Auburn University I - STEM Connectory

Excited to join Region 4 teachers at Southern Research STEM with DeMarius Essex to learn more about Invention Convention Alabama (ICA). iSTEM

What a great first day of July Training with Project FARM 🌱 ! We toured the Miller Poultry Research and Education Center with and learned so much!!! Then, our amazing teacher fellows piloted their AgriSTEM lessons with each other. What a fulfilling day of learning, collaboration, and fun (with a side of perseverance)! We have an amazing group.

At Invention Convention Alabama (ICA) training, we are thankful to partner with and offer teachers our kits for Jungle Survival and Save the Ducks STEM Design Challenges. These activities use creative thinking, problem solving, and engage students in the engineering design process to lay the foundation for invention education! Thank you, GEAR UP Achieve!!

Excited to share Invention Convention Alabama (ICA) with educators at the impactful and gorgeous ATTA Library in Abbeville, Alabama.

Congratulations to Ashley and Sarala on a Patent Application Award at RTX Invention Convention US Nationals sponsored by for their Sensor Safety Saddle. A shout out to their teacher, Carrie Williams, for mentoring these sixth graders from in Auburn, Alabama. We are proud of your creative minds and perseverance!

Young innovators from across Alabama turned everyday challenges into creative solutions at the second annual State Invention Convention at Auburn University. It was a pleasure to host this exciting event showcased 51 original inventions.

To read more about these inspirational inventors please click here: https://wire.auburn.edu/content/cosam/2026/04/241030-alabama-invention-convention.php?fbclid=IwY2xjawRYrRhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFjODV5dWJjUEFKYTNRS01Cc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHgH7y8x6KKkXCOO6-4R5PEB6v6-q668ENqR_fyTdsdxvW6NQcYsD_DSc5b3e_aem_U817Fqnue75Q_iCLXJjzdA

Congratulations to our friend, Kate Killebrew, Designer & Executive Director of The ATTA , on today's grand opening! What an incredible milestone--and what a beautiful, welcoming space for hands-on STEM exploration, regional history, and career-connected learning in southeast Alabama.

Our Director, Mary Lou Ewald, was proud to celebrate alongside her fellow board member. Moments like these truly reflect the mission of the at Auburn University.
✨Connecting people
✨Strengthening partnerships
✨Building pathways for STEM learning and workforce development across our state

We are grateful for inspiring collaborators like Kate, The ATTA, and . Partnerships like these Energize and elevate our shared work to advance and in Alabama.

Thank you, City of Abbeville, Alabama--this is a huge win for our region! ♥🤩

Project FARM is wrapping up year 1 and we've got some amazing Teacher Fellows to celebrate.

🌱 In the first year, we partnered with Water Watch to tackle the topic of water using teacher designed Agri-STEM activities in 7th & 8th grade science classrooms. Nine teacher fellows from Lee, Pike, and Elmore counties attended four professional development days in the summer of 2025 which included site visits to and Mary Olive Thomas Demonstration Forest!

This work is supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

🌾 Introducing Project FARM!
A USDA funded AgriSTEM program empowering 7th–8th grade teachers through hands-on PD, university partnerships, field trips, and student research mentorship.
Growing teacher leaders. Growing student scientists.

🌱 Thank you to our collaborators: Alabama Water Watch and U.S. Department of Agriculture

This work is supported by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.