WHAT:
Wayne State University is hosting its third annual STEM Day, which is expected to bring 2,000 middle school students and teachers to campus. The free half-day program — featuring sixth- through ninth-grade students — is designed to bring the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics to life through hands-on interactive sessions, including:
- Fire tornados
- Coding
- Casting broken bones
- Planetarium shows
- Liquid nitrogen ice cream
- Walking on water
WHEN:
9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday, March 12
Itinerary Detail
9 a.m. – Check-in and optional campus tours begin
10 a.m. – Activity I begins
10:45 a.m. – Break; walk to next session
11:05 a.m. – Activity II begins
12 p.m. – Lunch
12:45 p.m. – Optional campus tour
WHERE:
Locations throughout Wayne State’s Midtown Detroit campus, including the new Mike Ilitch School of Business, and the Microsoft Technology Center.
MORE INFO:
For a full description of STEM sessions and activities, and other important event information, visit stemday.wayne.edu
MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES:
Excellent video and photo opportunities will be available throughout the event. Faculty STEM experts and event organizers also will be on hand to offer comments.
*Media representatives planning to cover STEM Day should contact Ted Montgomery, tedmontgomery@wayne.edu, 313-577-5699, or Tom Reynolds, treynolds@wayne.edu, 313-577-8093.