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 […]
2017 Session: “Chief Science Officer (CSO) 101: What It Means to Be a CSO”
Track: Student Voice 2nd and 3rd-year CSOs demonstrate their understanding of the CSO role and brand by sharing experiences through role play and presentations. CSOs present their authentic stories to new CSOs during the year, while modeling professional behavior and leadership. CSOs reflect and develop a presentation on what it was like to: Serve as […]
Conference Session: “How to Produce a STEM Virtual Field Trip”
Track: Computer Science & Engineering The Arizona Telemedicine Program has been a leader in distance learning for over twenty years. We use distance learning technology to expand the broadcast area of the University of Arizona Health Sciences to the entire state including medical students, residents, patients and teachers. We produce interactive emergency preparedness exercises as […]
2017 Keynote: “Fredi Lajvardi: Nationally Recognized STEM Educator & Subject of the Critically Acclaimed Documentary, Underwater Dreams, and Major Motion Picture, Spare Parts”
Track: STEM Instruction FREDI LAJVARDI kindles your innate sense of ingenuity with his remarkable first-hand account of how he transformed a group of high school students into a national champion robotics team. Fredi captivated the country when he led his team of disadvantaged teenagers in a university-level underwater robotics competition, where they defeated leading schools, […]
2017 Session: “Arizona’s Got STEM Talent IV”
Track: Student Voice Back by popular demand, come see the amazing STEM talent showcased at our 4th annual Arizona’s Got STEM Talent show! We will have about 6-7 “acts” for the session. Each team will have 3-5 minutes to present their demo. Presenters VJ = Chief Science Officer Hannah, Basha High School Do you […]
2017 Session: “Think Outside the Box – Tips, Templates, and Tools”
Track: Community STEM Action & Volunteerism This session will provide tips on how to develop or expand an existing event, templates for action planning, and tools to help keep things fresh. Come to the session with an idea and see how the best practices developed by the RAIN Project can help your STEM experience. […]
2017 Session: “Community Organizing to Promote STEM Experiences”
Track: Community STEM Action & Volunteerism This session will highlight the power of organization with a vision to promote STEM experiences. Speakers represent three rural regions of Arizona that have brought together members from education, business, government, and non-profits to support STEM. Hear about experiences, about best practices, and strategic planning for success. These are […]
2017 Session: “Hands-On STEM Learning for Educators”
Track: STEM Instruction Panels and demonstrations have long been part of educational conferences. However, in today’s constructivist STEM classroom teachers are expected to allow students “to do” learning. Given this viewpoint, the Sci-Tech Festival Kick-off is going to provide interactive hands-on learning opportunities for educators. During each 50-minute session there will be 2-25-minute rotations. During […]
2017 Session: “Creating an Effective Program of Study and the Impact on Workforce Development”
Track: STEM Instruction This will be a panel discussion consisting of PLTW Teachers, PLTW students, business/industry partners, PLTW Administrators, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and a cybersecurity expert. We will discuss how to build a Program of Study(Pathway), the importance of having a Program of Study(Pathway), how to sustain your Program of Study(Pathway), and how to engage […]
2017 Session: “Starting and Running a Makerspace”
Track: Computer Science and Engineering Join us for a discussion about what it takes to organize a makerspace. Share your questions and experience. Our panel of experts will bring their perspective from makerspaces in libraries, schools, and community spaces. Ask your questions about about tools, funding, leadership, software, processes, skills, kits, and more of what […]
2017 Session: “Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS)”
Track: Computer Science and Engineering EPICS High, for high school and middle school students, is a design-based service learning and social entrepreneurship program that incorporates the engineering and human-centered design processes to provide solutions to real world problems. EPICS High instills the importance of service while increasing the pipeline of students interested in STEM pathways. […]
2017 Session: “Modeling STEM Instruction”
Track: STEM Instruction How do scientists solve everyday problems? This is an activity to engage students in the discovery of how science works in the real world. Students work through common misconceptions that science is done by a “cookbook” set of instructions provided by the teacher. Participants will work collaboratively to reach a consensus on […]