STEMLink provides an opportunity for fifth and sixth grade students to explore STEM careers in a college setting. Students spend a day working in college labs with college faculty and other STEM professionals. Blue U led a session on civil … Read More
Blue U volunteers and the City of Minneapolis worked with Edison High School in northeast Minneapolis as a project advisor. The students did an extensive project where they came up with recommendations for increasing bike ridership and walking to school. Students conducted research, created … Read More
The kindergartners at Burroughs Elementary, Minneapolis, have been covering a Dr. Seuss unit and some of the books have lent themselves to talking about the environment. The Lorax and Bartholomew and the Oobleck have started discussions with students around weather, green space, … Read More
The Volunteers in Partnership (VIP) program hosts a volunteer breakfast every spring to recognize the hard work volunteers do for the schools in Robbinsdale, Crystal, and New Hope. This year, the program featured a robotics presentation by the School of … Read More
Kindergartners at Burroughs Elementary, Minneapolis, worked all day to design their own community garden. First, students learned about green space and why it is important to their community. Then, students worked individually to draw a garden space from a bird’s eye … Read More
An engineering class from Blaine High School visited the St. Paul Kimley-Horn office to learn about civil engineering and how STEM education applies to the real world. Blue U hosted a similar field trip with Blaine students last spring (2016) and … Read More
Blue U volunteers worked with Edison High School in northeast Minneapolis as a project advisor. The students are doing an extensive project where they will come up with recommendations for increasing bike ridership and walking to school. Students are responsible for … Read More
Odyssey of the Mind is a non-profit, international creative problem-solving program for students from kindergarten through college. The philosophy behind the Odyssey of the Mind program is that creativity can be learned. Students learn to examine problems and identify the … Read More
The Cities of Robbinsdale, Crystal, and New Hope host this event for families with kids ages 4-14 to “beat the winter blues” at this indoor family event. Blue U volunteers from SRF and Kimley-Horn hosted a room with STEM based … Read More
The St. Louis Park High School Science Department hosted their 6th annual Family Science Night. The event has an average of 500 attendees each year and the purpose of the event is to provide elementary and middle school age learners … Read More
