Innovation Center’s Aeronautics Program Receives Grant to Implement LiDAR Technology

The Innovation Center’s Aeronautics program has been granted a remarkable opportunity to further enhance its curriculum. With a commitment to staying relevant and preparing students for the best career prospects, the program has continually invested in new technology and equipment. This summer, the program secured a $60,000 grant from the Colorado Department of Transportation to
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SVVSD Innovation Center to host STEM event

Elementary and middle school students and their families are invited to celebrate STEM at St. Vrain Valley’s Innovation Center from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The event will include interactive stations and parent tech talks. Attendees can meet Rosie the Tarantula from the Butterfly Pavilion and experience virtual reality with UCHealth. The Mobile Innovation Lab also will
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Three students finalists in a STEM biodiversity competition

Teams of students in grades 5-9 from around the country have designed STEM projects that address biodiversity issues for the OurEcho Challenge hosted by Earth Echo International. The Longmont-based team, Fungi Frogs, has been announced as a finalist for a $5,000 grant.  Trevor White, 16, Blake Wolver, 15 and Reed Sneider, 11 are students in
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Mobile Innovation Lab aims to inspire students in rural Colorado 

Students at St. Vrain Valley Schools are traveling to southern Colorado this week to teach young people about STEM opportunities. When Owen Willis welcomes fellow students into St. Vrain Valley Schools’ Mobile Innovation Lab, one of the first things he notices is their curiosity. “They’re really just surprised with everything they’re presented with, and excited
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Lyons Elementary students explore environmental leadership with STEM focus

Lyons Elementary fifth graders on Thursday donned waders and grabbed screens, then walked into a shallow section of the North St. Vrain River in LaVern Johnson Park. Two students held the screen, while a third loosened rocks to disturb the riverbed and the macroinvertebrates living there. Then they took the screens to the bank and
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SVVSD partners with CU Denver to add STEM P-TEACH pathway

St. Vrain Valley students considering education as a career will have more options to prepare for a career as secondary science, technology, engineering or math teachers. The St. Vrain Valley School District is part of a new University of Colorado Denver initiative, supported by Apple, to increase access to tech education and expand the district’s
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St. Vrain Valley Schools receives $125,000 from Google for P-TECH Program

St. Vrain Valley Schools will receive a $125,000 donation from Google to support the Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) program. St. Vrain Valley Schools will use the funds to help cover the cost of tuition, fees, technology and textbooks for FalconTECH students. FalconTECH was one of the first P-TECH programs launched in
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SVVSD hosts summer STEM camps at the Innovation Center

A group of 9- to 12-year-olds got a taste of biology field work this week, donning waders and grabbing nets before walking into a shallow area of Lefthand Creek to scoop up larvae, worms and other invertebrates. Along with using cards to identify what they found, the 15 students tested the water using several sensors
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Longmont robotics teams dominate at world tournament

Niwot High School senior Asher Behmer’s involvement in Up-A-Creek Robotics for the past four years finally came to a head on April 23 during an international youth robotics competition in Houston, Texas. Although Behmer competed in the FIRST Championship with Up-A-Creek Robotics as a freshman, he was disappointed when COVID-19 caused the annual robotics tournament to be canceled. Nevertheless,
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Longs Peak Middle School Students Take Cybersecurity by #StVrainStorm

At Longs Peak Middle School, students are solving challenging computer science and IT problems as part of the CyberPatriot competition. Last Friday, three teams took part in the event, competing against other middle schoolers to find weaknesses in the system, secure passwords, and verify authorized users. Monica Moreno-Martinez, a computer science teacher at Longs Peak
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