Keep 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.…
Night 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]
Sign 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…
UA 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…
Wrap-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…
Arizona’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…
Agents of STEAM Goes to Baltimore
I stayed overnight in Baltimore earlier this month and discovered an unexpected museum across from my airport-area hotel. Next time you are near BWI, consider making a stop at the National Electronics Museum. It is packed with fascinating gadgetry, and every exhibit functions perfectly! Many of the docents worked at Northrop Grumman’s Electronic Systems , headquartered…
Poetry, dendrology, and astronomy unite for Moon Tree Celebration
Four University of Arizona organizations will come together on Friday, October 30, to commemorate the planting of the UA’s moon tree. Truly a STEAM event, the Poetry Center, the Lunar and Planetary Lab, the Tree Ring Research Laboratory, and the Campus Arboretum will celebrate the sycamore that graces the UA campus between Flandrau Science Center and…
Transcending Barriers One Line of Code at a Time
Coding is moving mainstream. Rafts of articles are showing up on business and education sites, touting the benefits of teaching kids to code. One of the biggest things that gets lost in the noise is the idea that learning to code is simply learning another way to communicate, just another language. These languages differ from…
Startup Tucson, Thryve, and YWCA Join Forces to Support Culture of Entrepreneurship
August evenings can be unpredictable in the Old Pueblo, but Startup Tucson and Thryve caught a real break Wednesday night when they presented Thryve’s Demo Day Summer2015. The temperature was perfect, and the brief spritz of raindrops was only refreshing, not drenching. The YWCA Tucson‘s spacious courtyard hosted the evening’s preliminary event, Startup Drinks, with free…