A few s.t.E.m. (science, technology, ENGINEERING, math) resources with an emphasis on ENGINEERING and aspiring #SanDiegoEngineers
Student STEM Outreach
Sept 16 - Community Health & STEM Fest (Black Tech Link, Famly)
Sept 30 - Deadline SWENext WE Local Awards (HS)
Sept 30 - Water Bottle Rocket Launch (ASME, Families)
Oct 9-13: Latina Engineers Women's ILEW Conference (Virtual)
Oct 11 - Ada Lovelace Day (International Day of the Girl)
Oct 14 - INCOSE STEM Day at Dave & Busters (Family)
Nov 8 - National STEM Day
Dec TBD - Deadline STEAM Tshirt Design Contest
Call for STEM Mentors:
Other STEM Resources:
San Diego STEM Ecosystem Learning Opportunities
Careers in Public Safety SWENext High School Leadership Academy. More SHLA free virtual events here.
Reference:
Apr 24 - May 2: SD Expo Day (Festival of Science and Engineering)
Apr 22 - May 2 - Remake Learning Days (SDCOE & USD)
USA Science & Engineering Festival Newsletters & Events
Steve Jobs on Failure, Computer Engineer Sara, Dream Big Engineers,
Products Brown STEM Girl
At Home sTEm Resources
DiscoverE.Org "At Home Edition" / "Chats with Change Makers"
Engineers Go For It (eGFI) STEM @ Home Edition,
Engineering Is Elementary (eie.org)
Boolean Girl: Full Steam Ahead (ages 8 - 18),
Zero to Necessary (youth & teenagers),
STEM Ecosystem "STEM at Home" and "Camp Aspire"
sTEm Grants
DiscoverE Grants - Nov 5, 2022 - To support your outreach initiatives, DiscoverE.org has two grants for funding up to $1k. (1) EWEEK GRANTS - For underserved student programs taking place Feb - April, 2022 offered in connection with Engineers Week (Eweek). BELL Girl Day GRANTS - For age 5 to 18 girl-centered programs taking place Jan - April, 2022.
American Rocketry Grant - Dec 1, 2021 - The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) and National Association of Rocketry (NAR) are awarding grants of $2k to Title I schools to participate in a rocketry competition. Funding is intended to assist grade 6-12 schools in initiate a program to build, design, and launch model rockets. conest website.
Prior sTEm Events
Jan 7 - I Am Engineer Workshop (for MS girls)
Jan 25 - SHPE "STEM Lab" (Noche de Ciencias) Virtual K12
Jan 25 Deadline - Jacobs Teen Innovation Challenge (MS-HS teams)
VOLUNTEER/SIGNUP Jan 21 Future City Southern Regionals
Feb 1 Deadline - EngineerGirl Writing Contest (all G3-12)
Feb 1 - Fly Your Ride X-Factor Contest deadline (Grade 5-8)
Feb 4 - Aviation Day (families)
Feb 7-9 Future Leaders at DISTRIBUTECH Int. Conference (HS, College)
Feb 11 - Women in STEM Day Forum (PHS IG, HS plus)
Feb 12 - SWE UCSD Envision (HS Girls)
Feb 12 - BEWiSE Application Deadline (MS Girls)
Feb 19 - Engineers Week Festival (HS, College, Professionals)
Feb 25 Engineering Day at the Mall
Feb 25 Mathcounts San Diego Competition (VOLUNTEER SIGNUP)
Mar 4 - Expo Day at Petco Park (Family)
TBD - Engineering Day at the Mall (Family) Postponed to Summer
Mar 18, 2023 Expanding Your Horizons (EYH SD at USD)
Mar 23 Deadline - Rube Goldberg Machine Contest (all ages, free)
Apr 7 Application Deadline - SDSU Robotics Camp (Grade 8-12)
Apr 8 - Spring STEAM (Family) VOLUNTEER/SIGNUP
Apr 15 - SHPEtina Retreat
Apr 15 - SWENext Girls in STEM Inspiration Day (Grade 6-12) Volunteer
Apr 20 Deadline - Rube Goldberg Cartoon Contest (all ages, free)
Apr 22 - FANCY Teen Girls Expo (Speakers, Vendors) K12 Students
Apr 28 - SHPE SD Scholarship Application Deadline (HS - College)
Apr 28 - SWE SD Scholarship Application Deadline (HS - College)
Apr 29 - SWENext TUV Technical Tour (HS - College)
May 3 - SWENext General Atomics Tour (HS - College)
May 4 - SWENext Solar Turbines Technical Tour (HS - College)
May 31 - IEEE Manga Story Contest
Jun 15 - STEM Ecosystem Educator-Role Model Meetup Happy Hour
Jun 12 - Aug 11 - League of Amazing Programmers Summer Camps
Jun 21 - SWENext STEM Leaders & Innovators (HS, MS)
Jun 23 - SWE International Women in Engineering Day (Note: while EB sold out, tickets are still available through this google form signup)
Jun 23 - Discovere.org Persist Series (on-line, Noon EST, 9 am PST)
Jul 17-Aug 15 - NSBE Summer SEEK Camp NSBE SEEK Staff Applications, SEEK Student Sign Ups
Aug 19 - Engineering Day at the Mall (ASCE YMF, Families)
Sept 9 - GIRLS Conference (Grades 6-12 hybrid)
Aug 24 - STEM Career w SWE Manager Markita (PHS G4-12)
Aug 27 - Girls Inspiring Real Leadership Conference (EHS G6-12)
Nov 23 - USD Private Tour with SWENext
Dec 4 - Girls Inspiring Real Leadership in STEAM (G.I.R.L.S) Conference by Eastlake HS SWENext and TitanBot Robotics
Jan 10 - Jacobs Teen Innovation Challenge Application Deadline (Middle and high school) #JTIC22 by USD
Jan 14 - Coding Basics Workshop / Girl Scouts Badge by Poway HS SWENext
Jan 15 - She Can Code Hackathon (grade 5-8) by the Del Norte Girls in Computer Science Club
Jan 15 - Physics Workshop (for grades 5-8) at Carmel Valley Library by the All Girls STEM Society
Jan 28 - STEM Badge Workshop "Basics of Coding" (for grade 2-5) PHS
Feb 1 - EngineerGirl.org Writing Contest Deadline "Sustainable Solutions"
Feb 1 - Keep On Rollin' Fly Your Ride 2022 Engineering Contest Deadline (Grade 5 - 8) San Diego Air & Space Museum
Feb 5 - Envision Conference signup deadline for HS girls virtual event on Feb 26 & Mar 5 (hosted by SWE UCSD)
Feb 23 - DiscoverE Persist Series, 11 am PST
Feb 23 - STEM Influencer 101 Role Model Training for HS girls by the San Diego STEM Ecosystem Women in STEM Workgroup
Feb 26 - Engineering Day at the Mall, Chula Vista Center, Chula Vista
Feb 26 - Aerodynamics Workshop for grades 3-8, hosted by All Girls STEM Society (Mission Valley Public Library, 2 - 4:30pm)
Feb 26 - Introduce A Girl to Engineering Day, by Envirolution for MS girls (10 am - 11 am PST)
Feb 26 - SWENext SWEet Creation Challenge deadline for HS girls
Feb 26 & Mar 5 - Envision (for HS girls) by SWE UCSD (signup by Feb 5)
Mar 7 - K12 Egg Drop Competition signup deadline by SWE SD
Mar 15 - Women in STEM Forum by PHS SWENext
Mar 15 - EngineerGirl Ambassador application deadline for HS girls
Mar 19 - Physics Workshop for Grade 5-8 by All Girls STEM Society
Mar 31 - SWENext Annual (Community, Innovator) Awards deadline for HS girls
Apr 16 - Barrio Logan Science & Art Expo (Mercado Del Barrio)
Apr 24 - F.A.N.C.Y. Teen Girls Expo (Jackie Robinson YMCA)
Sept 10 deadline - Latinas who Engineer Scholarship
Sept 10 Application - Intro to AI (2 semester coding for HS)
Sept 21 - STEM Career w Data Scientist Brian (PHS G4-12)
Sept 22 - SWENext "Meet-up with Engineers" (SWE SD HS)
Sept 24 - STEAM Workshop (Westview Robotics G1-8)
Sept 24 - Girls in Aviation Day (WAI SD for K12)
Sept 28 - STEM Innovator w Debra Roy (Green Griffins G6-12)
Oct 5 - STEM Career w Civil Engineer Jason (PHS G4-12)
Oct 11 - International Day of the Girl @ Fleet Science center (G6-12)
Oct 17 - Intro to Qualcomm Engineering Careers (WESTEM G6-12)
Oct 18 - Intersections Business and STEM Qualcomm (WESTEM G6-12)
Oct 19 - STEM Career w Operation Engineer Candace (PHS G4-12)
Oct 22 - Latina Success Conference (Mana @ SDSU)
Oct 22 - INCOSE Fun Night of STEM (Escondido Children Discovery M)
Oct 29 - Girl Scout Robotics Badge Workshop (PHS K-12)
Nov 3 - STEAM Through College (GirlsInSteamOrg)
Nov 5 - Scratch Workshop (the Coder School, free, age 7-10)
Nov 20 Due-SWENext JensenHughes Fire Prevention Challenge (G6-12)
Nov 30 - Engineering in Space (G6-12 xSTEM All Access)
Dec 14 - Using Data Science to Solar Problems (G6-12xSTEM All Access)
Dec 17 - Radio Telemetry Workshop (G6-12 by SWE SD)
Looking for a few friends to explore the world of engineering with? Form an engineering club as an after school activity and enter an engineering challenge. Any San Diego student (or San Diego Club) that wins a regional / national / global engineering / technology contest will be recognized during the San Diego Engineers Awards Celebration. Tell us of your accomplishments here!
SWENext Club - K-12 students can join SWENext for free. Here are the San Diego Clubs.
SHPE Jr Club - Middle/High-school students can join SHPE Jr and/or form their own SHPE Jr Club
NSBE Jr Club - Middle/High-school students can become a member of NSBE Jr.
MathCounts Club - Middle-school student club and competitions through MathCounts.
Becoming a MATHCOUNTS Math Club CoachMESA (Math, Engineering, Science Achievement) School Programs (MSP) - SDSU K-12 initiatives
ASCE Civil Engineering Club - for High School Students
Athena Racing - for middle and high school female students
inteGIRLS San Diego - Math & STEM events for middle and high school female students
San Diego FIRST Robotics #FIRSTsd and FIRST Robotics California #FIRSTinCA