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Back to School STEM: #STEMchat Recap

September 29, 2014 By Kim
Tagged With: #STEMchat, back-to-school, coding, STEM, STEM clubs and competitions, Texas Instruments

#TISelfie Contest

Thanks to our sponsor, Texas Instruments, we had one of the best STEMchats ever with more than 150 participants resulting in 12.8 million impressions! What a great discussion full of ideas and resources for STEM education for middle school students and beyond! I appreciate the help of panelists Kelly Kutach, Emily Calandrelli, Kris Cain, Leticia Barr, and Shelly Kramer for keeping the conversation moving and props to Brandie Langer for helping ... [ Read More ]

Our First VEX Robotics Competition

December 3, 2012 By Kim
Tagged With: Chicago, contests for kids, projects, robotics, robots, STEM clubs and competitions, technology, VEX

Vex Robotics Competition

Our bot scores a bonus sack during practice. My newbie VEX robotics team, The Makers, worked and reworked and tweaked (a bit more than they should have, IMO) to come up with a robot that would do a good job in this year's Sack Attack challenge. And they did it. In just six weeks. That said, I reinforced the fact this was was our year to learn, not to win. Still, we were all pretty proud of their bot. And then we walked in our first ... [ Read More ]

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About Kim

Kim headshot Summer 2012 I’m a Chicago-area mom / empty-nester who is passionate about sharing ideas and resources to raise kids who love Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). I’m a published author, blogger, vlogger, baker and maker. I love to travel, especially on trips that involve hiking and other active endeavors, farm tours, and learning new things in general.[Read More...]

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