Tuesday, July 15th
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Magnificent Minerals
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USAFA
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Stacey Lazzelle, USAFA STEM Coordinator
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We will explore some of the common and not so common uses of minerals including paints, seashells, and toothpaste.
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Get Hands-on With Sphero
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Sphero Robotics
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Layne Rainey, Senior Education Partnerships Manager
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Build a quick model and explore how it can make an engineering concept like gear ratios come to life for elementary and middle school students. Blueprint allows for easy to assemble rapid prototyping due to the practical size and visual and technical simplicity.
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K-2: States of Matter with Dry Ice
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Cool Science
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Marc Straub, Executive Director
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Teachers will dig in to investigate states of Matter (solids, liquids and gasses) and their various phase changes. This will be followed by a hands-on lab exploring a new phase change, sublimation, using dry ice in several fun and exciting ways.
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3-6: Rocket Chemistry
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Cool Science
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Marc Straub, Executive Director
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Participants will use simple chemical reactions and/or electrolysis to generate hydrogen and oxygen gasses to fill a small pipette rocket. We'll use a high voltage spark to ignite and launch the rockets and measure the flight distance, then repeat varying the gas ratio to go for maximum distance.
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3D Printing in the Classroom
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Challenger Colorado
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Kendra Thompson and Jerard Carney, Engineering Educators
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Discover how 3D printing can transform your teaching and classroom organization. In this hands-on professional development session, educators will learn practical strategies to integrate 3D printing into any subject area. From designing engaging projects to managing printers, you’ll gain the skills and confidence to bring your ideas to life and inspire creativity, problem-solving, and real-world learning in your classroom.
Wednesday, July 16th
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K-2: Digital Programs in the Classroom
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Challenger Colorado
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Leni Schlieper, Director of Digital Programs
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Launching from K-2 students' recent acquisition of Earth and Space standard concepts, students are immersed in a cross-curricular experience which includes a digital program that will challenge students to flex their brains to demonstrate and explain what they know.
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3-6: Using E-Missions to Bring Math (&Essential Skills) to Life
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Challenger Colorado
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Leni Schlieper, Director of Digital Programs
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Build confidence and fluency in math with our dynamic e-missions. Using space science as the hook, students become mission specialists helping to solve real-world problems and discovering that numbers aren’t just worksheets—they’re the key to solving problem, designing inventions, and exploring new worlds.
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Using SCAMPER to Teach STEM
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Roxborough Schools
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Chantel Estes - 3-6 Engineering Teacher, Jen Jensen, K-6 Innovation Lab, Douglas County Schools
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Come join two Douglas County STEM teachers to learn how they integrate the SCAMPER technique into their curriculum. This technique is a way for students to creatively problem solve using the acronym SCAMPER which stands for: Substitute, Combine, Adapt, Modify, Put to other uses, Eliminate, and Rearrange. The process allows students to overcome obstacles and to become flexible in their thinking. Come ready to share ideas and to build examples to take back to your classrooms!
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Bringing Water & Energy Science into the Classroom
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Colorado Springs Utilities
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Admar Susic, Public Affairs Specialist; Alyssa Naples, Education Contractor
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Discover what it takes to power the city and provide water to over half a million people with Colorado Springs Utilities; come away with engaging water and energy classroom activities to include:
• Snow water content
• water and food connection
• plant adaptations
• fire and flooding
• cathodic protection of metal pipes
• natural gas safety
• electric circuits
• energy planning
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Can the Outdoors Really Increase Student Engagement and Success?
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife
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Tracy Predmore - SE Region Education Coord., Heather Hubbard - Statewide Education Coord., Kellina Gillbreth - Education Content Specialist
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With time limited in the day, it can be hard to justify taking our students outside for learning opportunities. Join Colorado Parks and Wildlife to learn how outdoor learning can enhance students experiences with STEM. During our time together we will explore: 1) the impacts of nature based learning, 2) strategies to increase student observation and questioning skills, and 3) activity ideas that get students using STEM in real-world situations outside of the classroom. With an optional field trip on Thursday to Cheyenne Mountain State Park, there will be plenty of time to practice new ideas you want to bring back to your classroom!
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Creating Immersive Escape Room Experiences for Students - Elementary Escapes
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Elementary Escapes
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Julie Leach, Brittany Graham, and Jennafer Haughelstine
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Are you always hunting for ways to make learning hands-on, engaging, and educational for your students? Look no further than an immersive escape room, that is set to revolutionize the way kids learn and have fun! Elementary Escapes offers immersive experiences are not only entertaining but also tailored to meet academic standards, making learning a fun adventure for young minds. Creating these rooms can seem very intimidating, but this session will help make this accessible to all teachers as you learn the steps behind building your own escape room. From creating puzzles, bringing in academic and STEM ties, and decorating and theming to create an immersive environment, you will leave this session with the knowledge of how to build your own escape room for your students!
Thursday, July 17th - 8:30a - 12:00p
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ProRodeo Hall of Fame
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Space Foundation Discovery Center
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Cheyenne Mountain State Park
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Operation Comet Mission
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Rodeo is an American legend in action – a spectator sport attended by more people than nearly any other American sports competition. Combining the history with the amazing science and physics of the sport, teachers experience the excitement of rodeo.
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Designed for K–12 students, our programs use the excitement of space to integrate science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) across content areas—preparing students to become the workforce of tomorrow.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife provides numerous teacher workshops and programs that can be implemented in the classrooms. In addition, there are wildlife curriculums, classroom supplies, games, activities, grants and field trips available!
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Experience Challenger's simulated mission and its multicurricular, essential-skills packed lessons and student experience, learning about how you can bring "the best field trip ever" to your students in grades 5 - 9.
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Thursday, July 17th 1:30p - 4:00p
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MORE Onshape for the Classroom
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Challenger Colorado
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Kendra Thompson and Jerard Carney
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This optional 1:30p - 4:00p session will take Tuesday's content and show teachers how to dig deeper into the OnShape software and its capabilities for transforming lessons and classroom management.
