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
The NASA Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University is providing a 1-hour webinar. Come and explore the design and development in creating culturally sensitive/responsive learning opportunities for students in the STE(A)M classroom. Participants will be provided with culturally relevant teaching strategies, teacher tips, and NASA STEM educational resources to help foster CRT in […]
“NASA STEM Stars” en Español is part of a webchat series that connects students with subject matter experts to learn about STEM careers and ask questions about STEM topics. Join planetary scientist Dr. Geronimo Villanueva to learn how NASA is searching for organic molecules on Mars and icy bodies in the solar system. Watch the live event, presented […]
Join us for a virtual tour of the night sky. The Heart of the Valley Astronomers Club will be remotely controlling a telescope in New Mexico. The telescope has a camera that can take picture of all sorts of galaxies, nebula, star cluster and comets and show them to you in real time. They will […]
iINVENT Camp spots for middle school students (6th-8th grade) available in Lebanon. This summer, take advantage of this FREE camp opportunity to develop your invention skills. Improve lives through invention by working with a community of inventors and OSU students! This year, iINVENT is an in-person camp following safety protocols in line with guidelines from the Oregon […]
Learn how to use Phidgets and find out how they could be used in your classroom. Register for this event here.
iINVENT Camp spots for middle school students (6th-8th grade) available in Philomath. This summer, take advantage of this FREE camp opportunity to develop your invention skills. Improve lives through invention by working with a community of inventors and OSU students! This year, iINVENT is an in-person camp following safety protocols in line with guidelines from […]
Curious about Curiosity Camp? IF/THEN® Collection Resources to Support Girls in STEM GoldieBlox is educating and empowering girls by creating engaging content, fun toys, and interesting resources. Learn more about the IF/THEN® Collection, Curiosity Camp, and the newly released Camp GoldieBlox resources. The webinar will highlight ways to use these resources to support girls in […]
Why I'm excited about this event: It feels like every month, paleontologists and evolutionary biologists are learning something new about long-extinct dinosaurs. I'm only still getting used to seeing them in illustrations with resplendent feathers—and researchers have another discovery up their sleeve! We'll get the opportunity to hear from two of the researchers who found […]
Zakiya Shivji received her B.S. in Geology from California State University Long Beach and her M.S in Geology from New Mexico Highlands University. After graduation, Zakiya has been working for about 4 years as a Geologist for the Prescott National Forest (PNF). Her love of volcanoes since elementary school is what guided her to become […]
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.
Why I'm excited about this event: We're on a mission of our own—to get more youth voices on our radio program! So we've designed a series of kid-specific Zoom call-ins, where we'll give space for our young listeners to ask their questions directly to our amazing experts. This time, geologist and NASA scientist Katie Stack […]
Vicky Stein is a science journalist and nature enthusiast. Since she was a kid, she's loved exploring and explaining the wild things that live in tide pools or under rotting logs. After majoring in biology as an undergrad, she spent a few years working as a whale watch naturalist before pivoting to science writing through […]
