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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2015/09/07/cwnc-create-lab-information-night/
Don’t miss out! By Sept 8, 2015: Send your name to Mars on NASA’s upcoming Mars mission, InSight. InSight will study the deep interior of Mars to understand how all of the rocky planets formed – including Earth! It will also measure “Marsquakes” and meteorite impacts. Click here to send your name to Mars InSight …
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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2015/09/05/3603/
Teens (grades 8 to 12) Are you interested in exploring occupations and careers you may have never heard of? Join Dr. Cavanaugh and Trish Cheek for an evening scavenger hunt for the most interesting jobs of the 21st century. Discover STEM Careers you’ve never heard of and explore occupations you may want to pursue. 70% …
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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2015/09/03/prepare-for-the-future-a-workshop-for-parents-and-teens/
Synthetic Biology plays with the design and construction of new biological parts or systems and redesign existing natural systems (for example,a a biotech hacker space in Oakland, California, are trying to make cow’s milk cheese without the cow. Using mail-order DNA, they’re tricking yeast cells into producing a substance that’s molecularly identical to milk. And if successful, …
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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2015/08/22/electrophoresis-for-grades-3-5-synthetic-biology-for-kids/
We all strive for autonomy, mastery, and purpose. Helping a child discover their passions and gifts will ignite their love of learning and find the source of their personal self-motivation to be creators and innovators. Invite Grow a Generation to partner with the favorite young person in your life to help get them find them …
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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2015/08/09/2015-16-research-fellow-applications/
A programming and game design team of Jr. High Students at the Engineer Your Passion Workshop created a game to highlight the Cranberry Community Chest Volunteer Firefighter Initiative. The students were led by StormC, the Grow a Generation Research Fellow who specializing in developing Scratch Programming opportunities to make meaningful projects. Press the green flag and …
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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2015/07/28/firefighter/
Houston, we have a design! Congratulations to the Engineer Your Passion STEM Camp participants who successfully designed and submitted 3-D container designs to serve the needs of astronauts living at the International Space Station! Thank you to Dr. Joseph Ayoob for the ideas on the fruit fly olfactory experiment. The device allows for the observation …
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Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2015/07/23/future-engineers-3-d-space-container-challenge/
Congratulations to the Engineer Your Passion participants for working hard all day to ready to fantastic entries to the 2015 STEM Video Competition! Special thanks to guest presenters and filmmakers Eli, Tim, and Bella for getting us off on the right foot! STEM UNCOVERED is a national video competition in which kids can creatively …
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Day Four of the Grow a Generation STEM Career Tour includes a visit to the Schroeder Industries, CCBC Aviation Sciences Campus, and the Ellwood City Forge .
Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2015/07/19/2015-stem-careers-tour-friday/
Day Four of the Grow a Generation STEM Career Tour includes a visit to the Platypus LLC, Perceptronics, Robert Morris University Engineering Department, and First Insight. Visit growageneration.com for more in depth insights from the trip.
Permanent link to this article: https://growageneration.com/2015/07/17/thursday-stem-career-tour/