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Mar 30

MSU Tollgate Spring Break Farm Camp 2020 - March 30 - April 3

March 30, 2020 – April 3, 2020 MSU Tollgate Farm 28115 Meadowbrook Rd. Novi, MI 48377

Adventures abound during this week of hatching eggs, harvesting early produce, working on a week-long STEM project, morning animal chores, afternoon adventure hikes, and more.
Sep 23

4-H Galactic Quest

September 23, 2021 – October 30, 2021 Meets 9/23 and 10/30 100 N. Cedar St., Manistique, MI 49854

Galactic Quest is FREE, in-person, and open to all 5th-8th graders in our area. We will create Mars rovers on day one and then travel out into the galaxy on day two.
Sep 1

2021 4-H STEM Challenge Galactic Quest

September 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021

Galactic Quest focuses on adventures of space exploration. Youth will learn STEM skills while they explore some of the same questions top scientists and engineers are working to solve.
Oct 5

Galactic Voyager 4-H SPIN Club

October 5, 2021 – October 26, 2021 (In-Person) Vassar, MI

In this 4-H SPIN Club youth will learn the foundation STEM skills while they explore some of the same questions top scientists and engineers are working to solve. Activities range from physics and engineering to computer science and more!
Dec 14

Women in STEM

December 14, 2021 10:30AM – 4:00PM Online via Zoom

Join the colleges of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Engineering, Lyman Briggs, Natural Science and Veterinary Medicine for the Women in STEM program, an online day of personal development and networking between friends and fellow Spartans.
Honoring the Whole Student: Developing Space for Native American Students in STEM by Supporting Complex Identities

Published on April 30, 2020
The Honoring the Whole Student workbook provides STEM faculty the support and tools needed to reflect on their instructional, mentorship, and teaching practices—individually or within a community of learners.
Reciprocal Research: A Guidebook to Centering Community in Partnerships with Indigenous Nations

Published on April 22, 2021
Reciprocal Research: A Guidebook to Centering Community in Partnerships with Indigenous Nations provides potential scenarios and thought-provoking activities to support researchers in developing and maintaining robust partnerships.
Using pollinator gardens to help teach math

Published on January 29, 2019
Engaging youth in planning and designing a pollinator garden can help them gain comfort with math.
Exploring Great Lakes literacy and stewardship from the comfort of home

Published on September 30, 2020
Lessons learned from making the switch to a virtual teacher training.
Partnership in action: Alcona School District and MSU Extension 4-H are opening a 4-H Makerspace

Published on October 17, 2018
Youth in Alcona County have a new STEM opportunity with the opening of the Alcona 4-H Makerspace.
Can you hatch an egg bought from the store?

Published on October 5, 2020
4-H lessons teach students about embryology.
Exploring our world: Activities to help learn why some animals are camouflaged

Published on August 24, 2018
Help youth explore why some animals have coloration that camouflages them, helping them hide in plain sight.
Joint MSU, U-M project studying effect of inclusivity on STEM faculty receives $1.4 million grant from National Science Foundation

Published on August 20, 2020
CLIMBS-UP, a collaborative research project between MSU and U-M to study inclusive environments in science, technology, engineering and math within academia, has been awarded a three-year, $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
STEM programming for 4-H clubs or at home – Part 2

Published on December 18, 2019
Learn how to incorporate 4-H activities that intentionally explore science while working with youth in out-of-school settings.
Art inspired science exploration

Published on October 11, 2018
Youth at Alcona Elementary made caterpillars while learning about pollinators as part of their pollinator garden project.
The Froebel Star: A holiday craft and STEAM activity

Published on December 13, 2019
Making a holiday craft as a STEAM activity? Learn what math and holiday crafts have in common by making a Froebel Star.
Where does the water go when we hang wet clothes on the line to dry?

Published on October 26, 2020
Helping youth explore evaporation and the water cycle.
Creating your own science process model example

Published on March 19, 2020
Share your examples of doing everyday science.
Entrepreneurship and STEAM a logical connection: Focus on engineering

Published on June 23, 2020
Youth entrepreneurship programs integrate the educational concept of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math). Let’s focus on the connection between entrepreneurship and engineering.
Spartan siblings share passion for biosystems engineering

Published on March 26, 2021
Alicia and Ryan Ziegler use their biosystems engineering experiences at MSU to solve real-world problems in food, energy and the environment.