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Over 400 visitors attended this year's Expo! |
The 3rd Annual Think Tank and STEM Expo Math Problem:
What do you get when you mix 44 scientists, engineers, educators and professionals from national leading STEM organizations with 40 volunteers, then add in 200 excited elementary learners and 250 (just as excited )adults? You end up with ONE amazing night of THINKING AND LEARNING!
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AEOP brought their night vision lab! How cool! They also gave away waterproof notepads. |
The cold and snow didn't slow this event one bit! Words can't possibly begin to explain this year's event so I'll rely on the pictures to tell the story!While not every table is represented in the pictures below, many are! As more pictures come in, I'll be sure to add them!
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3-D Printer at work. Special case even created by engineer Erik Donald so kids could get up close and personal! |
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Erik Donald shows off the model rocket his printer printed during the Expo... and a lucky student took home! |
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4th Grade student helps PK student "fix" a remote control car he built! |
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Maury Librarian and Technology guru focused on helping students learn how to code with www.code.org ! |
During the Expo there were three presentations in the my classroom from amazing raptor expert Jo Santiago from
Flying Higher LLC's! Thanks to the
National Forest Service for bringing this amazing presentation
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One of 3 packed houses for the hawks and owls. | | | | | |
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STEM "Wizard" learns through CAPSDC |
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Toni Burnham with DC Beekeepers shares her expertise with future beekeepers! |
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The National Forest Service team had one popular (and messy) station! Students made "milkweed mud balls" allowing them to take home seeds to start their own Monarch waystations! |
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Lindsey Williams from NOAA shares "shoebox nautical charting" with interested students. |
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Labyrinth Games and Puzzles Owner Kathleen Donahue welcomes early visitors to the ever popular game tables. These games stimulate problem solving, spacial skills and more! |
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Master Astronomer Guy Brandenburg from National Capital Astronomers braved 3 hours in the single digits to allow visitors a clear view of Jupiter and it's 4 moons! He MADE that telescope himself! You were lucky to catch it without a long line, even in the cold! |
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DC Water's LaDawne White and "Wendy the Water Drop" get students excited about water conservation! | | | | | |
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TuVa Labs showed students how to find real life data using their great online platform! |
Many thanks to ALL involved, to my amazing principal for valuing the Think Tank program and my initiatives and to each and every visitor for making this night a success.
Now Maury families get ready.... your children are about to embark on huge engineering units in all grades! Info coming soon:)
-Vanessa Ford
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