A challenging STEM competition
Bullitt County has come up with a unique way of making sure more of the district's younger students get the chance to test their building skills with the STEM Challenge.
Students to compete in technology state championships
More than 9,000 students, educators and parents will converge on Lexington for the 11th annual Student Technology Leadership Program State Championship on March 29.
Looking for 3-D STEM experiences for your students?
Are you looking for resources that support the development of three-dimensional sense making experiences for your students?
Kentucky joins Engineering byDesign
Kentucky is the latest state to join the Engineering byDesign Consortium of States.
Hammering Home Math
Working with power tools, hammering nails and climbing ladders with your friends and classmates – what more could a 5th-grader want?
Spanish meets STEAM: World language, culture and coding
Fayette County's Jennifer Kennedy shares how her students – ranging from kindergarten to 5th grade – not only learned how to code, but also combined Spanish language skills with culture.
Fayette science teacher wins KSTA award
Julie Moore, a K-5 STEM lab teacher at Wellington Elementary School (Fayette County), has been named the 2017 Outstanding Elementary Science Educator by the Kentucky Science Teachers Association (KSTA).
Funding available to establish TSA programs at middle, high schools
The Verizon Foundation and the Technology Student Association is offering a grant opportunity for new schools to help them launch a TSA program.
MakerMinded KY launching student video contest
MakerMinded KY, which seeks to interest students in STEM-related careers early in their educational paths, is hosting its first student video contest. The contest is open to students in grades 5-12 and the videos must be about manufacturing in Kentucky. Schools may submit up to five videos, each of which can be between 30 seconds and 3 minutes in length. [...]
Students can enter ideas for inventions in contest
U.S.A. Gold pencils and Scholastic are conducting The Next Great Inventor contest, a competition for students in grades 1-6 designed to help teachers incorporate STEM-themed projects into their curriculum. Teachers may submit pencil sketches and/or written descriptions of their students’ original invention ideas. Two winners in each of three grade-level divisions will receive $500 in cash and gift cards, and [...]