Jamestown (CSi) TechSavvy – STEMtastic! Sponsored by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) in affiliation with Jamestown Middle School, is at the University of Jamestown on Monday, January 5, 2015.
from 8:30 a.m.—2:30 p.m.
Jamestown 7th & 8th grade girls will attend along with girls from area schools.
About 175 girls are expected to attend. There will also be parents and teachers attending the event.
STEMtastic! Is for the Jamestown 7th & 8th grade boys on Monday led by Dr. David DeMuth, Executive Director of the Great Plains STEM Education Center at VCSU.
STEM Hands-On Activities
KidsWinds Design Challenge
Parachute Design
Candy Land
Roller Coaster Physics
ChemDetectives
Exploring the Universe
Arduino/Scratch Challenge
Plus More
Tech Savvy is a daylong science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) career conference designed to attract girls in sixth through ninth grade to these fields and to inform families about STEM education and careers. The Jamestown ND Branch of AAUW was selected as one of 15 sites across the country to hold a TechSavvy event in 2015. An AAUW grant provides partial funding.
SCHEDULE
Student Program Time Activity Location
8:30– 8:50 a.m. Check-in Reiland Lobby
8:50–9:00 a.m. Welcome – Holly Miller & Joan Enderle Reiland Auditorium
9:10–10:00 a.m. Tech Savvy Workshop I See Schedule
10:10– 11:00 a.m. Tech Savvy Workshop II See Schedule
11:10 – Noon Tech Savvy Workshop III See Schedule
Noon– 12:30 p.m. Lunch Nafus Student Center, Knight Hall
12:40 –1:00 p.m. College Savvy Skills Reiland Auditorium
1:00–1:45 p.m. Savvy Skills Workshop – Power of ME Reiland Auditorium
1:45 –2:15 p.m. Keynote Speaker – Dr. Heidi Manning Reiland Auditorium
2:15–2:30 p.m. Closing Session – Holly Miller & Joan Enderle Reiland Auditorium
The day will start out with a conversation with Dr. Heidi Manning, pro-fessor from Concordia in Minnesota, who will describe her role with NASA on the exploration of Mars. Then in groups of 15, students will be engaging in hands-on activities in 50 minute sessions, twice, breaking for lunch, then completing another 50 minute STEM session.
The day will be capped with a perspective from Carrie Leopold from the InspireLab on how boys can contribute and support to the success of classmates.