STEM Connect-KC Calendar
April 2016
Project Lead the Way Senior Showcase
Parking available for $3 (up to 2 hours) in a four-level parking garage west of Union Station. The fifth annual Project Lead the Way Senior Showcase celebrates PLTW students and highlights their senior capstone projects from the Engineering Design and Development and Biomedical Innovations courses.…
Find out more »January 2017
Science Pioneers’ ScienceWise: Geo to Go
$20.00
Discover how you can use a variety of free geo tools from Google to make geography engaging and exciting for your content area. Students can use these tools to make maps showing anything from recent earthquake data to the impacts of human activity on the…
Find out more »Science Pioneers’ ScienceWise: Racing Through Physical Science
$20
Want to help your students understand laws of physics in an exciting and applicable way? Use a combination of hands on scientific inquiry and computer based simulations to explain principals of kinetic and potential energy and energy transfer while connecting to real world examples. Graduate…
Find out more »February 2017
Science Pioneers’ ScienceWise: Fiction Meets STEM
$20.00
Fiction meets science in this interactive workshop! Integrate science and language arts while emphasizing and focusing on engineering skills through engaging STEM lessons. Participants will gain several new ideas for STEM lessons that incorporate literature, all of which can be implemented into classroom instruction easily.…
Find out more »Science Pioneers’ ScienceWise: Coding Games in Scratch
$20.00
Learn how to create games in Scratch with the help of the instructor and the excellent text, Coding in Scratch: Games Workbook. Participants will make several games in order to learn programming concepts. For example, Ghost Hunt provides more fundamentals of Scratch programming such as…
Find out more »March 2017
Frontier Schools’ KC STEM Fest
KC STEM Fest is an exciting one-day event that features Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) as elementary through high school students showcase student-generated work – connecting students with their community. Join in a day filled with innovation, science and creativity! KC STEM Fest is admission…
Find out more »April 2017
The Greater Kansas City Science & Engineering Fair
Science Pioneers powered by Science City brings you the 66th Greater Kansas City Science & Engineering Fair. Here's a timeline of public events. For full details about entering, visit: http://www.sciencepioneers.org/science-fair. Thursday, April 6, 2017 12pm - 5pm - Public Viewing and School Field Experiences The…
Find out more »2017 Project Lead The Way Senior Showcase
The sixth annual Project Lead The Way Senior Showcase celebrates PLTW students and highlights their senior capstone projects from the Engineering Design and Development and Biomedical Innovations courses. Competition winners will be announced during the showcase. The event is free and the public is encouraged…
Find out more »May 2017
Curiosity Cube™ at Union Station
Tour the Curiosity Cube™--a 22 x 10-foot, retrofitted shipping container that has been transformed into a mobile science lab--when it stops at Union Station as part of a nationwide tour by MilliporeSigma. MilliporeSigma is a global life science company with a campus in Lenexa. In…
Find out more »June 2017
FIRST Robotics demos at Maker Faire KC
Come see FIRST Robotics programs in action during Maker Faire KC. Visit Grand Hall East to see demos of all four FIRST programs: FIRST LEGO League Junior, FIRST LEGO League, FIRST Tech Challenge and FIRST Robotics Competition. This year's games offer something for everyone: animal themes for the…
Find out more »FIRST Robotics demos at Maker Faire KC
Come see FIRST Robotics programs in action during Maker Faire KC. Visit Grand Hall East to see demos of all four FIRST programs: FIRST LEGO League Junior, FIRST LEGO League, FIRST Tech Challenge and FIRST Robotics Competition. This year's games offer something for everyone: animal themes for the…
Find out more »March 2018
Frontier Schools’ KC STEM Fest
Free
KC STEM Fest is a free, one-day event that features Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) as educational opportunities and viable career paths. The event will showcase elementary through high school student-generated work and connect students with their community.
Find out more »April 2018
Greater Kansas City Science & Engineering Fair
Students in grades 4-12 showcase their science fair projects in 15 categories ranging from Animal Sciences to Inventions as they compete to win ribbons, awards and cash prizes totaling nearly $7,000. Learn more and register here. Applications are due by 5 p.m. Feb. 23, 2018.
Find out more »KCPT presents Bill Nye-Science Guy | Film Screening
Free
Bill Nye is a man on a mission: to stop the spread of anti-scientific thinking across the world. The former star of the popular kids show “Bill Nye The Science Guy” is now the CEO of The Planetary Society, an organization founded by Bill’s mentor…
Find out more »Project Lead The Way Senior Showcase
Free
The seventh annual Project Lead The Way Senior Showcase celebrates PLTW students and highlights their senior capstone projects from the Engineering Design and Development and Biomedical Innovations courses. Competition winners will be announced during the showcase. The event is free and the public is encouraged…
Find out more »September 2018
Code.org K-5 Computer Science Training | Science City
As the Regional Partner for Code.org, Science City offers Computer Science training for K-12 educators. The Code.org Fundamentals K-5 series of courses blend online, self-guided and self-paced tutorials with "unplugged" activities that require no computer at all. Register here.
Find out more »Science City Educator STEM Fest
Educator STEM Fest at Union Station brings together all things STEM. Greater KC Area STEM educational organizations share STEM opportunities and programs for educators and their schools—from field trip ideas to classroom resources. Local Master Teachers share hands-on demonstrations of their exemplary lessons and give…
Find out more »October 2018
Greater KC Science & Engineering Fair Kickoff
Want to do a Science & Engineering project but don't know where to start? Come learn all about the Greater KC Science & Engineering Fair and get prepared to enter a project in the 2019 fair. Explore ways to choose a topic of interest, identify…
Find out more »Science City’s Makey Makey Invention Literacy Workshop
The Makey Makey Invention Literacy Workshop for Educators is a fun, hands-on learning experience where educators will learn how to teach Invention Literacy, Making,and Design Thinking using the Makey Makey invention kit. This session will explore how to teach circuits and conductivity using Makey Makeys…
Find out more »Dinosaurs Revealed Lecture featuring KU paleontologist Dr. David Burnham
Hear from renowned paleontologist, Dr. David A Burnham, during his special presentation at Union Station's Regnier Extreme Screen Theatre. Then experience Union Station's world premiere prehistoric adventure Dinosaurs Revealed, featuring 26 life-size animatronic dinosaurs, full body skeletons, real fossils and more! More information available at https://p-upload.facebook.com/events/320157305225841/
Find out more »Science City’s Science Wise Series: Hello World! Write Your First Computer Program
Science City's Science Wise professional development opportunities include innovative, instructional techniques for all STEM educators. Each course includes hands-on demos; science standards; resources and more. The "Hello World!" session, designed for use in grades 3-12, will demystify the magical world of programming and show how…
Find out more »November 2018
Science City’s Science Wise: Growing Young Minds in Aeroponics
Science City's Science Wise professional development opportunities include innovative, instructional techniques for all STEM educators. Each course includes hands-on demos; science standards; resources and more. In this session, applicable for grades K-12, discover the ways aeroponic Tower Gardens are being used in classrooms to promote…
Find out more »Code.org K-5 Computer Science Training | Science City
As the Regional Partner for Code.org, Science City offers Computer Science training for K-12 educators. The Code.org Fundamentals K-5 series of courses blend online, self-guided and self-paced tutorials with "unplugged" activities that require no computer at all. Register here.
Find out more »December 2018
Science City’s Science Wise: Facts v Discovery in the Science & Engineering Practices
Science City's Science Wise professional development opportunities include innovative, instructional techniques for all STEM educators. Each course includes hands-on demos; science standards; resources and more. In this session with Ollie Bogdon, Ph.D., explore the PRACTICE of science and engineering through discovery-based investigations. Educators will identify…
Find out more »January 2019
Science City’s Science Wise: Using Breakout Boxes to Break Through
Science City's Science Wise professional development opportunities include innovative, instructional techniques for all STEM educators. Each course includes hands-on demos; science standards; resources and more. In this session, applicable to grades K-12, Raytown School District's Jennifer Blank will show how to bring the 4 Cs…
Find out more »February 2019
Science City’s Science Wise: LAUNCH into Project-Based Learning
Science City's Science Wise professional development opportunities include innovative, instructional techniques for all STEM educators. Each course includes hands-on demos; science standards; resources and more. In this session for educators of students in grades K-8, presenter Darbie Valenti will prepare educators to LAUNCH students into…
Find out more »Science City’s Science Wise: ETS for the STEM Teacher
Science City's Science Wise professional development opportunities include innovative, instructional techniques for all STEM educators. Each course includes hands-on demos; science standards; resources and more. This session for grade levels 6-12 digs into the Engineering, Technology and Application of Science (ETS)—a collection of performance expectations…
Find out more »Code.org K-5 Computer Science Training | Science City
As the Regional Partner for Code.org, Science City offers Computer Science training for K-12 educators. The Code.org Fundamentals K-5 series of courses blend online, self-guided and self-paced tutorials with "unplugged" activities that require no computer at all. Register here.
Find out more »March 2019
Science City’s Science Wise: Makey Makey Inventing with Electrical Science
Science City's Science Wise professional development opportunities include innovative, instructional techniques for all STEM educators. Each course includes hands-on demos; science standards; resources and more. In this session for grade levels 3-8, learn electrical science concepts with the help of Makey Makeys and Scratch through…
Find out more »KC STEM Festival
Free
KC STEM Fest is a free one-day event that features Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) as educational opportunities and viable career paths—showcasing work generated by elementary through high school student and connecting students with their community.
Find out more »Science City’s Makey Makey Invention Literacy Workshop
The Makey Makey Invention Literacy Workshop for Educators is a fun, hands-on learning experience where educators will learn how to teach Invention Literacy, Making,and Design Thinking using the Makey Makey invention kit. This session will explore how to teach circuits and conductivity using Makey Makeys…
Find out more »April 2019
68th Annual Greater KC Science & Engineering Fair
Students in grades 4-12 showcase projects from 15 categories ranging from Animal Sciences to Inventions during the region's oldest and largest Science & Engineering Fair. Students from across the region compete for ribbons, awards and cash prizes. Registration deadline is Feb. 22, 2019. Learn more.
Find out more »Code.org K-5 Computer Science Training | Science City
As the Regional Partner for Code.org, Science City offers Computer Science training for K-12 educators. The Code.org Fundamentals K-5 series of courses blend online, self-guided and self-paced tutorials with "unplugged" activities that require no computer at all. Register here.
Find out more »Science City’s Science Wise: Biomimicry—Nature has an app for that
Science City's Science Wise professional development opportunities include innovative, instructional techniques for all STEM educators. Each course includes hands-on demos; science standards; resources and more. This session focuses on biomimicry, a relatively new science that is becoming a buzzword for educators, engineers, architects and scientists…
Find out more »Project Lead The Way Senior Showcase
The eighth annual Project Lead The Way Senior Showcase celebrates PLTW students and highlights their senior capstone projects from the Engineering Design and Development and Biomedical Innovations courses. Competition winners will be announced during the showcase. The event is free and the public is encouraged…
Find out more »June 2019
FIRST Robotics at Maker Faire KC
Maker Faire is a gathering of curious people who enjoy learning and who love sharing what they can do. From engineers to artists to scientists to crafters, Maker Faire is a venue for these "makers" to show hobbies, experiments, projects. Called the Greatest Show (&…
Find out more »October 2019
Science City’s Educator STEM Fest
Educator STEM Fest is THE event for all things STEM. Visit this event to see what STEM education organizations in the Greater Kansas City area have to share, including STEM opportunities and programs ranging from field trips to classroom resources. Local Master Teachers also will…
Find out more »Greater KC Science & Engineering Fair Kick Off
Want to do a Science & Engineering Fair project but don’t know where to start? Students, parents and educators are all invited to join Science City's team to learn about the Greater KC Science & Engineering Fair and to help prepare to enter a project…
Find out more »March 2020
Cancelled: 4th Annual KC STEM FEST
Free
KC STEM Fest is a free, one day event that features Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) as educational opportunities and viable career paths—showcasing elementary through high school student-generated work—to connect students with their community.
Find out more »Cancelled-NACAC STEM College & Career Fair
Free
The National Association for College Admission Counseling's STEM College and Career Fair will feature more than 100 colleges, universities and organizations from around the globe. This event is free and open to grades 9-12.
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