This is a past event.

The STEM Festival features nearly thirty hands-on Science & Engineering activity stations led by Michigan Tech students and community members. Many MTU student chapters are participating, from the Society of Women Engineers, Delta Zeta, Alternative Energy Enterprise, to Mind Trekkers, Keweenaw Ojibwe Indian Community and Copper Country Recycling Initiative.

Activities include: Making Concrete Aggregate Ice Cream, Marshmallow Toothpick Towers, Egg Drop, Remotely Operated Vehicles, Foundry in a Box, Bottle Terrariums, Friction Races, and so much more!

All families from throughout the western U.P. are encouraged to attend. This is a great way to learn about majors and careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics).

Schedule

4:30-7:30 p.m.: Families & students visit more than 30 STEM activity stations ~ MUB Commons

4:30-5:45 p.m.: Science Fair projects open to the public ~ 2nd Floor Ballroom

The event is a valuable learning experience for students of all ages!

The Western U.P. Science Fair and STEM Festival is coordinated by the Western U.P. Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education, Michigan Tech Center for Science and Environmental Education and Omega Chi Epsilon Chemical Engineering Honor Society made possible by sponsorship from the following Michigan Tech Departments:

• Department of Mathematical Sciences
• Department of Mechanical Engineering – Engineering Mechanics
• Department of Social Sciences
• Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences Institute
• Ecosystem Science Center
• Great Lakes Research Center
• Pavlis Honors College
• School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science
• School of Technology
• Sustainable Futures Institute
• Office of the Provost
• Michigan Tech Transportation Institute
• Department of Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology
• Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering