Rocklin Unified School District

April 5, 2016 - Valley View Elementary school is hosting its 2nd Annual Science-Technology-Engineering and Math (STEM) Expo, an engaging and exciting morning making those important subjects more relevant learning! Rocklin Unified School District was just ranked #1 School District in the Sac Metro region in a new report (https://niche.com) and exposing students to a variety of real-life learning situations is one of the reasons why! The elementary school students get a chance to connect learning and real scenarios during special, extremely visual demonstrations, meet and greets with STEM experts, and hands-on experiments. The goal? Expose and motivate the kids in STEM subjects and possible careers for their future in the 21st century. It's never too early to start preparing for college and careers!

 

Date/Time: Friday, April 8th 8-10am

 

Location: Valley View Elementary School, 3000 Crest Drive, Rocklin, CA

Multi-Purpose Room-Enter at the first large parking lot with the portable building off to the right.

 

Visuals/Audio: Elementary kids doing hands-on science and technology-related activities that are fun! Activities include a large 3D Mine-craft game using raspberry pi computers on stage, Robots called 'FEMbots' made by St. Francis High School's Robotics team, a 3D printer called the 'Prinrbot' kids can use and even a cool, life-like crime scene set up where students can learn about STEM and the connection to evidence discovery.

 

Interviews: Many of the children are excited about this annual event and can do interviews. Presenters and Science teacher and Expo Coordinator Julie Leppek is also available.

 

Background: The complete list of presenters/companies include: Saint Francis High School Robotics team, Printrbot’s Brook Drumm,  Evoknow (software engineer architect firm), Astronomers Bob and Sondra Walczak, Pharmacists Dr. Brian Vu and Dr. Tricia Vu, Pilot Greg Daley, STEM animation expert Kate Hay,  Energy 2001, Inc. Owner/President Laura Rasmussen, Solar Energy’s Matt Stoll-Bisagno, Laser eye specialist Scott Smith, Security technology expert Yvonne Glenn, Electric and computer engineer A.J. Camber, Senior Engineer/Project Civil Engineer Al Pelly, Creative Arts and Science expert Sofia Stoll-Bisagno.