STEMworks™ Spotlight
Purpose: Celebrates every STEMworks™ lab’s accomplishments throughout the state! Showcase your STEMworks™ lab directly to industry professionals, dignitaries/legislative members, funders, student peers, teachers, and various local and national companies. Practice direct presentation, communication and collaboration with the community.
What: STEMworks™ Spotlight is designed as a talk-story session to showcase your STEMworks lab. The community asks questions to Spotlight students about their projects. To jumpstart conversations, be prepared to deliver a polished elevator pitch - a short description (approximately 2 minutes) summarizing your STEMworks™ lab. From there, informal question, answer and sharing will take place. Use evidence (materials) on table for talking points.
This year’s STEMworks™ Spotlight will take place in the same room and timeslot as the Playground Session.
When: TBA
Where: TBA
STEMworks Lab Presenters & Evidence:
- Group of two to three students per school
- One table - 36″ Cocktail Rounds (Electricity and internet are NOT available)
- Table is representative of the whole STEMworks™ lab
- Confidently and competently discuss STEMworks™ lab projects
- Practice and prepare an “elevator pitch” to highlight your lab
- Include physical “evidence” such as: laptops with project overviews, poster boards, photos, 3D prints, prototypes, etc.
- Wear professional business attire
Networking for STEMworks Mentorship (optional): Create “business cards” for your STEMworks™ labs! Contact information of STEMworks™ facilitators only, please do not share student contact information! Reconnect with industry partners who are interested in helping with your solution, offer feedback, and to share more information about your lab.
Requirements:
- Turn in a 1-2 page document answering the questions below.
1. Create an “elevator pitch” about your STEMworks™ Lab. This should include your school and some stand-out projects your lab is working on. Please include your pitch in your document.
a. During the STEMworks™ Spotlight, many people from the community (students, teachers, industry professionals, and dignitaries) will be in attendance.
2. List and write a short summary on each project your lab is currently working on or has worked on this past school year.
a. In each summary, include the following:
i. Identify the problem your project planned to solve.
ii. How did the project help and benefit the community?
iii. Software and tools used.
3. How does STEMworks™ impact your life now and/or will impact your life in the future? (college, career, knowledge, etc.)
