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Mariana Bracetti Academy Charter School STEM Club Students Visit DRBC

Recently, DRBC invited students from Philadelphia's Mariana Bracetti Academy Charter School's STEM Club to its office to give a lunchtime presentation to staff about their underwater rover project. 

The camera-equipped underwater drone was built by the students using a OpenROV kit that was purchased thanks to a Climate and Urban Systems Partnership grant. Before the end of the last school year, the students took it for its maiden voyage in Philadelphia's Frankford Creek to observe aquatic life and the underwater environment.

The project was made possible by the Philadelphia Water Department's greenSTEM program, which helps connect students to the environment and introduces students to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) career opportunities.

Staff were quite impressed with the project, as well as with the student's dedication and enthusiasm for building something that will help us all understand our waterways better. 

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DRBC's Peter Eschbach introduces the students from Mariana Bracetti Academy Charter School's STEM Club, who came to DRBC to present to staff about their underwater rover project. This project was tested in Philadelphia's Frankford Creek with assistance from the Philadelphia Water Department. Photo by DRBC.Students from Mariana Bracetti Academy Charter School's STEM Club present to DRBC staff about their underwater rover project. This project was tested in Philadelphia's Frankford Creek with assistance from the Philadelphia Water Department. Photo by DRBC.Students from Mariana Bracetti Academy Charter School's STEM Club present to DRBC staff about their underwater rover project. This project was tested in Philadelphia's Frankford Creek with assistance from the Philadelphia Water Department. Photo by DRBC.Students from Mariana Bracetti Academy Charter School's STEM Club present to DRBC staff about their underwater rover project. This project was tested in Philadelphia's Frankford Creek with assistance from the Philadelphia Water Department. Photo by DRBC.
Holding a Certificate of Appreciation for the students, DRBC Executive Director Steve Tambini thanks the students for coming to present to staff and also applauds them for their successful "submersible science" project. Photo by DRBC.The students from Marian Bracetti Academy Charter School's STEM Club pose for a photo with DRBC Executive Director Steve Tambini. Photo by DRBC.The students from Marian Bracetti Academy Charter School's STEM Club pose for a photo with their teachers. Photo by DRBC.This is the underwater rover designed by students from Mariana Bracetti Academy Charter School's STEM Club in Philadelphia, Pa. Its maiden voyage was in the Frankford Creek to observe aquatic life. Photo by DRBC.