2017 Session: “Improvized Data”
Track: Art, Design Through STEM Let Humor Writes invalidate your hypothesis with some Improvised Data. Join us as we bring you an unscripted, interactive experience that focuses on traditional elements of STEM as well as collaboration and interpersonal skills. Presenter Tristan Gandolfi, Founder, Humor Writes, tristan@humorwrites.org Register […]
2017 Session: “Robotics in the Classroom”
Track: STEM Instruction Learn how robotics brings value to your classroom by bringing together STEM topics in this hands-on experience. Topics discussed include how to get kids interested in robotics, implementing classroom projects, and take robotics a step further by creating robotics competition teams. Presenter: Chloe Buchanan, Chief Science Officer, high school sophomore, Casa […]
2017 Session: “Imagined Realities: STEM Learning and New Media”
Track: Art, Design Through STEM Today’s students are savvy media consumers, engaging with entertainment, advertising, and games in novel and surprising ways. Our educational materials should reflect the skills and literacies of audiences raised in immersive story worlds like the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Harry Potter. In this panel, Bob Beard of ASU’s Center for […]
2017 Session: “STEM Identity Journey”
Track: STEM Instruction Come learn about and experience a journey that develops STEM Identity in students! STEM Identity is critical for students to pursue rigorous STEM courses in high school, post-secondary education and career pathways. This session provides an overview with experiences that deliberately provide supports for teachers in a shift towards STEM instructional strategies […]
2017 Session: “Once Upon a Science”
Track: Art, Design Through STEM Join RealTimeSTEAM for outlines, tips and resources to aid in telling a compelling story of discovery while accurately reflecting the scientific process. If you have any question contact us via information@realtimesteam.org Presenters Moderator: Rebekah Brubaker, CEO, RealTimeSTEAM Eileen Kane, CCO, RealTimeSTEAM […]
2017 Session: “3D Technology: Bring the Future of 3D Technology to Your Classroom… Today”
Track: STEM Instruction 3D technology (printing and scanning) are taking over the world at an incredible. We used to talk about the world of 3D printing but now we talk about 3D printing the world. Learn about the newest in professional level 3D technology that is now affordable and accessible for the K – 12 […]
2017 Session: “The Internet of Things: Connecting Everyday Objects to the Internet”
Track: STEM Instruction The Internet of Things (IoT) is the concept of basically connecting any device with an on and off switch to the Internet (and/or to each other). This includes everything from cellphones, coffee makers, washing machines, headphones, lamps, wearable devices, houses, cities and almost anything else you can think of. This also applies […]
2017 Session: “Keeping it Alive: Offering up Fresh Perspectives”
Track: Festival & Event Planning This session offers a look into how the seasoned pros re-think and re-design to keep their S.T.E.A.M activities and event current and fresh for their audience. Join the conversation and find out how they do it, why they do and how they stay motivated. Come check out the contagious enthusiasm. […]
2017 Session: “Communities Engaged: S.T.E.A.M is Everywhere!”
Track: Festival & Event Planning This session offers a conversation around how to engage community in S.T.E.A.M activities and generate excitement about how community members can play an active roll. Interactive, hands on community learning will be the focus. Presenters Moderator: Cyndi Coon, Founder and Chief Experience Officer, Laboratory5 Inc., cyndi.coon@gmail.com […]
2017 Session: “Event-Planners: Secrets of the Trade. Let’s Meet Up!”
Track: Festival & Event Planning Hosted by Cyndi Coon of Laboratoy5 Inc. This meet up will be a fun gathering. For: Anyone interested in sharing S.T.E.A.M event best practices, from idea generation to planning to implementation and community outreach. This is an opportunity to both share and learn. Presenter Cyndi Coon, Founder and Chief Experience […]
2017 Session: “Social Media: A Relationship-Building Party”
Track: Festival & Event Planning Social media in S.T.E.A.M is like every other messaging business. Social media is a party where you meet people and build relationships. Join the panelists in this session to learn more about creating and cultivating social relationships with your current and future audiences. Presenters Moderator: Cyndi Coon, Founder and […]
2017 Session: “Branding By Design”
Track: Festival & Event Planning This session will offer insight into how to brand your program, project or event in a way that demonstrates a S.T.E.A.M focus through innovative ideas, wording and imagery. Your brand is YOU, the organization, and your projects can uniquely express that. Join us to learn how. Presenters Moderator: Cyndi […]
2017 Session: “Kids Making Sense”
Track: STEM Instruction Kids Making Sense is a global environmental educational program that unites science, technology, engineering, and math education to empower youth to change the environment in their communities and to improve public health. Developed by Sonoma Technology, Inc., Kids Making Sense teaches youth how to measure particle pollution using portable air quality sensors […]
2017 Session: “Mesa Arts Center Jewelry-Making Lecture-Demonstrations: Electroforming, Electro-Etching and Vitreous Enamel on Copper with Polly O’Dette”
Track: Art, Design Through STEM Copper ions can be removed or grown on metal using an electro-conductive bath and a power source supplying varying levels of current. We can use circuit board photo resist to control what image is removed or deposited on the surface of an object. Powdered glass enamel melted to the surface […]
2017 Session: “Mesa Arts Center Glass-Making Lecture-Demonstration: Hotshop with Seth Fairweather: Hot Science”
Track: Art, Design Through STEM Glass has been a part of science for hundreds of years, making things possible and having properties that are still being explored. Watch and learn about how fiber optics are made, how hot glass conducts electricity, glass popcorn and Prince Rupert’s Drop. (What is Prince Rupert’s Drop? Find out more […]
2017 Session: “Mesa Arts Center Glass Making Workshop: Flameworking with Laurie Nessel: Field Lens and Siphon”
Track: Art, Design Through STEM Melt borosilicate glass rod in a bench torch flame to make a take-home lens to magnify objects 10x, suitable for field work. Learn some physical properties of glass including viscosity and Coefficient of Thermal Expansion. Learn to “cut” glass tube to make a glass siphon to transfer fluids between vessels. […]
2017 Session: “Mesa Arts Center Printmaking Workshop: Solarplating”
Track: Art, Design Through STEM Learn how you can use Solarplate materials and technique to produce a digital image on a plate and then print it by hand, producing a high-quality image comparable to letterpress or photoengraving. Participants will learn to expose a plate in the sun, develop and “etch” it in plain water, then […]
2017 Session: “How Does a Community Design Itself? — Community-Engaged Design Through Prototyping”
Track: Art, Design Through STEM The City of Mesa has been testing a series of thoughtful and connected activities that seek to transform Mesa’s downtown and public spaces by involving residents in discovering and designing the heart of the city. Mesa’s Downtown Lab Project (D-Lab) and Main Street Prototyping Festival (11/17-18) are key parts of […]
2017 Session: “Geometry in Food”
Track: Art, Design Through STEM There are patterns in nature to be found everywhere, and with a little guidance, children can become experts at discovering them and applying them to their STEAM education. From the parametrics of pasta to the Fibonacci sequence and the golden ratio, math and geometry are everywhere in nature, even in […]
2017 Session: “Volunteers in STEM”
Track: Community STEM Action & Volunteerism The Arizona SciTech Ecosystem is huge, with hundreds of organizations working to engage their communities and thousands of STEM events happening every year. With so much STEM happening around you, how do you find the best ways to get involved? In this session, professionals from 10 different STEM organizations […]