Team up to find the missing inventions and set history straight. Explore historical inventors and their inventions in the interactive escape room.
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Play the GameTake a guided tour through the world of STEM and complete the lessons. Dive into online training via Learning Blade
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Start your MissionExplore the additional learning resources available in the STEM world. Continue your learning journey with information on STEM and STEM careers.
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About PowerU
Welcome to the PowerU STEM experience. It includes hand crafted experiences to both introduce and excite youth about STEM and careers in STEM.
PowerU is an online interactive and fun experience designed for young people to learn about STEM. While it is targeted to youth ages 10-13, older youth can also benefit from learning about the many career possibilities in STEM. PowerU is divided into three main sections: past, present, and future. Each section contains a variety of puzzles and challenges that provide a unique experience. These fun and engaging challenges are designed to keep youth engaged and heighten their curiosity about STEM. PowerU is the culmination of hard work and dedication to furthering STEM by the ITSMF Management Academy class of 2023 also known as Power54. The Power54 team hopes that PowerU will inspire youth to explore STEM careers and opportunities they may not have considered or thought were obtainable.
Tech Escapes - Go back in time and explore African American inventors during an era when many African Americans were not known for their technological contributions. Learn about these innovative trailblazers and their inventions that are still widely used in the interactive escape room experience. In the online escape room, expect to be welcomed with solving math problems, finding hidden objects, cracking codes, ordering numbers and much more.
Tech Missions - Complete the escape room and enter a world of online training via Learning Blade. In Learning Blade, youth can select a variety of online Missions across different industries to decipher. Learning Blade's twelve Missions show students how STEM careers and technologies help to solve real life problems. Each Mission includes a complete toolbox of interactive lessons and resources to direct parents in follow-up engaging parent activities.
PowerU Summary - Complete the online training Missions and you can continue their learning journey with information on STEM and STEM careers. Watch over 50 videos explaining a variety of STEM careers. Youth will also be able to find modern day careers that are relatable to the escape room inventors from the past. By leveraging the Learning Blade information library, teachers can provide complete, entertaining lessons on STEM.
Information Technology Senior Management Forum (ITSMF) was formed in 1996. ITSMF has positioned African American professionals for leadership roles in Information Technology. For over 25 years ITSMF has remained the premier national organization dedicated exclusively to cultivating executive talent amongst African American professionals.
ITSMF is also committed to community outreach programs such as scholarships for African American youths. African American collegiate students are also provided with access to ITSMF Symposia to network with industry leaders from Fortune 500 companies and successful entrepreneurs in STEM-related fields. Students can get mentoring, increased exposure to internship opportunities and attendance to professional conferences and leadership development programs. Visit the ITSMF website for more information about program offerings.
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Navigate through the inventors by swiping left or right, or using the navigation arrows below the images. Click the name of each inventor to learn more about each inventor and what they created.
Testimonials
"I love math and science but have been struggling with determining what I might study in STEM once I
go to college. The career information on the Learning Blade site is great. It has given me a lot of
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- Tori, high school student
"I have always loved science and technology. Tech Escapes was my favorite part. I had so much fun
solving the puzzles and learning about the inventors and their inventions."
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