Guest Author: Karla, chief science officer, Sundance Elementary School, Oct 1, 2016 “I think that my role as CSO can impact science culture at my school by: spreading the word, bringing excitement into my school, and bring new science events to my school. At my school, not many people like science and I want to…
Join us at the beautiful Talking Stick Resort Nov. 14-16th in Scottsdale, Arizona for three days of captivating speakers, education, networking and activates at NextCon16. Technology visionaries Steve Wozniak and Guy Kawasaki – as well as executives from Google, LinkedIn, Glassdoor, and many more – will be sharing their insights and advice at the business…
Free 10-day event features polar exploration, drones, live raptors, guided hikes FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Legendary polar explorer Will Steger kicks off the 27th annual Flagstaff Festival of Science tonight at 7 p.m., in Ardrey Auditorium at Northern Arizona University. He’ll share compelling stories and images of the changes he’s witnessed in more than…
Exploring by Dogsled, Kayak, Kite Skis Legendary polar adventurer shares life-long journey, changing environment observations with Flagstaff Festival of Science FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – They call it sustainability now, but that’s just the way he wanted to live. From his off-the-grid cabin in far Minnesota near the Canadian border to his more than 50 years of…
Brainstorm Begins: Trying to appeal to the educators. “Think STEM doesn’t matter? Every STEM principle is used in order to make this race car go 150 miles per hour and win 27 times on the way to winning the Arizona State Championship. Drivers who have driven this car have gone on to the Indy 500….
By: Michele Peters, writer, Arizona SciTech Festival The Arizona SciTech Festival now enters its sixth season with over 400,000 people participating last year throughout Arizona including students, teachers, parents, colleges/universities and corporations. This unprecedented growth and success would not possible without the support of elected community leaders who used their positions to further engage and…
XQ America: The Super School Project, a nationwide movement to “rethink and reimagine high school”, spearheaded by Russlyn Ali, Chief Executive Officer of XQ Institute, and Laurene Powell Jobs, president of Emerson Collective (and widow of Steve Jobs), is underway! (See the XQ Super School Project at www.xqsuperschool.org). Building on the notions of bold and…
Calling all teachers, educators, parents, community members, and more! Get ready for The Great AZ Code Challenge 2.0 that will be held on July 22-23 this year. It is an MIT Enterprise Forum sponsored local event. This inaugural event last July was the second biggest hackathon in AZ history, with 120 kids, and well over 400 people at the closing…