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Quarantine Blues? Fire up the Internet!
UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2022! Looking for ways to keep busy while you are maintaining physical distancing? Here is a collection of online resources to make the time fly. It is geared for older adults, but there are plenty of things that would appeal to all ages.
Read MoreJoin 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 MoreInvestigating Cybersecurity in Arizona
Explore opportunities to learn about cybersecurity in Arizona. This was compiled from notes taken at the AZ Cybersecurity Forum. I attended the forum’s Tucson location, and other locations joined in virtually from around the state, including Prescott, Mesa, and Sierra Vista.
Read MoreForbidden Planet | Shakespeare in the Stars
Forbidden Planet is tonight’s featured movie at The Loft to celebrate the National Evening of Science on Screen. Released in 1956, the movie adapts Shakespeare’s The Tempest to a setting on another world. UA Distinguished Professor of Astronomy and author Chris Impey will discuss the future of space travel before the screening. More at The…
Read MoreUplifting messages to the world travel into the stratosphere and back again
World View and TMC for Children cooked up a holiday project for kids in Southern Arizona: Have the children write letters to the world expressing their hopes and dreams, then send those messages aloft in a balloon to travel into the stratosphere and back. Once the messages were recovered after their trip to the edge…
Read MoreNASA JPL engineer Nagin Cox: “I didn’t know it would be like *this*!”
When she was fourteen years old, Nagin Cox dreamed of working at JPL. But as the NASA JPL engineer explains in this engaging and inspiring keynote address for the Pima Community College STEM Innovation Challenge Showcase on October 15, 2016 in Tucson, AZ, she didn’t know working there would be like this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEmNg-jO1Mw
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 MoreKeep moving forward
I am thinking about why I do this work to connect people with STEM/STEAM. I mean really, what is the point? I have a sense that people really need opportunities to connect with possibilities, with potential, with ways to change their lives and the lives of their children. Helping people find those opportunities is important.…
Read MoreNight Wings Returns This Summer to Pima Air & Space Museum 7/23 & 8/27
Explore the museum during the cool summer evenings from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.! Hand-on kids educational activities in all hangars. Flight Grill open for dinner. The entire grounds open until sundown. Cost: Discounted admission $10 for adults and children 12 and under FREE! For more information about Night Wings, please visit http://www.pimaair.org/edu/family-events or email: [email protected]
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…
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