This page highlights STEM & CTE Educational opportunities & events occurring in our region. Most events are free & virtual.

If you have an event to submit, please send it to midvalleystemctehub@gmail.com

2021 Rural STEAM Leadership Network: Distance Learning Facilitator

Rural STEAM Leadership Network (Facilitation Workshop) August 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th the Rural STEAM Leadership Network is an opportunity for K-8 educators and administrators to join together in creating new educational leadership opportunities in Oregon by leveraging the Oregon Science Project model of educator leadership and a Rural Learning Collaborative model of collaboration to […]

NASA STEM Amusement Park Physical Science

Virtual event

Explore how the physics of motion applies to aeronautics while engaging in STEM engineering design challenges. Amusement parks are one of the best places to feel firsthand what astronauts experience while in space. Learn how roller coasters and other rides help teach forces of motion and energy transformations (PE and KE). Calculate the average speed […]

Free

Getting Started with Phidgets

Virtual event

Learn how to use Phidgets and find out how they could be used in your classroom. Register for this event here.

Free

Umpqua STEAM Summer Institute 2021

STEAM THINKING FOR ALL!! It is time to register for the 2021 Umpqua STEAM Summer Institute. Some of our sessions will be virtual and others will be held at UCC in Wayne Crooch Hall. Our partner Hub, the Umpqua Valley STEAM Hub is holding its summer institute August 16-20, including three (3) virtual sessions for […]

Design Thinking Webinar with Phidgets

Virtual event

WhyMaker is teaming with Phidgets and will be hosting a jam-packed webinar full of ideas you can implement in your classroom using Phidgets. Phidgets are programmable USB sensors used by STEM students, educators, and professionals all over the world. You can sign up for the Webinar here.

Free

Patchr Webinar

Virtual event

If you look around you, there are circuit boards in so many products these days from your nightlight, to your TV remote, to your car, to your computer. But how are these circuit boards made and how are our children learning about them? Patchr is an awesome platform that easily teaches students how to plan […]

Free

Detecting Earthquakes From the Air

Virtual event

Explore Earth: Detecting Earthquakes...while in the Air? The most powerful U.S. earthquake in 50 years, an 8.2-magnitude tremor, recently occurred in Alaska. Typically, ground-based instruments provide data for both alerts and study of Earth's internal geology. But what if scientists could detect seismic activity while airborne? In this webinar, we'll explore a balloon-based technique that […]

Free

Makey Makey Certified Educator Workshop

Virtual event

On Saturday, September 4th, we'll be holding a session of our Certified Educator Workshop. The Makey Makey Certified Educator Workshop is a fun, hands-on, 3-hour virtual experience during which you’ll learn how to teach Invention Literacy, Making, and Design Thinking using the award-winning Makey Makey invention kit. Register for this event here. Space is limited!

$150

Explore Earth: Sustainable Aquaculture from Space

Virtual event

Earth's saltwater ecosystems maintain a delicate yet dynamic equilibrium that has provided humans with plentiful sources of fish, shrimp and more for millennia. Phytoplankton, "the grass of the sea," serve as the foundation of this bounty, providing nutrients and oxygen for larger marine organisms. In this webinar, we'll explore how coastal communities are utilizing NASA […]

Free

NASA STEM: Robotics for K-12 Learners (Part 1)

Virtual event

NASA STEM: Robotics for K-12 Learners NASA employees will describe how robots are preparing the way for humans to live and work on the Moon and on Mars someday. They will also explain the importance of introducing students to robotics and engineering at a young age to build up and reinforce a strong STEM pipeline. […]

Free
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