1. Welcome to the 2021 Summer Acoustic Guitar Build Application!

The 2021 STEM Guitar Building Institutes are funded through a National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education project (NSF ATE#1700531 The STEM guitar Project). This is a full-week Institute that will be held in-person at the East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN from July 19-23, 2021. Apart from the hands-on acoustic guitar build in-person, Canvas is used as the major software medium for the Institute curriculum. There will be email communication, links to surveys/feedback, and occasionally online sharing of pdf documents as needed. This project is designed to help faculty increase students' interest and engagement in the study and learning of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) principles, practices, and careers through guitar design and building. This Application is open to all STEM subject area educators, primarily focused in the 9-12 High school grade levels, community college levels and freshman/sophomore university instruction. Accepted and successful participants will join the existing cohort of STEM Guitar Institute Fellows, who are made up of educators from around the country teaching their STEM content using the guitar as a focus. The Fellows contribute to the project’s Applied Learning Community, curriculum and assessment, as well as help each other with project implementation. As Institute Fellows, you may be asked to develop a Modular Learning Activity (MLA), and complete other post-Institute follow-up activities [e.g., surveys] during implementation. All links to the online surveys will be provided. As a participant, you will receive the materials you will use for your guitar build, a support package at the institute, and a $300 stipend. Plus, you may be eligible for some incentives and may have the opportunity to apply to receive one of a limited number of start-up packages to help launch STEM guitar at your school.

If you have any questions, please email the Project at STEMguitar2017@gmail.com or the Project PI, Prof. Thomas Singer, at thomas.singer@sinclair.edu.

Thank you.

The STEM Guitar Team

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