Prime time STEAM time

4th Annual STEAM Extravaganza coming to UCC The 2020 STEAM Extravaganza at Umpqua Community College is scheduled for May 16 and will once again feature a variety of fun, hands-on activities for the whole family. The Umpqua Valley STEAM Hub invites the community to explore and play during the FREE

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Intergalactic career exploration

Intergalactic career exploration Lincoln Middle School students explore the space abyss Houston Oakland had a problem, and solved it. From their classroom in Lincoln Middle School, science students explored and studied one of the biggest mysteries in the galaxy: black holes.  Nicholas Krissie’s eighth-grade science class worked with

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Sharing skills, inspiration

Sharing skills, inspiration RHS students teach youngsters about robotics Students hovered around their group tables, hunched over bins full of tiny wheels, plastic connectors, switches, levers and dozens of other bits and pieces. The Fullerton IV fourth-graders excitedly shared their ideas on how to put all the pieces

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‘Check out’ STEAM learning

‘Check out’ STEAM learning Libraries join efforts to encourage STEAM thinking Youth were recently invited to “light up a turkey’s eyes” using copper tape, LED lights and batteries at the Riddle City Library. In Sutherlin, at the C. Giles Hunt Memorial Public Library, robot building blocks have appeared

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