GA STEM DAY 2021

GA STEM DAY 2021

WHAT IS STEM DAY ?

Since 2013, the Technology Association of Georgia – Education Collaborative (TAG-Ed) has been leading a statewide campaign to encourage schools and classrooms to host STEM/STEAM programming on the first Friday in May. No matter the date, or if it’s one hour, one day, or a whole week of STEM activities, the point is to make a focused celebration on STEM.

This year we are celebrating a Virtual STEM Day, and it can have all the stem activities and more!

Here is somethings you can do with your friends and families-

CAREER CONVERSATIONS-

Check out some pre recorded career conversations with tech Gurus

• Retired NASA Astronaut – Dr. Cady Coleman

• Marine conservation biologist – Dr. Christine Figgener

• Director of Science, Plastic Oceans International, and PhD Candidate – Charlie Rolsky

You can also have your child pick a career and do their own research on it!

Some pointers or questions they can start with could be-

• Find 1 or 2 role models in this field

• why did you pick them

• How will this career impact your community

• What is the expected salary for this career ( cause perks are good motivator ;p)

• what do you need to learn to get there.

We would love to see what your child comes up with so don't forget to share it with us.

CODE-

Free coding activities you can do with your child-

• Hour of Code

• Girls Who Code – Code At Home

• Hack Club Workshops

ENGINNERING DESIGN-

Learn about the Engineering design process

Follow the Engineering design process to solve these engineering design challenges-

• Grand Challenges of Engineering

• Grand Challenges of Social Work

• Pick one of the UN Sustainable goals

VIRTUAL MUSEUM TOURS-

• Smithsonian Air & Space Virtual Tour.

• Smithsonian Natural History Virtual Tour

SCIENCE APPS-

• INATURALIST - An app that connects you to nature- identify plants, animals and critters in your neighborhood

• STALLCATCHERS - Help University of Cornell scientists fight Alzheimer's by catching stalls

• FOLDIT - Help scientists collect data by solving puzzles and learn about topics like electron density, protein binders, and symmetric design and more!