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Students Clean Up Garbage Problem for 2018 National Day of Design

By / January 27, 2021 / Day of Design, Environment, K-12 Education, Spotlight, STEM Competitions, STEM Events, STEM Food & Agriculture, STEMconnector, Sustainability

WASHINGTON, DC | In anticipation of National STEM/STEAM Day (November 8, 2018), STEMconnector’s National Day of Design returns with a Mission for students of all grade levels to design solutions for eliminating food waste in their school’s cafeteria. This innovative design challenge encourages real-world critical thinking, communication, teamwork, and overall Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math …

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UL and North American Association for Environmental Education Announce 2018 Innovative Education Award Winners

By / January 27, 2021 / Associations, Environment, Non-Profits, STEM Awards, STEM Competitions, STEM Grants, Water, Women in STEM

Environmental STEM (E-STEM) Award Program Donates One Million Dollars Since 2014 Launch NORTHBROOK, Ill. and WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2018 (PRNewswire) | Underwriters Laboratories (UL NFP), in partnership with the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE), today announced five recipients of this year’s annual UL Innovative Education Award (ULIEA). These non-profit organizations have made a difference in their communities through their work to advance …

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eCYBERMISSION Seeks Volunteers for STEM Web-Based Learning Opportunity for Middle School Students

By / January 27, 2021 / Department of Defense, K-12 Education, Out-Of-School STEM Programs, STEM Competitions

Want a great volunteer opportunity? eCYBERMISSION, a program of the U.S. Army Educational Outreach Program (U.S. AEOP) is a web-based STEM learning opportunity for 6th-9th graders. Students from across the country will work in teams to improve their local community and compete for state, regional and national prizes. Registration for the 2018-2019 eCYBERMISSION year opens in …

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Lenovo and NAF Announce 2018 Mobile App “Fan Favorite”

By / January 27, 2021 / Communciations, K-12 Education, Non-Profits, STEM Competitions

Lenovo Scholar Network is Open to All 600+ NAF Academies Across the United States to Apply and Will Serve 6,000 NAF Students in the Upcoming 2018-19 Academic Year (WASHINGTON, DC) – July 11, 2018 | Lenovo today announced this year’s 2018 Lenovo Scholar Network “Fan Favorite” mobile app honoree at the 2018 NAF Next Conference …

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Four Student Teams Named National Winners of 2017-18 eCYBERMISSION Competition

By / January 27, 2021 / Department of Defense, K-12 Education, Non-Profits, STEM Competitions, STEM Teaching

June 22 — ARLINGTON, Va. (Business Wire) | The U.S. Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP) is pleased to announce the 2017-18 national winners of the 16th annual eCYBERMISSION competition. The winning teams were announced today at the National Judging & Educational Event (NJ&EE) awards luncheon in Reston, Virginia. The web-based science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) program—sponsored by the …

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Troy High School And Solon Middle School Teams Crowned Champions At 34th Annual Science Olympiad National Tournament

By / January 27, 2021 / STEM Competitions

May 20, 2018 — FORT COLLINS, Colorado | Student teams from Troy High School in Fullerton, California, and Solon Middle School in Solon, Ohio, took top honors at the 34th Annual Science Olympiad National Tournament at Colorado State University on Saturday, May 19, 2018. “We are proud of the achievements of these winning teams and know …

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FIRST® Championship — The World’s Largest Robotics Competition — Takes Over Houston AND Detroit in 2018!

By / January 27, 2021 / Detroit, Houston, Industry, K-12 Education, Non-Profits, Out-Of-School STEM Programs, Robotics, Spotlight, STEM Competitions

The annual FIRST® Championship, aka the Super Bowl of STEM, is a whole new ball — er robot game — this year: it’s taking place in not one, but two cities! Heading back to Houston for the second year this weekend, over 15,000 students in grades K-12, from 25 states and 42 countries, and their custom-built robots …

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Working & Living on Mars: Students Win Lockheed Martin’s Generation Beyond Competition to Design Orbiting Science Lab, Living Space for Astronauts on Mars Mission

By / January 27, 2021 / Aerospace, K-12 Education, NASA, Space, STEM Competitions, USA Science & Engineering Festival

Lockheed Martin is working on technologies that will make deep-space travel to Mars possible. As part of its Generation Beyond K-12 STEM education initiative, the company announced the winners of its nationwide contest asking students to design a Mars-orbiting space lab and living space at the USA Science & Engineering Festival this past Friday. The …

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Teen Scientists Win $1.8 Million at Regeneron Science Talent Search 2018 with Top Awards for Novel Research on Crop Blight, Vaping and Rare Disease

By / January 27, 2021 / Health, K-12 Education, Non-Profits, Science, STEM Competitions, STEM Events

TARRYTOWN, N.Y. and WASHINGTON, Mar. 13, 2018 (PRNewswire) | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Society for Science & the Public today announced that Benjamin “Benjy” Firester, 18, of New York City, won the top award in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2018, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors. Forty finalists, including Benjy, were honored …

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Siobhan Mullen (CEO, SAS Games, Inc.): TiViTz Teacher-to-Teacher Challenge Promotes STEM Interest, Connects Classrooms

By / January 27, 2021 / EdTech, Foundations, Gaming, K-12 Education, Non-Profits, STEM Competitions

Our popular children’s math and strategy game, TiViTz, has been successfully used by educators in communities around the country as a tool to reinforce math and critical thinking concepts. In some school districts, studies suggest incorporating TiViTz as an in-class resource increases student math test scores by as many as two letter grades. These formal …

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