Do you love the FIRST robotics community? We have an opening for a Program Manager who will focus on making the Kansas City FIRST community a great place for young people to prepare for the future. As part of the KC STEM Alliance staff, the Program...
Four students from the Kansas City metro recently received national recognition for their passion for STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), winning the Girls Living STEM Award from the National STEM Learning Ecosystem. The award recognizes young women in grades K-12 who show leadership qualities, inspire...
The Regeneron Science Talent Search gives students a chance to gain recognition for their scientific achievements and a chance to win big awards. The top 40 finalists in this competition are guaranteed to win $25,000. And the top 10 winners will have a chance to...
Last fall, four middle school boys each decided to say "yes" to an opportunity shared by their science teacher. Now, after a full year of work outside regular school hours, they've earned their bona fides as microgravity researchers and have a new vision for what...
Eighteen middle school students from Emmanuel Family & Child Development Center’s summer program discovered what it takes to build and program a robot in just five days during a FIRST ® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Tech Challenge robotics camp this summer. The...
The power of STEM captured the world's attention 50 years ago this summer during the Apollo 11 moon landing. The nation officially celebrates July 19-20 with some events you can join virtually plus you will find plenty of local opportunities to dig into the history...
Recent high school grads find out during workshop with KC's entrepreneurial community After spending their senior year of high school wrestling with a real-world problem and then designing and testing solutions, more than 20 recent graduates came together for a workshop to explore how they might...
Girl Scouts of NE Kansas & NW Missouri offers numerous empowering ways for girls to explore STEM in the region. Here’s a look at a few: Cookie Construction is a six-month mentorship program with local female architects and designers and Girl Scouts of NE Kansas &...
With their sense of wonder and natural curiosity, preschoolers are ready made for STEM learning. To tap into that power and to build a foundation for a positive STEM identity from the beginning of their formal education journey, Project Lead The Way is rolling out...
Join the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City for this summer's professional development workshop series, free to K-16 educators. These full-day workshops, hosted in partnership with the University of Missouri-Kansas City Office of Financial Literacy and the Center for Economic Education at Emporia State University,...