National Science Foundation Reports
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Outstanding Youth Recognized
Congratulations to CSO Lauren for the top honor in Phoenix, Arizona!
Earth Day 2022
By Fritz Smith Earth Day is an annual international event every April 22nd. Earth Day began in 1970 and is all about environmental protection, learning more about the environmental issues facing our planet, and honoring the Earth. The first part, environmental protections, are government policies and regulations designed to safeguard the current, natural state […]
Spring STEAM Festival
Canyon Ridge of Dysart Elementary School District in Surprise, Arizona hosted a Spring STEAM Festival on their K-8 campus that included a variety of collaborators from around the community of Arizona including SciTech Institute, Maricopa Flood Control District, and APS. The passion and excitement for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math was evident in each […]
Earth’s Water: Where Did It All Come From?
The Earth’s oceans and lakes are vast, our planet’s surface is 71% water. Other celestial bodies in our solar system have water as well such as the planets Neptune and Uranus. Then there are the famous ice moons Enceladus and Europa. Our planet is special because we orbit the Sun in the Solar System’s Habitable […]
Huzzah – Sir Babendure!
“A ceremony involves the ceremonial dubbing of the knight by The Queen, and the presentation of insignia.”
Natural Ecosystems and STEM Ecosystems
What Makes Them Similar? By Fritz Smith At SciTech Institute we use the term “ecosystem” a lot, but what is an ecosystem and why is it used in the STEM education world so often? This article will explain some key features of a natural ecosystem and compare them to the STEM ecosystem. In short, we […]
We Must Be In The Future
It seems that we might see a race for commercializing flying vehicles in the coming decades.
August – THE STEM CONNECTOR
The August issue of the SciTech Institute Newsletter – THE STEM CONNECTOR is now available! Let us know how you would like to get connected.
Can Computers See?
Artificial Intelligence Spots Wildfires Faster Than Humans. By Fritz Smith In an interesting new setup of cameras and algorithms, computers now have the ability to spot wildfires much quicker than humans! That is, only if their observational camera towers are facing in the right direction and their software has been adequately trained. There is a […]
