Community STEM Events
The 22nd Annual sySTEMnow, southeastern Wisconsin’s preeminent STEM education and talent development conference, brings together business, education, and the community to share inspiration and best practices.
Learn more at https://www.stemforward.org/systemnow-conference
Join us for an un-FORE-gettable event! Tee up for a great cause: to raise money for scholarships for students pursuing STEM careers. Your generosity provides $33,000 for scholarships and STEM programming in our area.
The golf outing includes:
An 18-Hole Golf Scramble with a Cart
Morning Refreshments and Lunch
Multiple Contests on the Course, including a Hole-in-One and 19th Hole Putting Contest
Reception featuring Appetizers and Drinks
Silent Auction and Special Day Of Raffles
Awards Ceremony with the Opportunity to Meet the Scholarship Recipients
Not a golfer? Join us for the Golf Social. This ticket includes:
Reception featuring Appetizers and Drinks
Silent Auction and Special Day of Raffles
Opportunity to Take Part in the 19th Hole Putting Contest
Awards Ceremony with the Opportunity to Meet the Scholarship Recipients
Learn more at https://www.stemforward.org/scholarship-golf-outing
Contrapt Wisconsin is STEM Forward’s engaging middle school contraption competition. A contraption accomplishes a simple task in the most complicated, fun way possible. Building one can be challenging, but it allows students to work on skills involving engineering, simple machines, trial and error, project planning, physics, teamwork, and creativity. Our competition will enable students to showcase their talents to their peers and our judges to earn awards.
Learn more at https://www.stemforward.org/contrapt-wisconsin
Contrapt Wisconsin is STEM Forward’s engaging middle school contraption competition. A contraption accomplishes a simple task in the most complicated, fun way possible. Building one can be challenging, but it allows students to work on skills involving engineering, simple machines, trial and error, project planning, physics, teamwork, and creativity. Our competition will enable students to showcase their talents to their peers and our judges to earn awards.
Learn more at https://www.stemforward.org/contrapt-wisconsin
Contrapt Wisconsin is STEM Forward’s engaging middle school contraption competition. A contraption accomplishes a simple task in the most complicated, fun way possible. Building one can be challenging, but it allows students to work on skills involving engineering, simple machines, trial and error, project planning, physics, teamwork, and creativity. Our competition will enable students to showcase their talents to their peers and our judges to earn awards.
Learn more at https://www.stemforward.org/contrapt-wisconsin
We look forward to welcoming you to the 21st annual sySTEMnow Conference at the Italian Community Center on Wednesday, October 30, 2024. Not familiar with the sySTEMnow Conference? Since 2004, the sySTEMnow Conference has been a cornerstone of STEM-related awareness in our region:
Creating a forum for a timely discussion of STEM issues and ideas.
Exchanging best practices from existing STEM programs.
Developing, promoting, and implementing education-workforce partnerships.
Providing networking opportunities for all STEM stakeholders, including educators, business leaders, and other influential STEM advocates.
Join us to raise funds for local STEM scholarships at our annual golf outing. It is a full day with an 18-hole scramble, lunch, prizes, and a program reception. Come meet the scholarship winners and hear about their plans for the future.
Learn more at https://www.stemforward.org/scholarship-golf-outing
Contrapt Wisconsin is STEM Forward’s engaging middle school contraption competition. A contraption accomplishes a simple task in the most complicated, fun way possible. Building one can be challenging, but it allows students to work on skills involving engineering, simple machines, trial and error, project planning, physics, teamwork, and creativity. Our competition will enable students to showcase their talents to their peers and our judges to earn awards. This year’s theme is “Roll the Dice,” students need to create a contraption that ends with a dice being rolled in 8 or more steps. There are two competition dates and locations.
Learn more at https://www.stemforward.org/contrapt-wisconsin.
Contrapt Wisconsin is STEM Forward’s engaging middle school contraption competition. A contraption accomplishes a simple task in the most complicated, fun way possible. Building one can be challenging, but it allows students to work on skills involving engineering, simple machines, trial and error, project planning, physics, teamwork, and creativity. Our competition will enable students to showcase their talents to their peers and our judges to earn awards. This year’s theme is “Roll the Dice,” students need to create a contraption that ends with a dice being rolled in 8 or more steps. There are two competition dates and locations.
Learn more at https://www.stemforward.org/contrapt-wisconsin.
2024 Engineering Machine Design Contest Wisconsin Regional. This cross-curricular program is what you need to engage a diverse team of high school students with various interests, including arts, visual media, writing, engineering, physics, construction, and more. This year’s theme is “Human to Tech Transfer,” which offers an exciting challenge for your students.
Learn more at https://www.stemforward.org/engineering-machine-design-contest.
Join us for an evening of celebration of all things STEM!
As part of this banquet, we will have a keynote speaker and recognize STEM trailblazers with the Spirit of STEM Award, Engineer of the Year Award, and Young Engineer of the Year Award.
Learn more at https://www.stemforward.org/celebration-stem.
The Future City Wisconsin Regional Competition is held on Saturday, January 20, 2024, at MSOE Kern Center in Milwaukee. The Regional Competition Winning Team advances to the Future City Finals in Washington, DC, on February 16-19, 2024! Future City provides round-trip transportation and hotel accommodations for the team’s three student presenters, educators, and mentors.
Learn more at https://www.stemforward.org/future-city-competition.
Join us for STEM Forward's 18th Annual Invitational Golf Outing on August 10, 2023, at Morningstar Golfer's Club in Waukesha for a great day of golf and networking! Proceeds support nine $2,500 scholarships for students pursuing STEM degrees at area technical colleges or universities and STEM programming. The golf outing includes morning coffee and light breakfast, lunch, an 18-hole golf scramble with a cart, a hole-in-one contest, a putting contest, and excellent networking opportunities.
Registration will be coming soon. To stay up to date, go to https://www.stemforward.org/scholarship-golf-outing
Contact Maureen Haeger - at mhaeger@stemforward.org if you have any questions.
Contrapt Wisconsin is STEM Forward’s engaging middle school contraption competition. A contraption accomplishes a simple task in the most complicated, fun way possible. Building one can be challenging, but it allows students to work on skills involving engineering, simple machines, trial and error, project planning, physics, teamwork, and creativity. While still a machine design contest, the Contrapt Wisconsin Competition is not affiliated with Rube Goldberg Inc. STEM Forward is honored to be working with the Brauer Engineering STEM Team (BEST) to provide these competitions for middle school students.
More details to come. Visit https://www.stemforward.org/contrapt-wisconsin
Join us for a fun evening raising money for local STEM scholarships. Come enjoy refreshments, raffle items and connecting with those passionate about growing the next generation of STEM talent while shopping the gemstone-inspired fashion and fine jewelry items.
Kendra Scott is a "fashion-lifestyle brand of big dreams, colorful confidence, and inspired design" reflected in its merchandise. Shop for yourself or purchase a Mother's Day or Graduate gift for someone special. The new Kendra Scott Summer Collection will be announced on the same day as the event, so browse the new items and check out the unique STEM Forward signature pieces. Come alone or bring a friend to this complimentary event. You won't want to miss out!
View event on Facebook at https://fb.me/e/3LqUd4C7l
Contrapt Wisconsin is STEM Forward’s engaging middle school contraption competition. A contraption accomplishes a simple task in the most complicated, fun way possible. Building one can be challenging, but it allows students to work on skills involving engineering, simple machines, trial and error, project planning, physics, teamwork, and creativity. While still a machine design contest, the Contrapt Wisconsin Competition is not affiliated with Rube Goldberg Inc. STEM Forward and is honored to work with the Brauer Engineering STEM Team (BEST) to provide these competitions for middle school students.
More details to come. Visit https://www.stemforward.org/contrapt-wisconsin
MPS Career and Technical Education presents
15th Annual CTE Spring STEM Partner Showcase
Direct Supply Champion Hall
6671 N. Industrial Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53223
Come to learn about the STEM programs offered at Milwaukee Public Schools, including Project Lead The Way (PLTW), biomedical, engineering, and computer science programs, FIRST and FLL Robotics, IT education, construction, transportation, and more! See school projects, chat with students and teachers, and network with colleagues. Lunch provided.
Sign up to attend by Friday, March 31, 2023. Here is the Sign Up Form. Questions? Contact Ulices Sepulveda at sepulvuj@milwaukee.k12.wi.us or Antonio Rodriguez at rodrigax@milwaukee.k12.wi.us.
Join Wisconsin's top tech talent as teams of students in 9th-12th grade unlock the power of engineering to transform renewable energy and power a better future. At this regional event, you'll see students compete in the "Varsity Sport for the Mind" at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, but you'll walk away with far more opportunities:
Discover how FIRST Wisconsin Robotics is addressing the tech-talent shortage in the state,
Talk with like-minded youth-serving organizations and Wisconsin-based companies about how they engage with this pipeline of talent,
Learn about the importance of mentoring and how interested individuals from all walks of life can take part in mentoring these youth,
Meet with the students directly to discuss the business structures, branding, and sophisticated technology they use to build and program industrial-sized robots.
Witness students participating in the "hardest fun they've ever had" to compete in an action-packed, alliance-based game on a themed field. With professional mentors and sponsors, students learn engineering and problem-solving skills to apply to real-world situations. This is our future tech workforce. See them in action!
The Engineering Machine Design Contest is an opportunity for teams of 3-10 high school students to design and build a complex machine using everyday objects with the guidance of a coach. The completed machine will use multiple steps to complete a simple task. Teams showcase and exhibit their machine at a regional contest with the opportunity to advance to the Engineering Machine Design Championship. Teams are scored on a Team Journal, Team Presentation, and Machine Design and Operation. Each year a competition theme is chosen to guide the machine build and allow for whimsical creativity to flourish. Students are able to explore science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) principles while having fun in a collaborative environment.
Learn more at https://www.stemforward.org/engineering-machine-design-contest
Future City is a project-based learning program where students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades imagine, research, design, and build cities of the future. This year’s theme challenge, Climate Change Challenge, asks teams to use the three principles of a circular economy to design a futuristic city with one innovative climate change adaptation and one mitigation strategy to keep its residents healthy and safe.
Learn more at https://www.stemforward.org/future-city-competition
sySTEM is an acronym for Strengthening our Youth in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Now! means now! sySTEMnow is Metro Milwaukee’s premier STEM conference bringing together business leaders, community members, educators, and government officials to share best practices and lessons learned. It’s also the best place to understand the broader landscape and initiatives in SE Wisconsin STEM – who’s who, who’s doing what, and approaches that are achieving results. The theme is STEM for All / Partnering for Greater Inclusion.
Wisconsin’s most innovative STEM Practitioners will also be honored as we celebrate the 2022 STEMMY Award winners!
Register or Spnsor the event at https://2022-sySTEMnow-Conference.eventbrite.com
Learn more at https://www.stemforward.org/systemnow-conference
Join the makers from far and wide in Milwaukee for Maker Faire Milwaukee 2022. Robots, coplayers, artists, engineers, hobbyists, and pros all gather to share their passion for making. Part science fair, part county fair, and part something entirely new, Maker Faire is an all-ages gathering of tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, science clubs, authors, artists, students, and commercial exhibitors. All of these “makers” come to Maker Faire to show what they have made and to share what they have learned.
Learn more at https://milwaukee.makerfaire.com/
Milwaukee Tech Week is a weeklong celebration of tech, designed to connect, educate, and celebrate innovation in Southeast Wisconsin – created by and for the community. Started as Startup Milwaukee Week in 2016, this week’s programming features five days of technology-focused, community-driven programming that showcases the growing Milwaukee tech ecosystem with events for everyone in the technology space.
Learn more at https://www.mketech.org/milwaukee-tech-week/
Join us for STEM Forward's 17th Annual Invitational Golf Outing on August 11, 2022, at Morningstar Golfer's Club in Waukesha for a great day of golf and networking! Proceeds support nine, $2,500 scholarships for students pursuing STEM degrees at area technical colleges or universities as well as STEM programming. The golf outing includes morning coffee and light breakfast, lunch, an 18-hole golf scramble with a cart, a hole-in-one contest, putting contest, and excellent networking opportunities.
Registration and sponsorships options can be found at https://scholarship-golf-outing-2022.eventbrite.com
Contact Maureen Haeger - mhaeger@stemforward.org if you have any questions.
On Thursday, July 21 we are hosting a complimentary event for Educators on K-12 Water Curriculum and Activities. Discover water curriculum, activities, and resources available for your K-12 classroom.
Learn about local water degrees and educational options for your students.
Hear about a variety of available local water resources.
Presenting organizations announced soon
Registration information coming soon.
Learn more at https://www.stemforward.org/water-resources-for-educators
Contrapt is STEM Forward’s machine design contest for middle schools. This year’s theme challenge is for middle school students to Cut a Ribbon in 8 or more steps. We are holding two live events on April 22 at WCTC and May 6 at MSOE Kern Center. The May 6 event at MSOE has almost reached capacity but we have more openings available for the April 22 event at WCTC. Registration closes on April 1 so don’t delay.
Learn more at https://www.stemforward.org/contrapt-wisconsin
Contrapt is STEM Forward’s machine design contest for middle schools. This year’s theme challenge is for middle school students to Cut a Ribbon in 8 or more steps. We are holding two live events on April 22 at WCTC and May 6 at MSOE Kern Center. The May 6 event at MSOE has almost reached capacity but we have more openings available for the April 22 event at WCTC. Registration closes on April 1 so don’t delay.
Learn more at https://www.stemforward.org/contrapt-wisconsin
The Engineering Machine Design Contest is an opportunity for teams of 3-10 high school students to design and build a complex machine using everyday objects with the guidance of a coach. The completed machine will use multiple steps to complete a simple task. Teams showcase and exhibit their machine at a regional contest with the opportunity to advance to the Engineering Machine Design Championship. Teams are scored on a Team Journal, Team Presentation, and Machine Design and Operation. Each year a competition theme is chosen to guide the machine build and allow for whimsical creativity to flourish. Students are able to explore science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) principles while having fun in a collaborative environment.
Learn more at https://www.stemforward.org/engineering-machine-design-contest
Future City is a project-based learning program where students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades imagine, research, design, and build cities of the future.
Registration is now open for next year’s program. Wisconsin does not charge a registration fee, so take a few minutes and sign up!
Next year’s theme challenge is “Design a waste-free city that uses the principles of a circular economy.” Not sure what exactly that means? Check out this one-pager for an explanation
Learn more at https://www.stemforward.org/future-city-competition
Join us for the sySTEMnow Conference. The theme is: STEM FOR GOOD: EQUITY / INNOVATION / CHANGE
What is sySTEMnow? “sySTEM” is an acronym for Strengthening our Youth in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics… “now” means now!
Learn more at https://www.stemforward.org/systemnow-conference
Maker Faire Milwaukee is a gathering of fascinating, curious people who enjoy learning and who love sharing what they can do. From engineers to artists to scientists to crafters, Maker Faire is a venue for these "makers" to show hobbies, experiments, projects. ‘'
Learn more at https://milwaukee.makerfaire.com/
