STEM
Join Tucson STEM Community at Westbound MSA Annex 11/13
Tucson STEM Community brings Southern Arizona’s STEM outreach network together a few times a year for drinks and conversation. The next gathering is Wednesday, November 13, 2019 from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. at Westbound at the MSA Annex (just north of the new Caterpillar building west of downtown). More information on the Tucson STEM Community…
Read MoreBuilding Arizona’s STEM Ecosystem
It’s that time of year again when the Arizona SciTech Festival presents its kickoff conference, gathering together Arizona’s educators and STEM outreach community for a day of learning. This is the event’s seventh year! This year’s conference, Building Arizona’s STEM Ecosystem, is being hosted by the Mesa Center for the Arts. I am looking forward to the…
Read MorePCC STEM Innovation Challenge
What is Pima Community College’s Innovation Challenge? Students engaging STEM to learn about entrepreneurship and innovation. Mentors from the STEM business community sharing their knowledge and experience with students. Community members coming together at an October showcase to explore the ways PCC fosters STEM learning. It is also a series of workshops. Five mentors presented pitches…
Read MoreSign up for Jr Shark Tank Today!
Is your student a born Entrepreneur or Inventor? Do they have interest in Business, Engineering, Technology or Science? Are they thrilled by a challenge? Then S.Y.STEM Coalition’s Junior Shark Tank Competition is the summer program for them!! From June 6-July 30th*, S.Y.STEM Coalition is conducting a scholarship competition for high school students in Tucson hosted at…
Read MoreUA students work on cool projects, show them to high school students at STEAMworks.
Inspirational and aspirational. Helping high school students say, “That was really exciting! How would I go about doing some of that myself? How can I get there? What do I need to do?” Lisa Stage and Kelly South talking about the University of Arizona’s new event, STEAMworks STEAMworks is an ambitious new event that directly…
Read MoreWrap-up from 21st Century STEM: Integrate 2 Innovate
I spent two full days in downtown Phoenix at last month’s 21st Century STEM: Integrate 2 Innovate conference. This ambitious event was presented by the Arizona STEM Collaborative (AzTEA-Arizona Technology in Education Association, ASTA-Arizona Science Teachers Association, AATM-Arizona Association of Teachers of Mathematics) and Science Foundation Arizona. Keynote addresses from Hadi Partovi and Elizabeth Holmes…
Read MoreArizona’s teachers embrace the challenge of teaching STEM in the 21st Century
What does it take to create a conference for STEM teachers? If you’re in Arizona in 2016, it takes vision, determination, and a dash of moxie. The 21st Century STEM: Integrate 2 Innovate Conference on January 22-23 brings teachers from all corners of Arizona and the United States to the Phoenix Convention Center for two days. They…
Read MoreExploring Brains in London
When there is STEAM to be done, I don’t restrict myself to the United States, or even North America. I just got back from a week in London and between the amazing springtime weather, the history, the food, and the science, I had a blast! These photos are from London’s Natural History Museum‘s Human Biology…
Read MoreWho Provides the STEAM in Tucson and Southern Arizona?
Ever wonder about the organizations behind the STEM and STEAM programs in Southern Arizona? Here’s a quick roundup, in no order but alphabetical, of just a few of the *whos* responsible for the amazing learning opportunities that happen here! LOCAL Bio5 Institute at the University of Arizona http://www.bio5.org/ Biosphere 2 http://b2science.org/ Children’s Museum Tucson http://www.childrensmuseumtucson.org/…
Read MoreWhy Was THA Community STEM Festival Different From All Others?
Earlier this month, Tucson Hebrew Academy, a private K—8 school in Arizona, presented its first-ever Community STEM Festival. Since attending the event, I have talked with people who were also part of the festival, both exhibitors and visitors, and universally I have heard words like amazing and terrific used to describe their experience that day.…
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