Roots for STEM

BUILDING ROOTS FOR STEM FUTURES AT OLS

ROOTS FOR STEM AT OLS SUPPORTS ENTREPRENEURIAL STEM INNOVATION PROJECTS

WHERE "THE LAB IS MY WORLD" BECOMES "THE WORLD IS MY LAB !"

We iterate through entrepreneurial STEM innovation projects that allow students to develop and apply 21st century skills.

net zerO HEROES - Students Taking Environmentally Sustainable Actions (explore here)
iGEM OLS SYNBIO - Students Growing Change (explore this journey here)
FAB LABS - Students Building Change (explore this journey here)

We supplement with outstanding organizations that extend student learning.

MindFuel - Science Alberta Foundation
TECH FUTURES CHALLENGE - Solving Real World Sustainability with STEM
geekStarter - Supporting Alberta Entrepreneurial STEM Innovation Projects
iGem - International Genetically Engineered Machines Competition
C-STEM - Integrated Math and Computing from UC DAVIS
Big Data Challenge - Introduction to Data Science
APEGA Innovation in Education - Supporting experiential learning in Alberta Schools
FIRST Tech Challenge - World Class Team Robotics
HOUR of CODE - Coding Introduction Week for Students in Grades 4-9
JA - Junior Achievers Stock Market Challenge and Entrepreneurship
CEMC - University of Waterloo Math and Computing Contests
ADSA - Alberta Speech and Debate Association
ROTARY and ESRAG - youth program guide
CALLYSTO - Data Science with Jupyter Notebooks and Python
MICROSOFT IMAGINE CUP - Artificial Intelligence
SKILLS ALBERTA - Exploration Days for the Trades
EXPLORAVISION - STEM Competition (Toshiba/NSTA)
THE EARTH PRIZE - Environmental Sustainability
#DECARBONIZE - Global Child Climate Program

We remain ROOTED in exceptional curricular foundations using Alberta Education credits .

Science
Math
Digital Media Technology
Robotics
Entrepreneurship

2021 PRIME MINISTER'S AWARD FOR STEM TEACHING EXCELLENCE

Listen to the CBC Radio interview here .

HONOURABLE MENTION - 2022 EARTH PRIZE EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR - so close!

LOVE THE PROBLEM - Students are encouraged to identify their passions before searching for a project that they love. You can take the following survey to identify which UN Sustainable Development Goals that you are passionate about. Loving the problem intrinsically motivates people to be successful. This motivation sustains project-based learning where we can flip the educational iceberg on both hard and soft skills.

At OLS students choose to engage in the 4 P's of creative learning with passion, projects, peers, and play.

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