Bucknell University will host its 4th annual Engineering and Science Education Expo Mon., Dec. 7. More than 50 student teams will share inquiry-based teaching units and gizmos designed to teach science and engineering concepts to K-8 students. The Gizmo Expo allows participants to watch the gizmos in action, talk to student designers, and learn.
National Lab Day, a new nationwide initiative “encouraging young people to be makers of things, not just consumers of things”, will be coming to you in May 2010, says President Obama. Look out for engineering students and professionals visiting your schools next year – it should mean another opportunity to get your hands dirty and participate in fun science-related activities!
If you happen to be in the area, be sure to check out STEMfest tomorrow at Discovery World in Milwaukee for a day of fun science exhibits! Admission is free.
When NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis takes off for the International Space Station, a University of Colorado at Bolder butterfly experiment will be aboard, monitored from Earth by thousands of K-12 students.
