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All Maker Mom posts with the tag STEM competitions

Don't miss this list of STEM Competitions for middle and high school students.

Future City STEM Competition 2019 Topic

July 26, 2018 By Kim
Tagged With: engineering, STEM competitions

Future City stem competition for middle school students

Future City is an engaging engineering competition for middle school students. It's one of the most affordable STEM team competitions around and  has a low barrier to entry. I attended the Future City finals in Washington, D.C. a couple of years ago to provide social media coverage. I was impressed by what I learned and the people I met--students, teachers and engineers. It's a powerful STEM learning opportunity, especially this year! Yes, the ... [ Read More ]

The Best List of STEM Competitions for Students

January 22, 2018 By Kim
Tagged With: STEM competitions

Don't miss this list of STEM Competitions for middle and high school students.

STEM competitions are a great way to build friendships and have fun while building STEM skills. Below you'll find an awesome list of science, engineering, and robotics competitions for middle and high school students to help you find the right one for your child. ... [ Read More ]

Meet Maanasa Mendu: America’s Top Young Scientist of 2016

January 6, 2017 By Kim
Tagged With: STEM competitions, STEM Girl Friday, STEM Girls

Maanasa Mendu, America's Top Young Scientist 2016! STEM Girl Friday.

Maanasa Mendu is the winner of the 2016 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge for 5-8th graders. As a result, she earned the title of America’s Top Young Scientist for her energy-harvesting invention. In addition to that flattering title, she won $25,000, a chance to work with a 3M scientist mentor and other prizes. I thought you'd all like to get to know her a bit better. Please note that this is not a sponsored post, but I'm a ... [ Read More ]

VEX Robotics Starstruck and Updates

November 14, 2016 By Kim
Tagged With: robotics, robots, STEM competitions

VEX Starstruck Robot Competition game for 2016 and 2017

Regular readers will know that I'm a fan of extracurricular STEM clubs and competitions. They build interest, knowledge, skills and add an exciting element to STEM study. This is especially true when it comes to robotics where STEM becomes a spectator sport, something that can't be said for math team. VEX Robotics Competitions I started a VEX Robotics team five years ago at the urging of my son. Thanks to a grant, I was able to start a team for ... [ Read More ]

I’m VEX Bound!

April 20, 2016 By Kim
Tagged With: robotics, STEM competitions

VEX Worlds international robotics competition 2016

One of the great things about blogging for a long period of time is that Google has access to your memories, which is how I'm able to tell you exactly how I felt walking into my son's first robotics tournament with "The Makers" VEX robotics team in December of 2012. When I saw the scissor lifts, the pneumatic lifts, plexiglass-like shovels and complex machines that we never even imagined, I thought, “This is going to be embarrassing.” Sure, we’d ... [ Read More ]

Meet Delaney Rua, Creator of the Women in Tech App

March 18, 2016 By Kim
Tagged With: STEM competitions, STEM Girl Friday, STEM Girls

A while back I told you about the second annual Congressional App Challenge and now I'm pleased to introduce you to one of the winners, Delaney Rua, a high school student from Gainesville, Florida. As is unfortunately common, Delaney found herself in a AP Computer Science class full of boys. She wanted to empower more girls to not only take the class, but to be open to pursuing careers in technology. She figured that exposing girls to role ... [ Read More ]

Future City 2016 in Washington, D.C.

February 26, 2016 By Kim
Tagged With: sponsored, STEM competitions

Future City 2016. The New York team in this middle school engineering competition to the theme of managing solid waste to hear by donning clothes made out of upcycled materials.

It seems like only yesterday I announced the 2016 Future City competition topic, and now the season has come to a close. I wasn't able to attend the finals in Washington, D.C. this year, but I was hired by the Future City sponsor, DiscoverE to coordinate a few bloggers to write about the event and wanted to share their observations. Future City is an engineering competition for middle school students. It engages, their hearts and minds as they ... [ Read More ]

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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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