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
TechTogether's Seattle Chapter is hosting a virtual hackathon from December 3-5th for people of marginalized genders of all ages. This is an amazing opportunity for students to network with companies like Microsoft and Capital One, explore different career paths in tech, and learn new coding skills. The event is also 100% free to attend. Sign-up here.
Winter might be here, but we are ready to keep learning and playing in the great outdoors! Join the CEC for our Schools Out Adventure: Winter Wildlife Survival - December 28th - 30th. During this SOA we will learn about the ways that plants and animals survive outside during the winter. Our focus will be […]
Join us for an evening of Dall Sheep. Wildlife Veterinarian, Dr. Kimberlee Beckmen will present a quick review on the M. ovi research and results. Former guide and sheep researcher, Joe Want will give a brief history of sheep hunting/seasons in Alaska. ADF&G sheep research biologists Tom Lohuis and Brad Wendling will follow with updates […]
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. In this one-day (3-hour) workshop you’ll explore ways to incorporate Makey Makey into your classroom activities beyond building a banana piano. […]
Tap Talks speaker Lauren Diaz takes the stage to talk about “Raising Hell in Appalachia: Restoring Streams to Conserve Hellbenders”. Hellbenders are a very unique species of giant salamander native to streams in the eastern U.S., and are unfortunately in severe decline due to habitat loss. There are many creative ways biologists are working to […]
One of the most scenic and breathtaking National Parks in the country, Crater Lake National Park has year-round opportunities for any outdoor enthusiast. Whether you want to explore for a day on a west coast road trip, or take your time exploring the natural areas around one of the continent's deepest lakes, our REI experts […]
Tune in and turn your lunch hour into the best part of your day through Wild Rivers Conservancy’s limited webinar series, Lunch & Learn. We’ll explore topics that resonate throughout the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway and bring the experts to the comfort of your home, office, or wherever you may find yourself. Cozy up, […]
Lecture: Women as change agents in forestry Speaker: Robin Wall Kimmerer, Plant Ecology, Ethnobotany, Traditional Indigenous Knowledge Registration required: https://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/.../SV_bNKxRPmR5jYRARU Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, which has […]
This year's symposium will feature a VIRTUAL day-long event bringing together professionals, students, and amateurs from the Willamette Valley and beyond. The 2022 symposium will be held virtually to ensure the safety of participants and broaden our audience. While things will be a little different this year, we are still offering great talks and opportunities […]
𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗮 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 Enjoy a variety of free educational presentations hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. Guest speaker presentations will be held most Saturdays at 10:00am, January-March. All events are free and held virtually on Zoom this season. 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟱 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟬:𝟬𝟬𝗮𝗺 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗰𝗮 𝗙𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗳𝘁, 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 […]
6-7pm: Tap Talks Corvallis will be putting on an educational presentation. The Tap Talks presentations will focus on how to use observations to know your world by Dr. Susan Salafsky and environmentally friendly survey methods and recreation practices by Dr. Ashley D’Antonio At Common Fields, Corvallis, Oregon.
Argonne‘s IGED gives young female students a unique opportunity to discover engineering careers alongside world-class scientists and engineers. Participants will enjoy motivational presentations by female Argonne employees, tour Argonne’s cutting-edge research facilities, connect with a mentor, engage in hands-on engineering experiments, and compete in a team challenge — all designed specifically for 8th-grade girls. […]
