Weekly STEM Announcements
EHS STEM Academy Weekly Newsletter 3/6/20
Field trip to Essex Hydro - Fri, Apr 3
There will be a STEM Academy field trip to the Essex Hydro Dam on Fri, Apr 3 during A1/2. Permission slips will be available until Thursday, Mar 19, please stop by Mrs. Smith's office if you would like one.
STEM Lecture Series - Thurs, Mar 12
Mads Almassalkhi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Vermont and co-founder of startup company Packetized Energy. His talk will discuss his path from undergrad to academia focusing on key lessons learned while working as an undergraduate student, learning to do research in grad school, changing PhD advisors/topics, consulting while in graduate school, and post-graduate experiences and about making career decisions. This talk will be in the auditorium during flexblock.
Teen Science Cafe - Sat, Mar 14
At this cafe, you will learn about the importance of insect biodiversity and conservation by exploring plant and insect interactions, insect driven ecosystem services, and successful conservation practices. Participants will have an opportunity to explore these topics further through hands-on activities by creating their own insects under different ecological scenarios, measuring insect diversity, and designing insect-friendly gardens that promote biodiversity. It will be held in the UVM Davis Center from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM and there will be free pizza. Registration closes on Feb 5, go to this link for more information and tickets.
Teen teachers wanted for summer program - TRY 4-H Science
TRY stands for Teens Reaching Youth and it is a teen-led informal science education program focusing on physical, life and environmental sciences with an embedded workforce development component designed to engage younger youth in science exploration while giving teens the opportunity to gain science content and to develop workforce skills. Through interactive lessons that make science fun TRY teen teachers will increase younger youth interest, engagement, skills, knowledge and aspirations in science. Click here for more information
STEM Summer Research Opportunities
REAP is a paid summer research opportunity for high school students, they offer research apprenticeships at area colleges and universities for students historically underserved in STEM. For more information and to apply go to https://www.usaeop.com/program/reap/