Photos: Students take part in annual Arizona STEM Adventure
One thousand students from across the state took part in the annual Arizona STEM Adventure at Pima Community College's Northwest Campus Friday, Nov. 22, 2019.
Students were exposed and able to get hands on STEM experience in various kind of activities including math, geology, robotics, and chemistry. The different classes were taught by both volunteer students and professors from the Pima Community College and the University of Arizona and also professionals in the workforce from companies like Raytheon, IBM, and Tucson Electric Power.
STEM Adventure not only gets students interested in STEM programs but also allows the students to be on a college campus for a day interacting with students and professors to open their eyes to education opportunities beyond high school.
The event which is in its fifth consecutive year had its widest breadth of schools which included 31 total from Wilcox, San Simon, San Carlos, Phoenix and the Tucson area among others.
STEM Adventure
Nash Elementary 4th graders Angel Acereto, 10, Abraham Yepis, 10, and Jamal Peter, 9, make silly putty during the annual Arizona STEM Adventure at Pima Community College's Northwest Campus, on Nov. 22, 2019.
STEM Adventure
Riley Avila, 12, a 6th grade student at Pistor Middle School plays with a lego robot during the annual Arizona STEM Adventure at Pima Community College's Northwest Campus, on Nov. 22, 2019.
STEM Adventure
David Chafin, with Roche Tissue Diagnostics, helps Old Vail Middle School student Troy Geier, 11, as he tests acidity during the annual Arizona STEM Adventure at Pima Community College's Northwest Campus, on Nov. 22, 2019.
STEM Adventure
Pistor Middle School students Siihonna Yazzie, 11, and Lorynn Rios, 11, celebrate a win in their sumo wrestling robot competition during the annual Arizona STEM Adventure at Pima Community College's Northwest Campus, on Nov. 22, 2019.
STEM Adventure
Aubree Rhodes with the Marine Awareness and Conservation Society works with children looking over ocean specimens during the annual Arizona STEM Adventure at Pima Community College's Northwest Campus, on Nov. 22, 2019.
STEM Adventure
Students work in a lab during the annual Arizona STEM Adventure at Pima Community College's Northwest Campus, on Nov. 22, 2019.
STEM Adventure
Students play with an augmented reality sandbox during the annual Arizona STEM Adventure at Pima Community College's Northwest Campus, on Nov. 22, 2019.
STEM Adventure
Jamal Peter, 9, stretches out his silly putty during the annual Arizona STEM Adventure at Pima Community College's Northwest Campus, on Nov. 22, 2019.
STEM Adventure
Students program lego robots during the annual Arizona STEM Adventure at Pima Community College's Northwest Campus, on Nov. 22, 2019.
STEM Adventure
Karen Wilhelmsen, with the Pima County Department of Environmental Quality, speaks to students about air quality during the annual Arizona STEM Adventure at Pima Community College's Northwest Campus, on Nov. 22, 2019.
STEM Adventure
A student looks through a microscope during the annual Arizona STEM Adventure at Pima Community College's Northwest Campus, on Nov. 22, 2019.
Josh Galemore
Photojournalist
Education news in brief, including: Whitmore Elementary gets money for sports equipment and Mariachi Aztlan fundraises for event in Albuquerque.