the new STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) Learning Center which is part of the SIUE Charter High School in East St. Louis on Friday, March 2, 2012. This classroom has roughly the same ammount of technology as a space shuttle, Johnson said of the new room. 
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Science and math teacher Matt Johnson leads his Science Explorations class in a lesson on experimental design in the new STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) Learning Center which is part of the SIUE Charter High School in East St. Louis on Friday, March 2, 2012. This classroom has roughly the same ammount of technology as a space shuttle, Johnson said of the new room. 
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Aleisha Latta does research on experimental design in the new STEM  Learning Center which is part of the SIUE Charter High School in East St. Louis on March 2, 2012.
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Aleisha Latta explains the Stanford Prison Experiment in the new STEM  Learning Center which is part of the SIUE Charter High School in East St. Louis on March 2, 2012.
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