STEM
Opportunities at BCA
Opportunities
Bethel Christian Academy recognizes the growing interest in encouraging students to consider careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). In order to lay a foundation for these types of careers, BCA includes hands-on activities, projects, and technology in the classroom. We would LOVE to recruit parent volunteers to go above and beyond with STEN competitions. Contact us if you are interested in leading an engineering team.
National Security Agency
As the largest employer of mathematicians in the nation, The National Security Agency (NSA) is critically dependent on the continuing development of first-class American mathematicians. NSA has initiated programs such as the MEPP Speakers Bureau to support the STEM education effort. The MEPP Speakers Bureau offers a large variety of fun and fascinating STEM-related interactive talks given by NSA employees to students to inspire them to be enthusiastic about their future encounter with STEM subject matter.
Northrop Grumman
The National Society of Professional Engineers introduced Discover “E” years ago as part of an outreach effort aimed to foster student interest in engineering. Northrop Grumman has been a major sponsor of Discover “E” in an effort to help address a critical national need to identify, cultivate, and motivate the engineers of tomorrow. Whether they are building towers made of paper or designing and building water filtration systems, students learn first-hand about engineering-related careers from teams of engineers at Northrop Grumman Corporation through the Discover “E” program.
For several years, BCA benefited from Northrop Grumman’s engineers coming in annually to share their engineering experiences, discuss potential careers in engineering, and involve the students in hands-on, science-related projects and activities. We are looking to reconnect with Northrup Grumman and plan to make use of their many resources in the classroom. If you work at Northrup Grumman, we’d love to connect with you to restart our education partnership.
Bethel Christian Academy
BCA is committed to interactive, hands-on learning, and the growing use of educational technology in the classroom. Small group discovery learning is the hallmark of BCA’s Preschool-Kindergarten program. Projects and interactive learning characterize the elementary school, and research projects, science labs, experiential activities, and oral presentations are used throughout middle school. Interactive whiteboards are used by teachers in all grades, and students begin technology instruction at grade 1. Student use of technology in the classroom increases at the 5th grade level with computers in the classrooms.
BCA teachers are encouraged to use a wide variety of STEM resources to allow students to strategize, problem-solve, and use engineering concepts and technology to solve STEM challenges within the general curriculum and in addition.