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The competition is open to all Arkansas college students enrolled in Arkansas. Teams of 1 or more students are will compete for awards. Each team must have a mentor. Teams meet at the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute on Petit Jean Mountain on Thursday afternoon, April 16, 2020 to submit a written report and demonstrate their project. […]
Introduction to Modeling Methods Course, January 14 - April 21, 2020. This course is designed as a first exposure to Modeling Instruction. What are conceptual models? What is modeling? What is Modeling Instruction - what is it like for teachers? For students? How does it work? Why does it work? What does it have to […]
The Middle School Advanced Topics Distance Learning Course is for Modelers who would like to learn more about Middle School Modeling. Middle School Modeling Advanced Topics is a 5-week distance learning course for teachers who have already taken any Modeling workshop, thus bringing together a group of participants who are familiar with the pedagogy […]
Microscopic E&M Modeling™ course, January 16 to April 23, 2020. A 2nd semester physics workshop led by Holly McTernan and Jess Dykes. This Spring on Thursdays from 7-10 PM (EST), AMTA will offer a 45-hour Distance Learning Electricity & Magnetism Modeling Course. It will run for 15 consecutive weeks, meeting for 3 hours per week for synchronous […]
Cams, gears, springs and linkages come together to create an automata. We will teach you the basics and inspire your creativity to design your own automata.
Name: Arkansas Maker Summit Location: Outreach Time: 01/30/2020 8:30 AM Duration: 7 hours, 30 minutes Seats Available: 178 The Scott Family Amazeum is excited to host the third statewide Maker Summit, presented by the Windgate Foundation, on Thursday, January 30, 2020 in downtown Springdale, Arkansas. The Arkansas Maker Summit will explore the impact and value of the robust […]
The Little Rock School district is looking for judges for our 2019-20 elementary science fair. The fair will be held on Saturday, February 1st from 8:30 – 11:30 at Don Roberts Elementary on Cantrell Rd. This is a big event with over 140 projects that will need to be judged. We are asking you to consider judging some […]
ScratchJr is an introductory programming language that enables young children (ages 7-and up) to create their own interactive stories and games. Children snap together graphical programming blocks to make characters move, jump, dance, and sing.
You are invited to participate with the Arkansas STEM Coalition, the Harding University Lewis “Tony” Finley STEM Center, and the Searcy Chamber of Commerce in an exciting and innovative meeting titled “Think Tank for STEM Partnerships: Connecting STEM Needs to Business, Education and Community” which will take place on Tuesday, February 11, 2020, from 9:00 am to 2:30 […]
Join the Conductor, young professionals and the startup community for Startup Stories, an event celebrating the startup community through storytelling. Entrepreneurs share their story in 10-15 minutes, followed by a 15-minute Q &A with the audience. Get a first-hand account of the successes and challenges faced by Arkansas entrepreneurs and how they found their start. […]
This is the first of the regional tournaments for the Arkansas Science Olympiad. Students from Middle Schools and High Schools compete in various science, engineering, and technology events.
This professional development session will focus on the Science and Engineering Practices; specifically, Developing and Using Models and Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions, to explore energy in the life sciences. This session is appropriate for 6-12 teachers or instructional coaches. In this six-hour session, participants will serve in a "student role" for the first two […]
Engineering and Robotics State Competition for TSA Middle School and High School Student Chapters throughout the state. To be held on National Engineers Week.
Join the Conductor for Game Changers with Greg Lasker. Lasker is a former football defensive back in the NFL after a successful college career as a Razorback at the University of Arkansas. He was named to the Arkansas 1980–1989 All-Decade Team. While Lasker was playing for the Giants, he also co-owned a medical-billing service in […]
This is the second of the regional tournaments for the Arkansas Science Olympiad. Students from Middle Schools and High Schools compete in various science, engineering, and technology events.
Learn how to code a robot through apps that allow you to control it using Java, block coding and even facial recognition.
Check out an all-expenses paid summer 2020 professional development institute for high school chemistry teachers (VisChem.org). Priority application deadline: February 28, 2020. Apply today! VisChem is a National Science Foundation funded (Award #DRL-1908121) professional development program and study to determine how teachers’ use of dynamic, molecular-level visualizations in secondary chemistry classrooms affect affordances and […]
Hello M3 Challenge enthusiasts, Want to entice your students to register and participate for M3 Challenge, and easily share information about the contest with your colleagues and friends? Check out the M3 Challenge "Share M3" page (lots of collateral materials) where you can download flyers and logos, copy and paste blurbs about the Challenge, and download a PDF poster […]