Madison Metropolitan School District Videos


The Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) Media Production Department showcases what is happening in the Madison school district in terms of STEM educational efforts.

Watch the Video: Career & Technical Education: Finance & Investment Challenge Bowl
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Asset Builders of America sponsors this competition for teams of high school students to test their knowledge of business and finance and raise students' overall financial literacy. Richard Entenmann of Asset Builders and Gabrielle Banick, MMSD Coordinator of Career and Technical Education describe the school/community/business partnership.


Watch the Video: Making the Grade: Mad City Money
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Coordinator of Career and Technical Education, Gabrielle Banick describes 'Mad Money Week', a national life-simulation program, sponsored by in Wisconsin by WICPA (Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants) , that gives high school students more than a few lessons in financial literacy and the ups and downs of real-world money management.


Watch the Video: Making the Grade: DNA at La Follette
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Students at La Follette High engage in genetic research in this pilot project that has them investigating at their own DNA.





Watch the Video: Making the Grade: Career Options at MATC
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Memorial High School Accounting teacher Dave Thomas talks about a new class for high school students that introduces them to MATC and accounting career options.





Watch the Video: Growing School Gardens
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Produced in partnership with Community GroundWorks at Troy Gardens, this video outlines the 'Growing School Gardens' initiative, a local organization dedicated to helping schools create and sustain gardens that will serve as outdoor classrooms and provide children who live in an increasingly urban landscape with a direct connection to their food and the earth.



Read the News Article: School Gardens Cultivate Students
(SEAchange - Vol, 7, No. 43: December 15, 2008)
Watch the Video: Making the Grade: West High Rocket Club
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Beating out 100 teams from across the country, one of the four West High Rocket Club teams won first place in the Team America Rocketry Challenge earning them a trip to the Paris Air Show.




Read the News Article: Madison Rocketeers Blast Off to Paris Airshow (SEAchange - Vol, 8, No. 23: June 15, 2009)
Watch the Video: Making the Grade: Cherokee Middle School Teacher Creates Geometry Game
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What began as an art class project is now a commercial success for game creator and Cherokee Middle School teacher Chris Dyer. Angleside School Adventure is a board game that help students learn geometry concepts.




Read the News Article: Angle Game by Wisconsin Math Teacher (SEAchange - Vol, 8, No. 10: March 16, 2009)