07/12/2024
🚊YOUTH, CHECK THIS OUT 📣
Rail Innovation in Action is a new virtual program created in partnership with Lemelson-MIT all about exploring and developing innovations in rail transportation. This fully funded experience is open to high school students nationwide, completely free of charge! 🆓😁
🧠No prior knowledge of railroading is necessary—all students need is curiosity and a passion for innovation. Priority may be given to low-income, traditionally marginalized communities.
✍️Applications are open until August 16, 2024 and the program runs on Saturdays from September 28 to November 2, 2024. More details and information about the program can be found at 🔗⬇️
www.californiarailroad.museum/RIA.
🍁For the Fall 2024 pilot year, students will discover real world challenges and the latest innovations in MOTIVE POWER: the energy used to power locomotives.
💻Each student will be coasting through virtual tours, completing lab simulations, and will work together as a dev team to launch their own railway invention alongside real industry professionals. By the end of the program, teams will be presenting their own college-level research projects to friends and family. 😎
Help us make a difference by sharing this opportunity with your network! Ready-to-use outreach materials are available above for your convenience. For questions and comments, feel free to reach out to STEM Museum Educator
Alondra Moreno ([email protected])
or Special Projects Manager Carly Starr ([email protected])
