Modern Blanket Toss: Findings and Observations
This book is the last in a series of three covering the National Science Foundation awarded Modern Blanket Toss project. In this book are the evaluation findings for each of the three years as well as observations from Modern Blanket Toss staff.
This book is the last in a series of three covering the National Science Foundation awarded Modern Blanket Toss project. In this book are the evaluation findings for each of the three years as well as observations from Modern Blanket Toss staff.
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SECTION 3<br />
2016 <strong>Findings</strong><br />
Executive Summary<br />
The University of Alaska Fairbanks received National Science Foundation Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)<br />
Track-3 funding in 2013 to implement <strong>Modern</strong> <strong>Blanket</strong> <strong>Toss</strong>: Engaging Underserved Students in STEM Fields through Unmanned Aerial<br />
Vehicles. Implemented as part of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Upward Bound program, students from five rural communities in Alaska<br />
received the opportunity to take special elective classes during the Upward Bound summer program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks<br />
(UAF), in which they learned unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) <strong>and</strong> geographic information systems (GIS) operation, science materials <strong>and</strong><br />
methods, <strong>and</strong> science communication <strong>and</strong> leadership skills. Those students were expected to return to their home communities where, with<br />
academic-year Upward Bound support, they were to use UAVs as the basis for a local mapping project.<br />
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