About Us
About the Owner
Ron Benson was a middle school educator for 33 years. A graduate of State University College of New York at Buffalo he earned BS and MS degrees and completed additional science certifications and business course work. His sneaker outsole module was acknowledged with a teaching award from the Science Teachers Association of NYS Western Section and was featured in a NYS School Board publication. Conference listeners and classroom students responded enthusiastically to his modules and their wide range of interactive investigations. Grants for presentations at numerous science education conferences included Moscow University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Upon retirement he represented Amsco School Publications and UPCO School Publications in the Western NY region before establishing Epic STEAM Kits in 2020.
Professional and Industrial associations and boards include:
- STANYS / a State Director
- National Science Teachers Association
- Association of Educational Sales Representatives of NYS
- NYS Department of Education Elementary Science Core Curriculum Committee
How do you bring STEAM to life for young minds in middle school and high school?
By focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics behind a product they know well and value such as sneakers.
This price competitive interactive STEAM kit is ideal for classrooms, on line learning, home schooling, and after hour activities. It highlights form and function of sneaker outsoles, physics and chemistry of rubber material, human biology and forensics. The project can last three or more weeks and the primary material needed are sneakers. Existing curriculum is enhanced when aligned STEAM Inquiry investigations and familiar products are incorporated into every day learning.