STEM Competitions, Projects, & Culminating Events

Engineering Adventures, as part of their elementary after school curriculum, has released a new unit called "Sky's the Limit," designed to engage students in topics of aeronautical engineering. Currently undergoing pilot testing, this curriculum introduces engineering in a fun and exciting way through allowing kids to build their own flying saucers and helicopters and testing them in model wind tunnels. "Sky's the Limit" is supported by NASA and will be widely available to the public in Fall 2014. 

The Federal Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program (JDS) is a dynamic arts and science curriculum that teaches wetlands and waterfowl conservation to students in kindergarten through high school. The program incorporates scientific and wildlife management principles into a visual arts curriculum, with participants completing a JDS design as their visual “term paper."

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Visit BoomWriter, an engaging and easy to use writing tool where students write, read, and vote on the submissions they like the most as a chapter. The winning submission is added as a chapter to a book, and the writing process continues for another chapter. BoomWriter is completely free to use and helps teachers incorporate technology with writing.

To learn more about BoomWriter, click here. 

ROBOTIS specializes in STEM education for elementary school students through the use of the educational robot kit named OLLO. They offer afterschool or weekend enrichment classes that are meant to enhance creative thinking, public speaking, fine-motor skills and teamwork among others. Every week, students build a new motorized robot with a take-home robot kit provided by ROBOTIS. 

Check out ROBOTIS flyer.

Access ROBOTIS KidsLab and further information here.