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TSIN Announces TVA Mini-Grant Recipients

The Tennessee STEM Innovation Network is proud to announce the recipients of the 2015 Mini-Grant competition, sponsored by the Tennessee Valley Authority. We received over 100 applications totaling more than $100,000 in requests for the $30,000 in TVA funding. We are thrilled to see so many educators committed to expanding STEM opportunities for their students […]Read more The post TSIN Announces TVA Mini-Grant Recipients appeared first on Tennessee STEM Innovation Network.

The Tennessee STEM Innovation Network is proud to announce the recipients of the 2015 Mini-Grant competition, sponsored by the Tennessee Valley Authority.

We received over 100 applications totaling more than $100,000 in requests for the $30,000 in TVA funding. We are thrilled to see so many educators committed to expanding STEM opportunities for their students and we sincerely wish we could fund every proposal! Congratulations to all of the recipients and thank you to all who applied.

School	District	City	Program
Arlington Middle School	Arlington Community Schools	Arlington	Data synthetization with the use of aerial robots
Bledsoe County High School	Bledsoe County Schools	Pikeville	Sequatchie River Water Study
Celina K-8	Clay County Schools	Celina	Mystical Matter and hands-on STEM
E.L. Ross Elementary	Cleveland City Schools	Cleveland	Programming with Arduino
East Ridge High School	Hamilton County Schools	East Ridge	Physical World Concepts via Lasers
Ft. Loudoun Middle School	Loudon County Schools	Loudon	The Study of Chemical Changes
Gordonsville High School	Smith County Schools	Gordonsville	Coding the future: Self-driving Car
Highland Rim Elementary	Lincoln County Schools	Fayetteville	Simple Machines by Delta Education
I.B. Tigrett	Jackson Madison County Schools	Jackson	Learning Math with K’nex
Jefferson County Schools Professional Development Center	Jefferson County Schools	Jefferson City	Engineering is Elementary
Lookout Valley Middle/High School	Hamilton County Schools	Chattanooga	Pedal Power: Generating electricity in physical education
Middle College High School	Shelby County Schools	Memphis	Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Science: Studying Hydroponics
Northfield Elementary	Murfreesboro City Schools	Murfreesboro	Teaching Weather Concepts through STEM
Prescott South Middle School	Putnam County Schools	Cookeville	Agriculture Club and school garden
Stewarts Creek Middle School	Rutherford County Schools	Smyrna	Raspberry Pi: Making Exploring Computer Science a “Treat”
Sumner County School District	Sumner County Schools	Gallatin	STEM Lending Lab
West Elementary School	Warren County Schools	McMinnville	STEM Friday hands-on Learning Tools
William Blount High School	Blount County Schools	Maryville	Inquiry into the Water Quality of Fort Loudoun Lake

The 2015 TSIN Mini-grant Program, sponsored by the Tennessee Valley Authority, is designed to fund STEM learning projects in Tennessee classrooms and schools. Since 2012, TVA has given back more than $1 million to advance STEM activities in Tennessee, including this latest $30,000 gift to the Tennessee STEM Innovation Network to fund these classroom grants.

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