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STEM Workshops for 6th Grade Girls

The livestream for Miss America, Camille Schrier, is postponed. We will post a date as soon as we reschedule.

The Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center hosts the annual STEM workshops for over 700 sixth-grade girls and their teachers from the counties of Washington, Smyth and Russell, and the City of Bristol. The purpose of the STEM workshops is to introduce sixth-graders to careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through hands-on workshops led by female chemists, engineers, doctors, programmers, and other professionals from regional industries and colleges. These professionals emphasize the link between their education and the important jobs they perform today. They encourage the students to enroll in core STEM classes while they are in middle and high school.

The STEM workshops are a partnership between the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, CGI, Eastman Chemical Company, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, Inc., Thompson & Litton, Food City, and other regional firms. Joining them are faculty from partnering academic institutions, including Emory & Henry College, Radford University, the University of Virginia, VCU’s Department of Nurse Anesthesia, Virginia Highlands Community College, and Virginia Tech.

STEM 2020 Virtual Event

Welcome from the Executive Director of the SW VA Higher Education Center, David Matlock

Behind the Scenes with Virginia Tech NinjaTron

Tie-Dye Your Own Mask with General Dynamics

Session Material – Chromatography Tie-Dying Simplified Instructions
Chromatography Tie-Dying General Dynamics Workshop PowerPoint

What is a Nurse Anesthetist with VCU?

Secret Messages with Sonia Vanhook

Secret Messages Video

Session Material – Activity Guide

Cooking Up Science Video 101 – The Science of Food with Miss America Camille Schrier

Cooking Up Science Video 102 – The Science of All Things Ooey and Gooey with Miss America Camille Schrier

Cooking Up Science Video 103 – The Science Behind All of Your Fizzy Fun with Miss America Camille Schrier

Cooking Up Science Video 104 – The Science of Polymers with Miss America Camille Schrier

Cooking Up Science Video 105 – The Science of Concentration with Miss America Camille Schrier

Cooking Up Science Video 106 – The Science of Catalysts (Elephant’s Toothpaste) with Miss America Camille Schrier