Showing posts with label stem. Show all posts
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Get ready for Shoreline STEM festival

Monday, April 22, 2019

It’s time to start getting ready for the Shoreline STEM Festival and Science Fair (STEM= Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math).

It will take place on June 1, 2019 at Shoreline Community College, with a K-12 student science fair, hands-on STEM fun, and robotics demonstrations!

All students who live in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park are invited to enter a science fair project, with three categories to choose from:

  • Science Investigation, 
  • Engineering Design and 
  • Invention and Computer Science Design and Invention.  

Science fair projects are a great way for kids to practice critical thinking and communication skills. Need help deciding on a project? You’ll find guidelines and links to resources on the website.

All entries require a project proposal with safety check, due by May 4, 2019. Thanks to support from generous sponsors, registration and entrance to the festival are all completely FREE, and all science fair participants receive a free festival t-shirt designed by a student! Free tri-folds are also available for all participants.

Details and a list of community sponsors can be found at the website, and you can email us at shorelinestemfestival@gmail.com.

Shoreline STEM is an all-volunteer 501(c3) nonprofit dedicated to supporting extended learning opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math for students in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park.

We need your help to make the 2019 festival happen. Check out the “How can I help?” page on our website for more information.

Shoreline Community College is located at 16101 Greenwood Ave N, Shoreline 98133.



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Robotics Students Advance for the 10th consecutive year to FIRST® World Championships in Houston April 17-20

Friday, April 12, 2019

CyberKnights


By Hannah Te, King's High School junior, member of CyberKnights

Exploring in a galaxy far, far away is the CyberKnights, from King’s High School in Seattle. We are a group of students on a robotics team that work cohesively together to build a unique competitive robot.

The organization that we are part of is called FIRST® Robotics -- For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. They provide opportunities for teams like us to build our dreams into reality. During this build season, we developed robots according to this year’s game specifications and theme: Destination: Deep Space, presented by the Boeing Company.

CyberKnights robot goes out to do battle


The Pacific Northwest District Championship consists of teams from Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. Out of 155 teams, only 64 teams qualified to compete at the District Championship. 

We placed 2nd as one of the highest scoring bots in our district. Robotics competitions run similarly to basketball tournaments: each team plays against each other, and whoever wins that set of matches proceeds. The statistics from our qualification match performance are pretty impressive with a record of 10-2.

We would like to thank Aumsville High School, McMinnville High School, and Newport High School for competing with us in our final rounds.

Finally, after all of these statistics and facts comes the best part: we qualified to go to the Houston FIRST World Championships for the 11th consecutive year!

For more information about CyberKnights on Instagram (@cyberknights), Twitter (@frcteam4911), and Facebook (@King’s High School FRC Robotics 4911)

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) was founded in 1989 to inspire young people's interest and participation in science and technology. Based in Manchester, NH, the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity designs accessible, innovative programs that motivate young people to pursue education and career opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math, while building self-confidence, knowledge, and life skills.

FIRST is More Than Robots. FIRST participation is proven to encourage students to pursue education and careers in STEM-related fields, inspire them to become leaders and innovators and enhance their 21st-century work-life skills.

Team cheer - getting ready for battle


About CyberKnights
The CyberKnights seek to inspire interest and passion for science and technology while preparing students to become industry leaders in tomorrow’s competitive global marketplace.

The King’s High School’s award-winning robotics program serves as an educational community within King’s Schools as well as FIRST Robotics.

The CyberKnights serve as the founding team of King’s Robotics, a group of FIRST Robotics Competition, FIRST Tech Challenge, FIRST Lego League, and FIRST Lego League Jr. teams. In its endeavor to successfully embody FIRST values and goals, the CyberKnights seek to create a team culture that sustains their community for years to come.

Inspection

From team recruitment, developing student leaders, maintaining a gender-equal team, serving as FIRST ambassadors in outreach, collaborating with each other in a student-led environment and asking corporations to support them as the next generation of leaders, the CyberKnights strive to be an organization of people impacting the world for FIRST.

Starting in 2009 in FIRST Tech Challenge with eight students, the CyberKnights have inspired over 10% of King’s Schools K-12 students to participate in FIRST programs. CyberKnights Alumni have gone on to pursue fields in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), and return to invest in the program as mentors for the current team. The team continues to develop its members in leadership, collaboration, and communication skills.

Mikel Thompson is Head Coach
Team 4911 CyberKnights
FIRST® Robotics Competition
King's High School, Seattle, WA

Photos courtesy CyberKnights




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Student artists - design a T-shirt for the 2019 Shoreline STEM Festival

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Student artists are invited to design the T-shirt for the 2019 Shoreline STEM Festival and Science Fair (STEM= Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), which will take place on June 1, 2019 at Shoreline Community College, with a K-12 student science fair, hands-on STEM fun, and robotics demonstrations!

All students who enter a science fair project will receive a free t-shirt with the selected design. Registration for the science fair and entrance to the festival are also all completely FREE.

Submit a scan or photo of drawings in black ink on standard 8 ½ x 11 inch white paper to shorelinestemfestival@gmail.com. Include your name, grade and school. 

Deadline for entries is Friday, April 19

The artist with the selected design will receive a free festival t-shirt and a $25 gift card from Amazon.com!

Details can be found HERE 

Shoreline STEM is an all-volunteer 501(c3) nonprofit dedicated to supporting extended learning opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math for students in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park. 

We need your help to make the 2019 festival happen. Check out the “How can I help?” page on our website for more information.



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Robotics teams show agility and strategy at Glacier Peak meet - will be in Auburn this weekend

Thursday, March 28, 2019

2015 competition
Photo by Wayne Pridemore


This past weekend the robotics teams from Shoreline School District competed at Glacier Peak High School against 36 other schools.

Both Team Pronto and Team ScotBot competed with honor and tenacity showing the STEM skills that had been garnered over the past build season. It was a tough battle and robots did break but were always repaired in time to compete again in another match.

ScotBots pillow topped designed scoring robot functioned well and could score point almost at will.  Team Pronto hatch installing robot worked well and scored points, also installing hatches, but the students decided to change up strategies three rounds into the event and make the robot into a defensive machine.

The defensive strategy paid off. Team Pronto could hold opposing robots from scoring and all around mess with opposing team's plans on scoring.

The fast paced defense and quick driving earned Team Pronto the admiration and fear of other teams so much so Team Pronto was asked to be in the final rounds with much higher ranked teams.

Team Pronto and its alliance teams battled hard and won the first round of the finals competition but then fell in the second round to the eventual overall competition winners.

Many thanks to all the Shoreline people who came to cheer on our students and our teams. This upcoming weekend both teams will be in action again at Auburn High School Saturday and Sunday. 

Our students look forward to not only competing but to also having a large cheering section so please come see our kids compete.

Auburn High School, 711 E Main St, Auburn 98002.



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Come watch Shoreline Schools robotics teams in competition

Thursday, March 21, 2019

A robotics competition at Shorecrest in 2017
It's that time of year when Shoreline School District's FRC Robotics Teams have competitions.

Team Pronto 3070 and Team ScotBot 7118 are about to embark on the robotics year with a competition this weekend at Glacier Peak High School in Snohomish County.

Both teams and all 40 students are excited to show off their hard work and STEM skills.

If you would like to come up and cheer on our kids your welcome to do so and best of all its free to watch.

Glacier Peak High School is located at 7401 144th Pl SE, Snohomish.

This is a family friendly event but limited food will be available for sale at the event so pack a lunch and drinks and come watch the fun.

If you can not make it this weekend next weekend both teams will be in action again in Auburn at Auburn High School 711 E Main St, Auburn.

Action at both events start on Saturday and Sunday at 8am and end Saturday at 7pm and Sunday at around 4pm. Come early to see the action and stay for the fun!

--Wes Proudlove and Veronica Cook, Head Mentors/Advisors



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Light Up Your Day - Create a Circuit Valentine - for ages 8 and older

Friday, January 25, 2019


Shoreline Library February 2019 
Children and Families



Light Up Your Day - Create a Circuit Valentine!
Friday, February 1, 10:30am-12pm
Presented by Witty Scientists.
Ages 8 and older.

Explore circuitry using paper, copper tape and LED lights! During this workshop you will become an artist, a scientist and an engineer. You will not only learn about electricity but also layout, color and other design elements that will help you make a beautiful and memorable light-up Valentine's Card!

Space is limited. Please register online or call the library beginning January 18. Accompanying adults do not need to register.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Shoreline Library.



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Op-Ed: Help students by volunteering in STEM and the Shoreline Fair

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Ray Koelling wears his Shoreline STEM Festival shirt proudly
By Ray Koelling

It was with disappointment, tempered by a bit of eternal hope that things would change, that I read of the possible shutting down of the Shoreline STEM Fair.

Ask anyone in any STEM profession; aeronautical engineer, research scientist, science or math teacher, surgeon, laboratory tech, salmon geneticist, chemist or 1,000 others I could list. 

It is rightfully accepted as near axiom by those in the profession or those in the know that in general, students cannot shun STEM in K-12 and suddenly think about it for college or a profession. It is then too late. There is too much competition in the 21st century from other students in grades K-12 who have already spent those years expanding and honing a curiosity, creativity, love of STEM.

From its inception, the fair that I started has had the support of legislators from the 32nd and 46th. Great STEM teachers at LFP, Kellogg and Shorecrest helped my son along on his way to an M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering and were supportive of the STEM fair. And volunteers were always there.

At the Eastern Washington Regional Science and Engineering Fair that I started two years ago, we have the support of 35 teachers from 20 schools, the Spokane School Board and even ESD101. Along with the invaluable volunteers. And it is growing.

The result here has been six high school students who have each won all-expenses paid, 6-day trips to the International STEM competition to compete against 1,800 students from 80 countries and regions. 

In addition, between our regional, state and international competitions we have seen our students receive tens of thousands of dollars in scholarships, cash awards from NASA, cash awards from hospitals and watched scores upon scores of kids head to college with bright, stable, lucrative STEM careers ahead of them.

That STEM wave is all around Shoreline. Don’t let many of the kids of Shoreline and Lake Forest Park be drowned out of their futures by that wave. At Bremerton where I am still on the Board of the State Science and Engineering Fair, each year we award over 1.5 million dollars in scholarships, cash, travel and other awards to 600 kids from all over the state. 

Shoreline and Lake Forest Park students need to get in there and be a part of it. Competing students are from Mountlake Terrace, Seattle, Renton, Kitsap and many districts, both larger and smaller than Shoreline and from all over the state.

Last May, when I took four Eastern Washington students to the Internationals, Dhruik Parilkh from Jackson High right there in Mill Creek took home $58,000 dollars for his project that was second place in the world.

I urge some of you to step up on September 17th and volunteer. (See previous article: Will there be a 2019 STEM Festival)

It is not that much time in the context of a life when you consider the help it would bring to students. 

This flailing, stumbling and increasingly toxic world needs a more STEM educated public and citizenry. 

We ourselves have done a poor job in taking care of our environment and world. Kids who are students right now will be the (hopefully) more informed public and citizenry in the future than we have been in the past. But they need to start now.

Help students by volunteering in STEM and the Shoreline Fair. Don’t ignore the students of STEM who are the future of society and our world simply for a lack of a short time commitment in the present.



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Will there be a 2019 Shoreline STEM Festival?

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Will there be a STEM festival for me?
Photo by Peter Tong
September 17th volunteer meeting will determine fate of festival 

For the past six years, children in Kindergarten through 12th grade have had the opportunity to explore Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) thanks to Shoreline STEM, a community-based, volunteer-driven nonprofit organization.

Now, as some of the organization’s long-time volunteer team is moving on to new activities, few volunteers have stepped in to take their places. 

Without volunteers, the Shoreline STEM Festival will close.

“Any all-volunteer effort rises and falls on the engagement and time of able volunteers,” explains outgoing president and co-founder Terry Stevens-Ayers. 
“The Shoreline STEM Festival is no exception. We have sponsors and a location. Shoreline Community College is partnering with us again to host the event on June 1, 2019. However, we’re short critical volunteers to help bring the event to life.”

Will the STEM festival sink or float?
 A new president will take the helm, and part of the committee is returning from last year.

What they really need are new hands-on volunteers who can organize and publicize festival activities, coordinate science fair registration, manage the t-shirt design contest and arts activities at the festival, oversee science fair judging and awards, and coordinate with the organization’s partners and social media.

“If we have a lot of volunteers, this event is easy to manage while working full-time,” says Stevens-Ayers. 
She should know, as she, along with most of the founding committee, works full-time. 
“We have great documentation to support each position, and there are plenty of people here who are ready to coach new volunteers through their first year.”

The event plays a critical role in introducing children to STEM topics and STEM careers. Research indicates that children are more likely to believe that STEM topics are interesting and available to them if they have a hands-on experience like this festival in their formative years.



With interactive exhibits from STEM professionals, a K-12 student science fair, and a huge robotics expo, the STEM festival exposes children and their families to an enormous array of possibilities. 

“This Festival is critical to sparking an interest in STEM careers in the next generation,” Stevens-Ayers explains. “But we can’t do it with just a handful of people. If we can’t find enough volunteers, the festival will likely be cancelled.”



The deadline is looming for the small non-profit organization. On Monday, September 17, they will host a kick-off planning meeting at 7:30pm at the Shoreline Library (345 NE 175th St, Shoreline 98155). If they don’t have enough volunteers show up, they will discuss shutting down the organization.

“If someone wants to volunteer but can’t make it on the 17th, they can reach out to me directly,” Stevens-Ayers added. “They can email me at president@shorelinestem.org, or check out our website for more information."



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STEM Scholars Academy summer sessions

Friday, June 8, 2018


Washington Alliance for Better Schools (WABS) is hosting the STEM Scholars Academy - a weeklong summer experience for students ages 10-12. The class will be hosted at Brier Terrace Middle School but is open to any interested student in the region.

Brier Terrace Middle School, 22200 Brier Rd, Brier WA 98036.



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Annual Shoreline STEM Festival & Science Fair

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Project: The bionic arm
Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) were the focus of the day at Shoreline Community College on Saturday, May 5, at the annual Shoreline STEM Festival and Science Fair.

With hands-on activities led by scientists, engineers, and enthusiasts, fair attendees had a great time learning about local research and careers in STEM.

From solar telescopes to microscopes, they observed our world in new ways and explored bridge building, stream bed reconstruction and wetlands biology, scientific illustration, solar energy, water quality, dental health, brain chemistry and so much more!

Team Pronto robotics
The robotics expo was hosted by the non-profit Shoreline Robotics Society and FRC Team 3070, our own Shoreline high schools’ Team Pronto.

A number of teams from the region joined in the fun, showing off their robots and giving young attendees a glimpse of the programs offered in the Shoreline School District in Robotics.

The Shorecrest Technology Student Association was also on hand, sharing their award-winning projects and raising funds to take their team to Nationals in Atlanta.

Students shared their own research at the science fair, earning a free t-shirt featuring a winning design by Shorecrest student Torin Coffee.

Students who exhibited at the festival
were given a t-shirt
The following students won awards for their science fair projects:

Science Investigation

Kalen White and Carter Frisk - Highland Terrace
Alexa Graeff and Emily Shen - Meridian Park
Geneva Peterson- Highland Terrace
Koa Hensel - Syre
Alexandria Gilchrist - Syre
Aniah Haupt and Sadie LaComa - Ridgecrest
Vehd Reddy - The Evergreen School
Sarah Li - Meridian Park
Edward Hensel - Syre
Eli Barr - Ridgecrest

Exhibit: Color and Vision
Computer Science and Engineering

Greta Robinson - KapKa Cooperative School
Laith Rabaa - Brookside
Linnea Claar - Lake Forest Park
Daven White and Yoon Chung - Highland Terrace
Lauren Atherton - Briarcrest
Silas Coffee - Brookside
Brody Schmid and Elayna Rogers - Highland Terrace
Marlo Pugliese Ridgecrest

Highland Terrace Elementary and Meridian Elementary received the award of School of STEM Excellence for having the greatest number of student science fair projects.

Photos from the festival can be found here

School board members Dick Potter,
President David Wilson, Heather Fralick
Shoreline STEM, the all-volunteer, community-driven, non-profit organization that hosts the festival, would like to offer special thanks to the Shoreline School District, our many generous sponsors, student participants and their parents and teachers, STEM career exhibitors, and our amazing volunteers from Shorewood Science Olympiad, Team Pronto and Shoreline Robotics Society, and the community at large.

A complete list of sponsors and exhibitors can be found on our website.

A solar oven made of cardboard

Shoreline Community College helps us host the festival each year because they support a STEM pipeline that stretches from young students to professionals. The College is a leader in providing expansive opportunities in STEM education.

Stay informed about fun STEM opportunities year-round by liking their page on Facebook or following them on Twitter.

The 2019 festival is already underway. New 2018-2019 board members were elected at a June 5th meeting who began to discuss next year’s festival.

Several board positions will be open and community volunteers are needed! For more information, contact Shoreline STEM through the website or at shorelinestemfestival@gmail.com.

--Photos by Kristina Lau



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Shorecrest students receive awards at BioExpo 2018

Friday, May 25, 2018

Shorecrest students from Honors Biology
participated in NWABR Student Bio Expo


The 18th Annual NWABR Student Bio Expo was held on Friday May 18, 2018 at Shoreline Community College. NWABR's Student Bio Expo is a yearlong program that provides a platform for students to learn about and showcase their knowledge of biotechnology, biomedicine and bioethics. 

There were 324 students participating from 22 Washington State schools with 110 science mentors and 65 Judges.

There are 14 Expo Categories: Art, Career Pathways, Creative Writing, Drama/Dance, Indigenous Science, Journalism, Lab Research, Molecular Modeling, Multimedia, Music, SeaVuria, SMART team (3D-printing), Teaching and Website.

This approach reflects the Next Generation Science Standards, based in Personalized Student Learning (students choosing a topic of their own choice) and linked to deep science content plus rigorous technical reading and writing.

The following students from David Svrcek’s and Jessica Raman’s Honors Biology classes at Shorecrest High School researched a molecular level biotechnological / biomedical subject and represented the information through a creative project.

They were judged on their ability to communicate the science concepts through interviews, research papers, and their projects.

David Kaiser and Isaac Smith performed in the music category at the event to a standing ovation.

Awards:
  • Simone Rogers: Honorable Mention – Art: Down Syndrome
  • Megan Rudberg – 2nd place - Creative Writing: Beta-Thalassemia: Base Editing on the HBB Gene
  • Esther Ziliak – Honorable Mention - Creative Writing: Multiple Sclerosis
  • Rebeca Semere – 2nd place – Drama and Dance: Story on Agoraphobia
  • Piper Murray – 3rd place - Drama and Dance: The Dangers of Melanoma
  • Jessica Perez – Honorable Mention – Molecular Modeling: Myasthenia Gravis
  • ​David Kaiser – 1st place – Music: Absent Minded Melody: Dementia Prevention
  • Isaac Smith – 2nd place – Music: Burning Flame
  • Finch Brown – Honorable Mention – Music: Testosterone
  • Dahlia McAllister – 2nd place – Website: Stopping Global Warming Through Salt Water Agriculture By Creating A Permaculture Farm of the Future
  • Eve Steiner – Honorable Mention: Website: Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome


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Shoreline Schools awarded $55K grant for Computer Science Education

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Lake Forest Park Elementary students participate in Hour of Code.
Photo courtesy Shoreline Schools

The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) recently announced that Shoreline Public Schools was selected to receive a $55,438 grant to support K-12 computer science education across the district.

Shoreline is one of 26 districts selected as part of a competitive grant process for a share of $1 million in grant funding provided by the Washington State Legislature to improve access to computer science programs, particularly for groups of students who have historically been underrepresented in computer science programs and careers.

Shoreline will use the funds to support developing an equitable computer science pathway to increase student access to computer science instruction and programs. The project will align with and quickly expand the computer science education being provided at the K-6 grade levels.

An additional 75 elementary teachers will be provided with training in computer coding through Code.org and another 15 teachers participating in advanced level computer science training. It will also allow the district to expand their Technology Learning Cohort, which provides comprehensive technology and computer science training to cohorts of 3-6 grade teachers throughout the year.

The grant will support the development of a computer science leadership team at each middle school. A team of eight teachers at each middle school will be provided additional training, curriculum, software and hardware to support all students having access to computer science.

“This will allow us to build upon the great work that has been occurring around computer science education in Shoreline Schools,” said Dan Gallagher, director of career and technical education. 
“Our goal is to develop a concrete vision and pathway for all students to access and excel in computer science from kindergarten through their senior year.”

The grant will help expand the current number Shoreline students currently served with computer science education from 1,615 to 3,690, with a focus on equitable access and support for all students.

“It’s critical that we have a central focus on equitable access in the development of our computer science pathway, not just an afterthought,” added Gallagher.



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Shorewood student accepted into Washington Aerospace Scholars summer residency at Museum of Flight

Friday, May 11, 2018

David Antush
Shorewood junior
Washington Aerospace Scholars Program provides opportunities for Washington state high school students to explore STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) topics. 

WAS is designed to connect high school juniors with educational and career opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through independent learning, hands-on interaction, professional guidance, and site-based tours.

Washington Aerospace Scholars (WAS) is pleased to announce that among the talented juniors from across the state whose academic performance on the WAS Phase One curriculum qualified them for Phase Two, the WAS Summer Residency, is:

David Antush – Shorewood High School

In December 2017, Antush was among the 200 who began competing for a spot in one of the WAS Summer Residency sessions by completing ten NASA and University of Washington designed lessons, Phase One of the WAS program. Students were able to register to earn five UW credits based on successful completion of the curriculum.

Phase Two is a six-day experience that will be held at The Museum of Flight in Seattle during three sessions throughout June and July.

In each session, four student teams cooperate to plan a human mission to Mars with support from professional engineers/ scientists, university students, and certificated educators. Additionally, participants receive briefings from aerospace professionals, tour engineering facilities, and compete in hands-on engineering challenges.

Student and teacher applications for the 2018-19 program year will be available starting August 2018 HERE. Participants must be high school juniors and residents of Washington, Oregon or Montana.



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King's student signs STEM Letter of Intent

Saturday, May 5, 2018

Madeleine Schwitters
Just like signing days for athletes, the inaugural Washington State Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Signing Day on Monday, April 23 celebrated high school seniors from across the state as they made their commitments to some of the state and country’s top technical schools, colleges, and universities.

These students will be applying their talents in pursuit of careers in STEM fields and putting themselves on the fast track for success.

Students signed STEM Letters of Intent at the Museum of Flight in Seattle during a ceremony attended by elected officials and business and community leaders.

Forty-nine students, one from each legislative district across the state, were selected to take part in the event.

The students were recruited by Washington independent nonprofit Washington STEM and applied through STEM education resource STEM Premier.

Madeleine Schwitters is a senior at King’s Schools. Madeline plans to study cinematic engineering or mechanical engineering and computer science at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Madeleine represents LD 32.



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Shoreline STEM Festival and Science Fair this Saturday

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

A room full of science exhibits
like Sink or Float
Photo by Greg Ayers
The Shoreline STEM Festival and Science Fair takes place this Saturday, May 5, from 10am to 1pm at Shoreline Community College, and all are invited! Free parking and admission. 16101 Greenwood Ave N, 98133.

Hosted by Shoreline STEM, a community-driven, all-volunteer non-profit, the event features diverse opportunities for learning about science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) that extend beyond the classroom.

A lot of hands-on activities
Photo by Greg Ayers

Bring the whole family for hands on exploration of everything from neuroscience, marine mammals and wetlands ecology to bridge building, solar science and biotechnology.

The arts are represented as well, with exhibits on the science of colors and a chance to draw alongside scientific illustrators.

A wide variety of professional STEM organizations will be there, giving the community a chance to meet them and ask about their work and careers.

Try your hand at science trivia with the Shorewood High School Science Club and investigate the Makerspace phenomenon with MakerLab NW and SoundBio Lab.

Of course there will be robot battles
Photo by Greg Ayers

Chat with K-12 students about their science fair projects and grab a slice of pizza to support transportations costs to nationals for the Shorecrest Technology Student Association team. The newly formed Shoreline Robotics Society and Team Pronto will again host a robotics extravaganza that you won’t want to miss.

Thanks to the support of generous sponsors and Shoreline Community College, admission and parking are absolutely free. People of all ages will find something to enjoy, and kids and teens can visualize a potential future in STEM.

More information and a complete list of exhibitors and sponsors can be found HERE



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Elementary STEM day on Saturday

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

The Shorecrest High School Technology Student Association (TSA) will be hosting an Elementary STEM Day on Saturday, April 28 at Shorecrest High School, 15343 25th Ave. NE. There will be two sessions that students in grades 1-6 will have the opportunity to attend, from 9am-12pm or 1-4pm.

The registration fee is $25 for either session. The STEM activities will include robot races, building newspaper bridges, building and flying airplanes, tower building, coding and more!

All funds raised will help support the Shorecrest TSA activities and competitions. If you have any questions, email TSA advisor Kari Potter.



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Shoreline STEM Festival & Science Fair May 5 at Shoreline Community College

Saturday, April 14, 2018

Sophie Knudson n front of the UNFAO
(UN Food and Agricultural Organization) in Rome, Italy.

By Ray Koelling

The next Shoreline STEM Festival and Science Fair will be held at Shoreline Community College on May 5, 2018 and although living now in Spokane, I am writing to offer my continued support for this critical educational event for students.

Here is a small sampling of some former Shoreline students who parlayed their interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) into great career pathways.

Adam Officer
Adam Officer. Graduated Shorecrest in 2010 and received his undergraduate degree in Chemistry from the University of Washington. He has been working on the East Coast generating a large-scale database of how protein levels in cancer cells respond to drug treatments to better inform on treatment options. FACT: Since 2000, there has been a 28% growth in STEM jobs and a 6% growth in non-STEM jobs (2016 US News/Raytheon STEM index).

Sophie Knudson. Another Shoreline district alum, she graduated Shorecrest in 2014. Currently studying Medical Anthropology and Global Health at the UW Honors Program, she has been able to travel the world studying global health and trying to help the marginalized and oppressed. FACT: Non-STEM fields increasingly require STEM skills, (US News, 2015).

Ken Koelling. Graduating from Shorecrest in 2010 with Adam, Ken got his undergraduate degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2014. A Master’s degree in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering followed in 2017 from the University of Washington in Seattle. Currently, he is a Systems Engineer II at Raytheon in Tucson in the Missile Defense Division. FACT: STEM occupations average $87,500 annual wages nationally while non-STEM occupations average $45,700, (Bureau of Labor, 2017)

Vivian Lin. You may remember her from a large poster I had at the first Shoreline Science Fairs. With pictures showing her at LFP and Kellogg with the Reptile Man and the Math Olympiad. Also, a Shorecrest science club field trip with Vince Santo Pietro to the Kennedy Space Center. Graduating Shorecrest in 2005, she got her PhD in Biochemistry from UC Berkeley. After a recent 2-year post-doc in environmental chemistry in Switzerland, she currently works right back here in Washington at PNNL in Richland. FACT: US K-12 students in STEM academics achievement still lags their peers in many other countries, (Pew Research Center, 2017)

Ray Koelling at the Eastern Washington Regional Science and
Engineering Fair - wearing his Shoreline STEM shirt!

Ray Koelling. I did not attend Shoreline (Cleveland High Dutchman, St. Louis, 1969) but was involved in Shoreline STEM for many years before semi-retiring to Spokane. What I hope to make Shoreline students and teachers aware of is the awesome opportunity for kids doing science fair research projects. FACT: The NGSS report from the government and many leading STEM companies advocate for research project-based learning.

Our two-year old Eastern Washington Regional Science and Engineering Fair in Spokane is for all grades 6-12 in six Eastern Washington counties. Between our Eastern Washington Fair and the State Fair in Bremerton, kids have won numerous awards up to and including scholarships of $80,000 and all-expense paid trips to the International competition to meet and compete against 1,700 kids from 70 countries around the world. Shoreline kids should have that kind of opportunity!

Whether participating or just curious, the next Shoreline STEM Festival and Science Fair is a must-see event for teachers, parents and especially the students. Good luck!



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Shoreline STEM Festival and Science Fair May 5 - volunteer opportunities

Friday, March 2, 2018


It’s time to start getting ready for the Shoreline STEM Festival and Science Fair (STEM= Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), which will take place on May 5, 2018 at Shoreline Community College, with a K-12 student science fair, hands-on STEM fun, and robotics demonstrations!

All students who live in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park are invited to enter a science fair project, with three categories to choose from: Science Investigation, Engineering Design and Invention and Computer Science Design and Invention.

Science fair projects are a great way for kids to practice critical thinking and communication skills. Need help deciding on a project? You’ll find guidelines and links to resources on the website.

All entries require a project proposal with safety check, due by April 6. 

Thanks to support from our generous sponsors, registration and entrance to the festival are all completely FREE, and all science fair participants receive a free festival t-shirt designed by a student! Free tri-folds are also available for all participants.

Details and a list of our community sponsors can be found here, and you can email for more information.

Shoreline STEM is an all-volunteer 501(c3) nonprofit dedicated to supporting extended learning opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math for students in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park. 

We need your help to make the 2018 festival happen. Check out the “How can I help?” page on the website for more information.



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Museum accepting applications for 2017-2018 High School STEM Residency Programs

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Western Aerospace Scholars watch with anticipation as one of their model rockets is about to be launched.
Photo courtesy Museum of Flight.


The Western Aerospace Scholars program is a distance-learning and summer residency program for Montana, Oregon and Washington state high school juniors. The STEM-based program focuses on space exploration, and has online components and residencies allowing students to learn from industry professionals, NASA scientists, university students and STEM educators.

The deadline for high school students to apply for one of the Museum's premiere residency education programs is November 3.

The top performing Washington scholars will be invited to participate in a six-day Summer Residency at the Museum in summer 2018, while Oregon and Montana scholars will attend residencies in those states during summer 2018. Both programs are part of the Museum's Boeing Academy for STEM Learning. Complete information is online, or contact was@museumofflight.org

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KIM Seattle: where 5th graders can dissect pig hearts

Friday, July 28, 2017

Trevor and Sgian in the Pig Heart Dissection module
Photo by Melissa Crawford

Program that keeps kids’ attention
By Angelique Phillips

Expose. Hook. Mentor.

This is the mission of Kids in Medicine and Science, a program that provides students with both science education and laboratory experience.

Kids in Medicine and Science, more commonly known as KIMSeattle, is a nonprofit program for students ranging all the way from kindergarten to 12th grade.

KIMSeattle’s Founder and Executive Director, Joanie Block, talked about how she was a part of another medical education and training nonprofit before KIMSeattle. Her child’s teacher at Brookside Elementary in Shoreline invited her to do presentations that aligned with their health and community learning units.

As she was designing the facility she noticed how interested her son was with the equipment.

“He was just really inspired just by being there and so I had the idea to bring kids into the facility and teach them on the same platform that we were designing for physicians, which was essentially small, lots of hands on type work” said Joanie.

According to administrators, KIMSeattle’s goal is to get students interested in science at a young age, and keep them interested throughout their educational journey.

KIMSeattle offers several different programs; their sessions being held either through outreach by the program, meaning they go to the school requesting the session, or at Shoreline Community College.

Shoreline Community College partners with the KIMSeattle program by providing a space for the teachers of the program to teach the students involved. SCC allows KIMSeattle to bring students to utilize one of their science laboratories while partaking in activities such as a full pig heart dissection.
Photo by Angelique Phillips

This partnership with the college gives students the opportunity to work within a laboratory, completing things such as a full pig heart dissection.

“Every program needs to be authentic -- real instruments, tissue, lab supplies or whatever it is,” said Joanie Block.

Shoreline Community College isn’t the program’s only tie to the Shoreline area.

Joanie’s a Shoreline parent herself and has recruited current and retired Shoreline Schools teachers for the program. Current district teachers Matt Alford and Denise Peters volunteer as their schedules permit. Retired district teachers and principals volunteering with the program include Kaydee McGillvray, Paul Lesh, Lori Longo, and Joan Lesh - who was the teacher that originally invited Joanie to make presentations in her classroom.

KIMSeattle intern Lauren Hanna talked about the relationship KIMSeattle has with the Shoreline community, and how just Einstein, Kellogg, and Shorecrest High School have all participated in the program.

The program tries to spread itself between elementary, middle and high school students, but in an effort to raise money, KIMSeattle scaled back its teaching this past school year.

“Many schools are long-term customers, but increasing demand outweighs our capacity. This results in our having to turn down 50 percent of requests for programs each year,” said Lauren.

In order to combat this lack of funding, KIMSeattle has plans to create versions of their program suitable for distribution. This distribution will not only expand the program’s reach, but also potentially generate revenue.

Stillwater 5th graders in the class portion
of the Heart Module program
Photo by Melissa Crawford


It is efforts like these that will allow more students to have an experience like Cody, a 5th grade student at Stillwater Elementary.

Cody and his classmates in Stillwater Elementary 5th grade classes participated in KIMSeattle’s program called The Heart Module. In this module, students are given the opportunity to perform a pig heart dissection and are taught about things like heart disease and the ways the blood flows through the heart.

In Cody’s post-lab report he talks about the pig heart he and his classmates were able to both look at and cut into. “There’s a lot of blood in the human body. Pretty cool,” he wrote in his report.

KIMSeattle strives to meet every student where they’re at, whether it’s teaching elementary students like Cody, Trevor, and their 5th grade classmates, or students just about to enter into college.

“What we found in our outcome data following a heart module, which was initially surprising, was kids reported that they wanted to exercise, eat healthy and learn more about their bodies,” said Joanie.

The program wants kids to walk away wanting to take better care of themselves, and through things like donations and people stepping up to volunteer with the program, KIMSeattle can continue to teach the next generation.



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