Have you heard of the National STEM Challenge? This is your chance to unleash your creativity and innovative thinking! U.S. students in grades 6-12 this challenge is for you! Your mission? Craft a STEM project that tackles a real-world challenge. Choose from one of...
Minnesota High School Students Qualify for National Semi-Finals of National Space Challenge A team of cadets from Anoka Composite Squadron Civil Air Patrol based Blaine, MN, is among a select group of teams to qualify for the semi-final round of StellarXplorers, the...
The Starbird Association is a supporter of National Engineers Week. From DiscoverE.org: 2021 Theme: Imagining Tomorrow Engineers are changing the world all the time. They dream up creative, practical solutions and work with teams of smart, inspiring people to invent,...
2020 STEM & Aerospace Gift Ideas for Teens Make A Fort Before you think, “hey, this is for little kids” – this kit is for all ages. A 1x kit comes with 18 panels, 10 braces, 80 connectors and 1 carrying case. This indoor kit exercises those...
2020 State of NASA event at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL was a fabulous experience. It was interesting to see all the different areas that make up space exploration and reiterates there are so many roles that make everything possible. The astronaut...
2020 is the 5th year of the #DressForSTEM movement on Pi Day 3.14 (March 14). It began solely within the female broadcast meteorology community, but it expanded to include any females working in STEM careers. The goal of the movement is to inspire young women...
Announced today, Perseverance is the name of the new robotic rover headed to Mars in 2020. Here’s the blurb from NASA: NASA chose seventh-grader from Virginia as winner of the agency’s “Name the Rover” essay contest. Alexander Mather’s...
Welcome to our first Career Spotlight of 2020 featuring Gabe Benson, Meteorology and ROTC student. We’re trying something new – a video interview. See this video on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/4Y4Vra1oVeI See our Career Spotlight...
It’s been a fabulous 2019 for the Starbird Association. Some of our 2019 highlights: We participated in SpaceFest at the Bell Museum to kick off the Year of Apollo. Our President, Mary Albright, was appointed a NASA Solar System Ambassador in January as well. We...
