UAH STEM Outreach
This page lists ongoing UAH STEM Outreach activities for K-12 students. STEM Help does not run these programs, but provides this list to help educators, parents, and students find out about and access STEM opportunities through the University.
Alabama Science and Engineering Fair (ASEF)
This Alabama-wide competition, hosted by UAH, is attended by students who have won top awards at their school and Regional Science Fair.
Grades: 5-12
Website: http://asef.uah.edu/index.html
Contact: http://asef.uah.edu/contact.html
ARISS
Students get to communicate with astronauts on the International Space Station via Amateur Radio.
Grades: 8
Website: http://space.uah.edu/ARISS/
Contact: ked0011@uah.edu
BEST Experience
This week-long residential summer camp gives high school students a taste of Being an Engineering STudent at UAH. Students go to engineering classes, perform hands-on experiments in engineering labs, participate in UAH student life activities, work on project teams, live in the residence halls and eat at campus dining facilities.
Grades: 10-12
Girl's Science & Engineering Day
Girls Science and Engineering Day is for girls in the 3rd - 5th grades. The girls attend four, 40 minute hands-on workshops on a variety of topics from biology and living things, to space and rockets, doctors and nurses, stars and planets, mathematics, physics, experiments, robots and more.
Grades: 3 - 5 (Girls)
Website: http://www.gseduah.com/
Contact: registration@gseduah.com
Innovative System Project for the Increased Recruitment of Emerging STEM Students
The InSPIRESS program is a semester long design competition that improves students' self efficacy and awareness of STEM fields. The curriculum is provided to all students and teachers, and includes support from University instructors through school visits, Skype, and video.
Grades: 10 - 12
Website: http://www.inspiress.org/
Contact: pj.benfield@uah.edu
Let's Pretend Hospital
Nursing Juniors and Seniors perform skits as Doctors, Nurses and Technicians to provide information and demonstrations to the children. The program began in 1985 and has evolved into a six day event which serves approximately 3000 students in 60 public, private and home schools in Madison County.
Grades: 1
Website: http://www.uah.edu/nursing/outreach/lph
Madison County Drinking Water Festival
Fourth grade students and their families learn about how groundwater and surface water, as well as other associated natural resources (i.e. wetlands, forestry, wildlife, etc.), relate to drinking water and to instill in them a general environmental awareness and stewardship ethic. Students and teachers participate in hands-on activities.
Grades: 4
Contact: coordinator@madisoncountyal.gov
North Alabama Regional Science and Engineering Fair (NARSEF)
NARSEF is a scientific competition for 5th - 12th grade students.. This science fair offers students an opportunity to showcase their independent research to the public and compete scholastically with their peers.
Grades: 5-12
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/uah.edu/narsef/
Contact: https://sites.google.com/a/uah.edu/narsef/contact
Rocket City WeatherFest
Local Huntsville student and professional chapters of the American Meteorological Society and National Weather Association will host this FREE Weather Festival that is great for weather enthusiasts of all ages! Come sit in real storm chasing and weather research vehicles, attend Severe Weather 101, check out storm shelters, and participate in hands-on demonstrations and kids’ crafts.
Grades: All
Website: http://www.rocketcityweatherfest.com/
Contact: rocketcityweatherfest@gmail.com
Sally Ride EarthKAM
Teachers can register students, who can request what images are taken by camera mounted on the ISS. The missions happen periodically throughout the year. Activities for students to prepare for missions are also provided.
Grades: 5 - 8
Website: https://www.earthkam.org/
Contact: https://www.earthkam.org/contact
Science Olympiad
Each spring, UAH hosts the Alabama Science Olympiad Championship for the North Alabama region's middle and high school teams. These students use scientific knowledge, deduction, and analysis to complete a variety of activities. The top teams advance to the statewide competition.
Grades: 6-12
Tech Trek at UAH
Eighth grade girls spend a week learning about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields through classes, hands-on activities, and visits to STEM company facilities in the local area. This residence camp covers a wide variety of topics, including app development, cybersecurity, energy, robotics, water filtration, weather, lean manufacturing, and more.
Grades: 8 (girls)
Website: http://techtrek-al.aauw.net/
Contact: gaeder@uah.edu
If you know of a UAH program that has not been included or see an error in an entry, please contact us.
