📆Deadline extended!
We’ve extended the deadline for our America250 3D Coin Contest to May 15. In honor of the United States’ 250th anniversary, we invite you to create a 3D coin (can be a 2D design for ages K-2nd) that represents a Utah county.
Here’s a look at the awesome prizes you have a chance to win! For more information, visit our website: https://stem.utah.gov/coin-contest/
💡We are the Utah STEM Action Center!
⚙️Our vision is to bring STEM to every Utah home, school and community to build a brighter future.
💻Scroll through this post to find out about the opportunities we offer for educators, students, and more!
Visit stem.utah.gov for more details!
Utah continues to expand access to high-quality STEM education with the designation of 12 new STEM Schools in 2026. It increases the statewide total to 37 STEM schools and strengthens hands-on, future-focused learning. The STEM School Designation program supports schools in building comprehensive STEM environments that prepare students for college, careers, and lifelong success.
A recent STEM blog highlights this work in action — we saw student-centered learning come to life through real-world problem solving, creative collaboration, and meaningful cross-disciplinary connections. The visit showcased what happens when STEM learning is both rigorous and deeply engaging.
Discover what elevated STEM learning looks like in practice — Explore More https://stem.utah.gov/stem-designated-school-feature-hawthorn-academy-south/
Learn more about STEM Designated Schools https://stem.utah.gov/educators/stem-school-designation/designated-stem-schools/
Meet our STEM Best Practices presenters. Alyson Yeates-Linford is a mentor teacher at Weber State University Charter Academy. Her session models how movement, nature-based inquiry, and pattern exploration can support early mathematics. Participants will leave with practical strategies illustrating how observation, movement, and place-based exploration can build early math and science understanding.
Yeates-Lindford will present in Price on June 18 and in Ogden on June 30. Sign up for our conference now to secure your spot ➡️ Link in profile 🔗
Last week, we welcomed Maynard Okereke, aka the Hip Hop MD, for a book signing event celebrating his new book, Zombie Spiders and Asteroid Blasters: 16 Incredible Ways That Scientists Are Changing the World! 🚀🕷️
The book explores fascinating and unexpected areas of science. From physics and engineering to ecology and neuroscience, showing how scientists are helping people, protecting nature, and expanding our understanding of the world.
A fun and inspiring read for curious minds of all ages! 📚✨
We’re so excited to welcome Maynard Okereke/@hiphopscienceshow to our Innovation Hub on Friday! If you’re coming to the event (tickets are sold out), and you would like a signed copy of his book, you’ll need to purchase a book and bring it with you. @KingsEnglishBookshop has copies available in store. See you there! 📚 🧬 🔬
The Department of Cultural & Community Engagement is Utah’s catalyst for connection.
Through the work of nine divisions, we help strengthen the social and economic fabric of the state, enriching quality of life and supporting a more unified future. This is Utah’s culture in motion through service, art, historic preservation, museums, and education.
At its core, this work is about prosperity, opportunity, understanding, and shared responsibility for this place we call home. It’s how communities become stronger over time and how people find their place within something larger than themselves.
The Utah Department of Cultural & Community Engagement listens, connects, inspires, and empowers Utahns to see themselves in the past, present, and future of our state. Through ongoing work across the state, we create pathways for learning, leadership, celebration, and contribution, because engaged communities are the foundation of a thriving Utah.
Learn more about CCE’s nine divisions: https://community.utah.gov/
🗓️ONLY 10 DAYS LEFT TO ENTER!
In honor of the United States’ 250th anniversary, we invite you to create a 3D coin (can be a 2D design for ages K-2nd) that represents an Utah county.
Here’s a look at the awesome prizes you have a chance to win! For more information, visit our website: https://stem.utah.gov/coin-contest/
Innovation Hub classes are live for the month of May! 🗓️
Visit our eventbrite (link in bio) to view course details and sign up for a class.
Remember: Tinker Time is free on Fridays and you can come in to work on your own personal projects!
#STEM #utah
Meet our STEM Best Practices presenters! Jordan Bartholomew, M.S. in Technology and Engineering Education, is a STEM educator, VEX Robotics coach, and lifelong tinkerer. After a decade in technology and manufacturing, he found his true calling in inspiring students through hands-on learning, creative problem-solving, and bold experimentation.
Jordan will present at our Price conference about teaching robotics on a budget. Participants will step into the role of a robot and experience how sensors, coding, and problem-solving actually work.
STEM Best Practices is June 18 in Price and June 30 in Ogden. Learn more and register for your spot today! 🔗 Link in bio.
It's not too late to find a great summer camp! Check out our newly added Camp Innovate Mini camps, which include Jewelry Engineering, Board Game Studio, and Character Craft.
Jewelry camp is for ages 8-15 and Board Game Studio and Character Craft are for ages 10-17. The cost is $120. Spaces are limited, so visit our Eventbrite page and sign up today! (Link in profile)
You can also find more STEM summer camps on our website here: stem.utah.gov/students/summer-camps
