Inside the ASR laboratory

As state and national STEM standards continue to evolve, so must our methods for teaching science, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). At Odessa High School, one of the research models is a year-long course entitled Advanced STEM Research (or ASR as the students call it). The new ASR motto is: Science and engineering are verbs, not nouns!

For those new to the community, ASR is an elective science course where students create, conduct, and present unique student-driven STEM research. Students engaging in ASR make observations on the real world, create questions regarding their observations uti...