Snellville Middle School is excited to announce Innovation Fair 2016.       During the Innovation Fair students will identify a real world problem, design and construct a solution to the problem, then present their solution to a group of community members. The community members will then select the most appropriate solution for each problem.  

 

How do students get involved?

 

Students will complete applications in early December.  In January we will hold a day-long kick-off event where students will be introduced to the engineering / problem solving process, learn about the problems they can select from, select a problem and start the research process.

 

Students will work with volunteers from Snellville Middle School and the community as they research the problem, design a solution, prototype their solution, and prepare a presentation showing their proposed solution.

 

The project will culminate at our STEAM night (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) on the evening of March 3rd.

 

How can you help?     We are in need of:

 

• Problems - Real problems or issues that our students can tackle.

• Volunteers - People with knowledge of engineering, marketing, manufacturing, communication, construction, finance, fabrication, sales, programming, etc…willing to act as presenters, mentors, and coaches.

• Speakers for our kick-off event.

• Donations of materials - dependent on the project solutions.

• Judges to evaluate the student created solutions.

• Donations of prizes for winning solutions.

 

For more information or to volunteer please contact Alan Johnston at  alan_h_johnston@gwinnett.k12.ga.us or

770-736-4461.