Opportunities are still available for fifth and sixth graders to enroll for the remote Young Inventors program hosted by SUNY Oswego's Technology Department and its KidsTech program.
Participants in this STEM learning program can come from anywhere in New York state, thanks to generous funding from National Grid U.S. The program cost is modest and organizers can waive the registration fee if there is financial need.
Visit this website to register.
Young Inventors is an educational program for students in fourth through sixth grade that focuses on STEM concepts and principles (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). This program will include hands-on/minds-on activities that will allow students to develop various problem-solving strategies and learn about the designed world. The lessons and activities are taught by technology education majors at SUNY Oswego.
For the spring program, dates are 6 to 7:30 p.m. on four consecutive Thursdays, April 4, 11, 18 and 25. A remote Meet Your Teachers Night will take place from 6 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 28.
The spring 2024 topic for Young Inventors: Grades 5-6 is: Materials processing conversion, or designing and constructing a functional tasty morsel dispenser prototype that releases gumballs in the most entertaining way.
More information also is available on the KidsTech Facebook page.
-- Submitted by the Technology Department