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You’re invited to join us Tuesday August 12th through Thursday August 14th for the 2025 STEM Summit at the Wenatchee Convention Center! The STEM Summit provides professional learning opportunities for teachers and educational staff members in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics taught by experts and specialists in their fields.

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Engineering for All
Thursday August 14, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
In this session, participants will explore elementary engineering activities designed to make engineering accessible to all students. Participants will be challenged to design a hand pollinator to move pollen from one flower to another. Participants will first learn about declining populations of bees and the cascading impacts of this problem in a societal context. They will then make connections between the features of natural pollinators and the properties of various materials, using this knowledge to engineer their own pollinators for pumpkin flowers. After experiencing the activities, participants will reflect on how they engaged in engineering practices, such as applying science knowledge to problem solving. They will also examine the curricular resources with a focus on the embedded asset-based pedagogies. Participants will compare how the design principles in this unit manifest in other grade levels, from preschool to middle school.
Presenters
avatar for Chantal Balesdent, Ph.D.

Chantal Balesdent, Ph.D.

Director, Operations Strategy & Program Management, Youth Engineering Solutions (Museum of Science, Boston)
I do a bit of everything (curriculum development, professional learning, website management) for Youth Engineering Solutions. We offer free engineering and computer science curricula for preschool–middle school youth for in-school and out-of-school settings. I'd love to connect... Read More →
Thursday August 14, 2025 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
  Science (General), Elementary

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