Today’s blog post is brought to you by Sami Murphy. The Y-CITYSCI team has created a series of activities for you to participate in over the summer. Throughout the summer you can go to the Madison County Beet Box stop at Soup n Share to pick up the one-pager activity for that week. If you…
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Tracy Drain
Growing up in Louisville, KY, Tracy Drain learned from an early age about the amazing world of STEM. Her mother was interested in engineering topics, though she worked at McDonald’s and not a lab. She saw that Tracy was passionate about science, though, and worked hard to help Tracy be the first one in her…
SIUE’s STEM @ Home Series Inspires Engaged Learning through Summer
Students have been out of school since March due to COVID-19 stay at home orders nationwide. Although the stay at home orders help keep us safe, they have also limited opportunities for students participate in face-to-face STEM activities. As a result, the STEM Center started the STEM@Home series to stay connected with students and help…
Learning about STEM Careers
This week we are learning about STEM careers. Do you want to be an architect? A biologist? A computer programmer? An astronaut? These are examples of STEM-based careers. Science, engineering, education, medical, and technology careers require the skills learned through STEM. The activities this week have students explore what it is like to be a…