#HouSTEM is a public-private initiative to advance STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)
We are working together to convene stakeholders around events, mentor/ volunteer opportunities, resources, and policy in order to develop a community plan of action. To learn more about this work, and how to get involved, please contact us by filling out the short form on our website and telling us a few things about yourself and your organization
08/20/2015
31 Lamar CISD freshmen built a race car this summer! http://ow.ly/2buHTX
Lamar Consolidated students build race car over the summer With summer winding down, Tankersley and her classmates on Tuesday afternoon gathered in the auto tech garage at the back of Lamar Consolidated...
07/25/2015
An innovative regatta for students!
A Cardboard Canoe Regatta, And A Push For Girls In STEM | Houston Public... One effort with Rice University and Chavez High School is using a long-term approach to increasing the number of women in STEM jobs.
07/24/2015
The drones are coming! The drones are coming! http://ow.ly/PWwPC
First successful drone delivery made in the US Everyday delivery moves one step closer as Federal Aviation Authority-approved drone successfully deposits medicine to rural health clinic
07/23/2015
A new academy at HCC allows students to complete their first two years of college as a Texas A&M engineering student. http://ow.ly/PR7ty
HCC and Texas A&M University launch innovative co-enrollment program for... Whether your goal is to transfer to a university or obtain the skills you need to enter the workforce directly from HCC, academic advisors are...
07/22/2015
"Programming allows you to think about thinking, and while debugging you learn learning." - Nicholas Negroponte http://ow.ly/PQvkj
How Your Kids Can Learn To Code During Summer Vacation Is coding really a new essential literacy? These days it seems to be trendy to suggest so. There are so many products and games and websites that...
07/21/2015
Congratulations to UH-Downton on a big grant to support more STEM education in Houston! http://ow.ly/PQJqR
NRC Awards UHD $850,000 to Prepare Minorities for Nuclear Science Fields The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) this week awarded the University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) a five-year, $850,000 grant to train...
07/20/2015
It's always a good time for kids to learn how to code. But when then heat index is 108 degrees, it's a great time. http://ow.ly/PQuhP
Free YouthSpark Summer Camps YouthSpark Summer Camps offer our free, all-new Smart Game Coding and Smart Game Design camps for both beginners and intermediates. Kids get hands...
06/17/2015
SciGirls is designed to spark girls’ curiosity in through activities that promote knowledge and discovery.
SciGirls. STEM Tips for Girls I PBS Parents Use these tips for parents of smart, young girls to help ensure their success in Science.
05/27/2015
Students who graduate next year should start their scholarship search now! http://ow.ly/3xUEHT
Houston college student shares secrets to getting scholarship funds Paying for college is a huge problem in this country because of the skyrocketing cost of tuition but a Houston student says you don't have to have...
05/11/2015
Congratulations to Citizen Schools and their Citizen Teachers for another successful year of STEM apprenticeships!
04/03/2015
The Health Museum now has the only bilingual cell lab in the country! And the entire museum is free on Thursdays!
New hands on science experience at the Health Museum in the Museum District The DeBakey cell lab exhibit is now open. It has biology-based science experiments that visitors can check out.
04/01/2015
Students at Rice University are teaming up with E-Nable to create 3-D printed hands for children!
Volunteers team up to create custom-made mechanical hands for young patients Rice University students, faculty and staff recently lent - rather, made - helping hands for patients at Shriners Hospital for Children. Using 3-D printers, they created mechanical hands for children who were born with a condition called transverse limb deficiency, meaning they have only wrist joint…
