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Picture A Scientist screening |
Watch a virtual screening of the award-winning documentary, "Picture A Scientist."
Picture a Scientist is a 2020 documentary on gender equality inside science. The movie tells the stories of several prominent female researchers and brings to light the barriers they encountered, including cases of discrimination and harassment.
The screening will be available all throughout the week.
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Lunch & Learn & Educator Presentations |
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We are excited to bring you this incredible group of presenters to STEM Week!
Register here to attend any or all of these presentations. Those who register will also be emailed a recording of the presentation. |
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(12 - 1 p.m.) Project-Based Learning (PBL) can seem daunting when you have time constraints, standards, and a curriculum map. Often, the push for better test scores and “basic skills” means certain students (English Language Learners, Special Education students) fail to have access to these projects. However, PBL can work for all students, and in this workshop, I lay out the blueprint for making this a reality. |
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(12 - 1 p.m.) In this workshop, we are going to figure out how to take apart things for repair, reuse, and recreation! From electronic devices to wooden pallets, we will look at how things we take for granted are put together and, with some tinkering and some smashing, discover what it takes to get them apart! |
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(12 - 1 p.m.) Building a culture of STEM doesn’t need to be expensive, boring, or complicated. Educators just need simple, practical tools & ideas for adding STEM to their everyday classroom. Chris has spent years adding STEM to his own classroom, and his students love it! He’s even written a book about Daily STEM to help educators build a STEM culture in their classrooms & communities! |
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(1:30 - 2:30 p.m.) Foster creativity, innovation, and perseverance while developing problem-solving and computational thinking skills with our youngest learners. In this session, we will explore a variety of ways that coding and robotics can be integrated into all areas of your early learning program. Learn how to create an environment for innovation and foster a lifelong love of learning while developing computational thinking skills throughout the K-3 learning environment. |
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(10:00 - 11:00 a.m.) Block-based coding is a great way to introduce K-8 students to computer programming, but what are some playful and engaging activities to get started? In this hands-on workshop, Lauren from the Unruly Splats team will share 3 easy activities that combine coding and play and share a few stories of how other educators are incorporating coding and play across their curriculum. There will be games, there will be code, there will be fun! |
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(12 - 1 p.m.) Teachers across the country are sending their students outside to the sidewalk or around the side of their home in search of utility meters. Join us to find and learn about these hidden-in-plain-sight advanced technologies that track how much we use but can also be used to help us save. This interactive presentation will allow students to compare their real home with typical data patterns of water and energy use plus share their opinion of popular strategies to be more efficient. |
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(12 - 1 p.m.) EXPLORE YOUR WORLD and FIND YOUR SUPERPOWER! We are so fortunate to be alive at this moment in time on this planet! Nature on Earth is truly astounding, and transformational scientific discoveries about our environment occur daily. Yes, there are also environmental, economic, social and health crises, but there are also solutions. So, this all-ages presentation is about how to develop your skills, interests, and abilities to create unique contributions, healthier communities and, ultimately, a better future. |
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STEM Week Youth Activities |
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STEM Story Time (K-5)
Tuesday, May 11 at 4:00 p.m. - Author, Vicky Fang, will read her book, "Invent-A-Pet!"
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(Thursday, May 13 at 4:00 p.m)
In this interactive program for children in grades K-5, author and product designer Vicky Fang will introduce participants to designing in the real world. She will read an excerpt from her book Layla and the Bots: Happy Paws and talk about her background as a product designer inventing kids’ products for Google. She’ll show kids how writing is a lot like inventing and introduce a design thinking process that kids can apply to problem-solving in their own lives. Together, they’ll put the process into action with an invention activity based on the Happy Paws book: Designing an amusement park for dogs!
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(Friday, May 14 at 10:00 a.m. for 9th-12th grades) The National Energy Laboratory will virtually host high school students in PA, WV, and OR to learn more about scientists and engineers at the labs in their region. The STEM Education and Outreach team will facilitate an hour-long virtual session with project examples and plenty of time for high school students to ask questions about what a STEM career is like at a national lab. If you want to know what problems researchers solve every day, or what got them interested in becoming scientists this is the event for your high school student or class! |
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(Friday, May 14 at 3:00 p.m.) In this workshop for middle & high schoolers, participants will take part in the ultimate interactive STEAM Experience by learning coding skills in conjunction with dance by using their bodies to choreograph movements to a musical score. This workshop is designed to teach logical and computational thinking skills and to demonstrate the fundamental principles of programming, all while incorporating music, physical movement, and fun! |
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(Saturday, May 15 at 10:00 a.m.) In this workshop for all ages, participants will take part in the ultimate interactive STEAM Experience by learning coding skills in conjunction with dance by using their bodies to choreograph movements to a musical score. This workshop is designed to teach logical and computational thinking skills and to demonstrate the fundamental principles of programming, all while incorporating music, physical movement, and fun! |
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(Saturday, May 15 at 1:00 p.m.) In this workshop for middle & high schoolers, participants will take part in the ultimate interactive STEAM Experience by learning coding skills in conjunction with dance by using their bodies to choreograph movements to a musical score. This workshop is designed to teach logical and computational thinking skills and to demonstrate the fundamental principles of programming, all while incorporating music, physical movement, and fun! |
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Albany Public Library Events |
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STEM Story Time!!
Monday, May 10th at 6:30 p.m.
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Join APL for a STEM story time celebrating magnets! We'll read a book, do some activities, and think about all the ways magnets are used all over the world. Stop by the library from 1:00-3:00 on Saturday or Sunday (May 8th and 9th) to pick up a small magnet kit.
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STEM Week Themed Challenges |
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Take part in these fun challenges and possibly earn prizes! Click on the link for the challenge(s) you are interested in for more details! |
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