This month’s about getting ready! For the holidays and upcoming competitions Read on for Divisional dates, student registrations, STEM gift ideas, and everything you need to host a stunt plane engineering adventure in your own classroom. This month’s teacher newsletter features: · Registration deadline – December 9th to compete · Current […]
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TAME Engineering Adventure: Stunt Plane State Challenge
Welcome to TAME Engineering Adventures! Every month we strive to bring you two engineering activities (this month we will provide one warm-up activity and one practice competition activity) that will help you challenge your students with hands-on learning. This November’s Engineering Adventure is to design and build stunt planes! We provide warmup ideas for designing classic […]
TAME Board Member Honored with BEYA
Photo credit to Lockheed Martin Aeronautics TAME is proud to recognize Board Member Tamara Crawford, who won the Special Recognition award at the 2016 BEYA STEM Conference. Recognition from BEYA is one of the most prestigious and competitive honors in science, engineering, and technology management. In the award’s 30-year history, thousands of America’s most creative and […]
Stepping Up for STEM in Wichita Falls: Denise Simmons
Above, left: Denise Simmons in the classroom. Above, right: students working on projects in local STEM programs with Denise. “STEM levels the playing field. Anybody can be whatever they want. If kids are working with a 3D printer to design a prosthetic hand, they’re not thinking about socioeconomic barriers. They’re thinking about what they can […]
Boeing Awards $100K to Celebrate 100 Years of Innovation
The Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering (TAME) is thrilled to announce that partner Boeing has generously awarded a $100,000 grant to celebrate the science behind the past 100 years of aerospace advancement and ready students, families and teachers with skills for the next century. As part of its centennial in 2016, Boeing is teaming […]
TAME Competitions: New Name, Same Great Event
Decades of Excellence For years, TAME’s Math & Science Competitions have been a wonderful opportunity for Texas students to test their math and science skills, connect with like-minded peers and mentors, and explore industry and academic settings. For years, too, the highlight of these competitions has been the Engineering Design Challenge. The excitement and […]