Annual Governor's Stem Competition
Three years ago, the Pennsylvania Department of Education and Governor Wolf developed a themed competition focused on exposing students to STEM jobs, skills, and concepts.
The competition is open to high school student teams across the commonwealth who are challenged to research, present, and design a device or project that is capable of making the quality of life better for citizens of Pennsylvania. Each participating team at the regional and state level engages with an industry partner as a mentor to guide them through their project, while connecting STEM to the skills and competencies needed in industry. Over the last three years, more than 420 student teams have participated, engaging with a business and industry partner.
Each year, a team of 4 to 5 juniors represent Merion Mercy at the event. We will talk more about this year's competition in future meetings, but if you're interested, start brainstorming now!
The competition is open to high school student teams across the commonwealth who are challenged to research, present, and design a device or project that is capable of making the quality of life better for citizens of Pennsylvania. Each participating team at the regional and state level engages with an industry partner as a mentor to guide them through their project, while connecting STEM to the skills and competencies needed in industry. Over the last three years, more than 420 student teams have participated, engaging with a business and industry partner.
Each year, a team of 4 to 5 juniors represent Merion Mercy at the event. We will talk more about this year's competition in future meetings, but if you're interested, start brainstorming now!
previous inventions
2016-2017 Team:
Invention: The RemindMed
- Simone Fera
- Ava Hamann
- Mollie Kent
- Mary Elizabeth Passerella
- Sumin Walker
Invention: The RemindMed
- a device that would alert care takers if elderly patients did not take their medicine