USA Science and Engineering Festival
Celebrate Science at the 4th USA Science & Engineering Festival, the largest STEM education event of its kind in the United States!
The 4th Biennial Science Festival will kick off throughout 2014/2015 with nationwide school programs, contests and events year-round, and culminate in a 2-day Grand Finale Expo on April 16-17, 2016 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Over 1,000 leading STEM organizations will present hands-on science and engineering activities for people of all ages. The event is free of charge. Sneak Peek Friday will take place on April 15, 2016 - registration info for schools will be provided soon.
APS David M. Brown Planetarium
The Friends of the Planetarium provide programming that may include full dome programs andfascinating lectures from the field of Astronomy and other scientific fields designed to broaden our appeal to the planetarium-going public. These programs are held the 3rd weekend of the month during the school year and presented in lieu of the regular program schedule.
See their website for more details.
Their schedule below:
NSTA Competitions
-3 competitions of interest below:
*Dupont Challenge
All entries must be submitted using the Official Entry Form by February 9, 2015, at 12 noon Pacific time.
As one of the foremost student science and technology prize programs in the U.S. and Canada, the Challenge helps to increase science literacy among students and motivates them to excel in communicating scientific ideas. Students in grades 6–12 are asked to write a 700- to 1,000-word essay in one of four categories: food, energy, protection, or innovation. Prizes include U.S. Savings Bonds and a special awards trip to the Walt Disney World® Resort and the Kennedy Space Center. Teachers advising winning students receive a cash grant, the awards trip, and an expenses-paid trip to the NSTA National Conference on Science Education.
*Exploravision
Projects must be received at Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision, 1840 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201-3000 by 5 pm EST, Wednesday, February 1st, 2016.
The ExploraVision K–12 competition, which supports learning called for in the Next Generation Science Standards, challenges students in the U.S. and Canada to research a technology of interest and explore what that technology could be like 20 years from now. Up to $240,000 in savings bonds (at maturity) are awarded annually to student winners for the most innovative ideas that combine imagination with the tools of science. Winning schools, students, and teachers capture additional prizes—including computers and an expenses-paid awards trip to the nation's capital for the first- and second-place winning students (and their parents or guardians), coach and mentor—in this team- and project-based learning competition.
*Tomodachi:
Submissions will be accepted from October 1, 2015 to May 8, 2016. The eight winning students and four winning teachers will be announced by May 18, 2016.
The TOMODACHI Toshiba Science & Technology Leadership Academy is an annual one-week, cross-cultural science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) exchange and leadership program for 16 high school students and eight teachers from Japan and the U.S. This August, program participants from both countries will work together in Tokyo to develop a disaster-resilient, smart community of the future. With counsel from Toshiba engineers and a visit to the Toshiba Smart Community building, the students and teachers will work in teams to develop proposed solutions to these problems using learning experiences that are central to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and the engineering design process.
TechSavvy (for 9th grade girls only)
Tech Savvy is a daylong science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) career conference designed to attract girls in sixth through ninth grade to these fields and to inform families about STEM education and careers.
Event Site: Northern Virginia Community College of Annandale
Event Date: October 24, 2015
Host Branch: AAUW Arlington (VA) Branch and AAUW Alexandria (VA) Branch
Time: 8:00 am -4:30 pm
Cost: $10 per girl
ONLINE REGISTRATION OPENS SEPTEMBER 15TH
For more information go to and search for “Tech Savvy”