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STEM CAFÉS
WSSN designs, hosts and presents, or hosts with a presenting partner, to deliver professional learning opportunities for teachers. Featuring STEM topics and activities, the STEM Cafés engage teachers in activities designed to deepen or broaden their knowledge in a STEM-related area of study and provide activities and resources for use in their classrooms.
Some Recent Examples...
​Wind Energy, with Siemens
NASA Stars & Galaxies (2 sessions)
Building Bridges, with Rice Fergus Miller
Astronomy STEM Café
Biomedical career exploration, with Project Lead The Way
Wildfires, with Pacific Education Institute
Electrical Engineering (2 sessions), with PSNS and NUWC Keyport
Cybersecurity career exploration, with Olympic College and WWU Poulsbo
Reach for the Stars, with NASA
Occupational Analysis 101 (3 sessions)
Cryptography Workshop, with WWU Poulsbo Cybersecurity faculty (4 sessions)
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, with Kaiser Permanente
NASA 101
Ocean Sciences Engineering, with the USS Turner Joy and PSNS
NEAR Science, with Kitsap Strong
NASA Down To Earth
STEM Education Training, with the United States Navy
Mars Engineering Challenge, with Pacific Science Center
Mechanical & Electrical Engineering
Maker Space Workshop, with OSPI
Catch a Phish, Cybersecurity, with WWU Poulsbo
Tech XPO & Coding, with Timberland Regional Library
NASA’s Eye on Earth Climate Science
With Olympic College:
Healthcare Pathways
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Advanced Manufacturing
Build A Bridge – STEM Café at Rice Fergus Miller
Turner Joy STEM Café