Chaparral High School Robotics Team Hosts STEM Festival
Daily Independent
The Valley STEM Festival, organized by Firebird Robotics from Chaparral High School, will be held outdoors on January 14, 2023, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. with no charge for participants or attendees.

To inspire individuals in Scottsdale, the team is setting up the community STEM expo so that people — especially children and teens — will get to experience the wonder of science and engineering through exhibits set up by local STEM companies and schools, the release stated.

Some notable participants include the Arizona Science Center, iCode Scottsdale and Engineering for Kids. Members of the public will get to explore the booths set up by participants and hopefully become more aware of the STEM opportunities available to them in the area.
STEM Ambassador Spotlight: Sarah Wilson, Robotics Engineer
Sarah Wilson is a robotics engineer at Tortuga AgTech in Denver, Colorado. She uses her green thumb and her engineering skills alongside farmers and engineers to build technologies that are revolutionizing the way we grow food.

Her story is inspirational, and an opportunity to share with youth a real life example of how learning STEM can lead to exciting career options.

Download these Sarah Wilson ambassador resources:
KTAR News
Esports Seen as Pathway to Boost Diversity in STEM Careers

As a kid, Kevin Fair would take apart his Nintendo console, troubleshoot issues and put it back together again — experiences the Black entrepreneur says represented “a life trajectory changing moment” when he realized the entertainment system was more than a toy. “I think I was just genuinely inspired by digital technology,” he said.
AZEdNews
Real-World STEM Opportunities at Avondale Schools

Avondale Elementary School District is elevating opportunities for children in STEM to have career-focused explorations with the Chief Science Officers program. In collaboration with the SciTech Institute, students from grades sixth through eighth have the opportunity to run for the position and be elected by their peers. Once elected, the CSO’s take the lead in bringing STEM and STEAM opportunities to their school and community.
NASA Power to Explore Student Challenge
Deadline: January 17, 2023
It takes a special kind of power to explore the extremes of our solar system, and NASA wants to hear how it would energize your space exploration dreams! If you could plan a mission in our solar system or beyond, where would you go, and what would you explore?

The Power to Explore Student Challenge invites K-12 students to dream up a new space mission powered by a Radioisotope Power System (RPS). Forty-five semifinalists will receive an RPS prize pack, nine finalists will receive a virtual session with a NASA expert, and three winners will be awarded a trip for two to NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Ohio.
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