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Join us for an exciting North Carolina Science Festival event on April 16th from 3:00–6:00 pm at the Hickory Metro Convention Center! Local STEM businesses will showcase career paths through hands-on activities for all ages!

🧪 FREE family event
🛠️ Interactive exhibits
💼 Adult job fair

🔗Click here for full event details in English & Spanish

STEM West advocates and supports the alignment of educational and occupational objectives through the regional workforce and community partnerships.

Teachers are saying…

Teachers are saying…

Students appeared to be more engaged. I noticed that students who struggle with remembering order of event is a story could easily recall them when using the materials.
Business leaders are saying…

Business leaders are saying…

You have learned in six weeks how to develop and market your product from scratch and you can take that with you anywhere you go for the rest of your lives,

Students are saying…

Students are saying…

When we found out that there was actually a problem and not one they already knew the answer to, it was actually something they needed advice on, that was big to us because most people don’t ask middle school kids for their opinions
Students are saying…

Students are saying…

It’s honoring to think people who have such a big impact on the environment care about what we think
Students are saying…

Students are saying…

So now that we’re facing something like this earlier, we get a head start. We get knowledge on how to solve real world problems,

Why is STEM West part of the
NC STEM Ecosystem?

Community to create systems change to achieving our common vision to get everyone access to STEM education and opportunities

Strategies That
Engage Minds®

Children are curious and the NC STEM Center provides a portal to identify Strategies That Engage Minds®