STEM Day at the Minnesota State
Fair returns August 24
The eighth annual STEM Day (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) returns for the opening day of the Minnesota State Fair, Thursday, Aug. 24, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., in the newly renamed Dan Patch Park (formerly Carousel Park) just outside the grandstand.
STEM Day features over 30 participants who will share hands-on activities and interactive demonstrations including robots, rocketry, computer coding and animals designed for children of all ages. Each organization will involve children and adults in STEM-oriented activities and illustrate how the objects, systems and buildings we encounter every day are driven by science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
A performance stage will feature entertaining experiments and demonstrations, including:
9 a.m. U of MN Raptor Center
10 a.m. Physics Force
10:45 a.m. MN Department of Education Presidential Award Finalists
11 a.m. WCCO — Weather Science
Noon U of MN Raptor Center
1 p.m. Physics Force
2 p.m. WCCO —Weather Science
3 p.m. The Bakken Museum —Small Stuff, Big Deal
4 p.m. America’s Fun Science
STEM Day at the State Fair is an initiative of SciMathMN, a nonprofit statewide organization that advocates for effective, engaging, and rigorous STEM education opportunities for all Minnesota students, preparing them for citizenship, career, and college. The day is hosted by the Minnesota STEM Network and is organized by volunteers from MTS Systems, Seagate, St. Cloud State University and the University of Minnesota.
2017 STEM Day at the State Fair Participants
3M Visiting Wizards
American Institute of Architects (AIA) Minnesota
ARDUTIME
The Bakken Museum
Bell Museum of Natural History
Blue University
Boston Scientific
Challenger Learning Center of Minnesota
Code Savvy
Eastview Lightning Robotics
Emerson Process Management
FIRST Robotics Team 2169 KING TeC
FIRST Robotics Team 2667 Knights of the Valley
Ft. Snelling Cadet Squadron, MN 131, Civil Air Patrol
Girls Inc. at YWCA of Minneapolis
GOFIRST
High Tech Kids
The Learning Jet
Market Science
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Minnesota GIS/LIS Consortium
Minnesota MATHCOUNTS
Minnesota Zoo
MTS Systems Corporation
NASA’s MN Space Grant Consortium
National Association of Rocketry
Orbital ATK
Osseo Area Schools, Kidstop
Play Quiz Bowl
Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center, Youth Energy Summit (YES!) Program
TPT-TV, “SciGirls”
SciMathMN
Seagate
Smiths Medical
Society of Women Engineers – Minnesota Chapter
STEM Bunnies
The Works Museum
“WOW Wind Power,” YIMA Youth Aviation Academy and Blattner, Inc.
Sponsors
Platinum sponsors: 3M, Boston Scientific, and Smiths Medical
Silver sponsor: Seagate Technology, Orbital ATI<
T-shirt sponsor: MTS Systems Corp.
Tote bag sponsor: Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT)
Media Sponsor
WCCO-TV
For more information
Visit STEM Day at the State Fair on Facebook.
Or contact: Julie Michener (jcmichener@gmail.com), 651-253-8931
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