Precocity.Academy - STEM for Kids
Precocity Academy is a novel childhood education program designed by Dr. Menon in collaboration with experienced early childhood educators on a mission to infuse scientific thought by way of engaging after-school activities. Check out Precocity Academy at http://precocity.academy/
Precocity 5-day-Fives
Precocity Academy began with a 2 day workshop in Spring Break 2017 which served as a pilot model for the regular 5-day workshop series offered by Precocity Academy.
10-15 April 2017
Location: 413 Libermann Hall, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA.
Target Audience:
Precocity 5-Day-Fives is anticipated to be a 4 day interactive workshop for children culminating with session involving a Student-Parent bonding exercise on day 5, which will be offered on a rolling basis throughout the calendar year.
Our interactive workshops leverage tactile interaction with a multitude of scientific tools used by engineering and clinical research professionals to help young children comprehend complex topics.
As an example of our approach, to right right is a brief video of a "Mending a Broken Heart" workshop conducted by found for 5-10 year olds, at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, based on the idea of Image Guided Surgery.
Moments from Precocity's pilot workshop in April 2017
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Precocity Academy LLC went off to a great start on its maiden week as a STEM-focused after-school early childhood education program! |
Moments from Precocity's workshops series in partnership with Carnegie Libraries of Pittsburgh (July 2017)
Precocity Academy's Summer of Science began on Wednesday, 19 July, at Carnegie Library in Squirrel Hill. Kids between 5 and 12 years of age joined our precocious learning experiences on fluid mechanics, optics & illusions, visualizing sound and more, at 4:15 pm, in the Carnegie Library at Squirrel Hill, every Wednesday between 19 July and 9 August!
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Carnegie Science Communication Fellowship (2015)
Image Guided Surgery demonstration at Carnegie Science Center (11 July 2015)
QuantMD SynVis for Image guided surgery: Making complex interventions possible using untrained hands... And it isn't rocket science; even a 5th grader understands it!
Posted by QuantMD on Sunday, July 12, 2015
Even a 5th grader can use QuantMD SynVis to perform Image Guided Surgery!
Posted by QuantMD on Saturday, July 11, 2015
Teaching Science with an Engineering Twist
On Saturday, 5 April 2014, Dr. Menon conducted a workshop investigating the value of invoking engineering principles into the high-school science & math curriculum, sponsored by: Carnegie Mellon University Educational Outreach & The Leonard Gelfand Center for Service Learning & Outreach.
See the highlights here: http://www.cmu.edu/gelfand/photo-gallery/2014/apr/5.html
"What is Research? Teaching Science with an Engineering Twist" - Prahlad G. Menon, MS Mechanical Engineering, PhD Biomedical Engineering. Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Carnegie Mellon University
Saturday, April 5: 9:30 AM - Noon
Location: PTC Building, Second Avenue, near Hot Metal Bridge
Target Audience:
This program was open to middle and high school science, technology and mathematics teachers and school guidance counselors and was supported by a grant from the Siemens Foundation.
Engendering the spirit of STEM
Demonstrating the value of engineering in medicine using QuantMD's in-house surgical navigation technology in an animal study ...
On Monday, 22 July 2013, team QuantMD viz. David Schwartzman, MD, Daniel Ludwig and Prahlad G Menon, PhD, delivered a lecture to a class of students from the STEM academy of the Fox Chapel High School (Pittsburgh, PA) on image-guided surgery applied to cardiovascular interventions and demonstrated the value of the same in a live pig whose heart was accessed minimally invasively using a pericardial access needle introduced by sub-xyphoid access, under only image-guidance.
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