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Award winning AP environmental sciences teacher Neal Singh (lright) and Student Ira SeidMan are part of the STEM program at LaGuardia High School.

Craig Warga/New York Daily News“Having excellent teachers in STEM classrooms will allow our students to compete in the 21st century,” said schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott. “It’s extremely important to have excellent teachers.”

Though many of the students in Griffin’s class come from struggling middle schools in the south Bronx, his 10th-graders achieve an 80% passing rate on state Regents exams.

They said their teacher keeps them interested in learning more about science.

“We’re always doing labs, and they keep me interested,” said Diego Depena, 15, of the Bronx, who used fire and electrical current to test the physical properties of copper and chalk in class Thursday. “Kids actually want to go these classes.”

Another decorated horseman in the city’s STEM cavalry is Neal Singh, a science teacher at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts.

LaGuardia is renowned for its arts programs and doesn’t typically attract kids with a great interest in science – but there are 200 students on a wait list to get into Singh’s environmental science classes.

He uses guest lecturers and films to address current issues like climate change, and challenges his students to offer solutions to these global problems.

“We’re teaching an army of environmental engineers to save the world,” said Singh, 42, who has taught at LaGuardia since 2007. “Our planet is in need of stewards, and the students are eager to look for solutions.”

After a series of Singh’s classes on water shortages in January, LaGuardia senior Ira Seidman, 17, of Manhattan, decided to pursue a career as an environmental engineer.

“It just clicked for me,” said Seidman, who applied for college in January and hopes to attend Tufts University in Boston. “Water reserves are running dry and now is the time to act.”

Singh’s classes aren’t just about problems, Seidman said. “Our classes are more about solutions, and that’s what I find most interesting.”

'We’re teaching an army of environmental engineers to save the world': NYC public school's adopt new STEM program to boost technical education

The city has created hundreds of new programs focusing on science, technology, engineering and math to help better prepare students to offer digital solutions for global problems.

James Keivom/New York Daily News

Collegiate Institute for Math and Science chemistry teacher David Griffin conducts experiments to show the differences between ionic, covalent, and metallic compounds during a chemistry class.

How do you convince a roomful of 15-year-old kids to pay attention in science class? Try setting M&M’s on fire.
Or handcuffing students together.
They are things that seem to work for Dave Griffin.
“I’ve got a few tricks up my sleeve,” said Griffin, an award-winning chemistry teacher at the Collegiate Institute for Math and Science in the Bronx.
The chocolate pyrotechnics are designed to show how sugar reacts to a high-oxygen environment. The handcuffing is a creative way to illustrate the power of chemical bonds.
The stunts help Griffin’s kids stay focused — and when he talks to his class, you can hear a pin drop.