Snyder first grade students will be reading a series of Nittany Lion books by author Denise Kaminsky, where they will discuss topics around character building, conflict resolution, and community service.  The curriculum developed by Sharon Hildebrandt, will include monthly activities throughout the school year.

Snyder sixth grade students led by Jaime Sutryk will begin learning about robotics and computer programming through the use of Ozobots.  Through a series of activities, the students will learn skills around STEM fields including problem solving, working in teams, and eventually the basics of Scratch programming.  The sixth grade class will also use the Ozobots as a special learning activity with the first grade students.

Waverly High School senior engineering students will learn about the engineering design process through a “real-life” design challenge.  This year, Fred Mills’ Engineering Design class will be challenged with designing, testing, and building equipment that will be used by Tioga Tae Kwon Do to hold boards for an activity called “power breaking.”  The students will follow the engineering design process, manage a budget, and present their designs periodically to a committee of stakeholders.

In addition to the activities supported locally this year, the TTKD Academic Excellence Program will connect local students to engineering curriculums at Penn State University and Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).  In Fall 2018, a team of mechanical and electrical engineering students at Penn State supporting a TTKD AEP project met with Waverly students to share their experiences as engineers and hosted the team of Waverly students at their Fall Engineering Design Showcase at the Bryce Jordan Center at Penn State University.   This Spring, a team of Software Engineering students from RIT will also be supporting a design project and sharing their experiences with local TTKD AEP participants.