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REGIONAL
SCIENCE BOWL
Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012
Compete with Middle and High School students in a game show style competition for a chance to head to Nationals in Washington D.C.!
Welcome To
HESTEC 2011
HESTEC takes place annually the last week of September on the UTPA campus, featuring different events geared towards specific audiences. Each HESTEC event focuses on empowering teachers and administrators with the resources to inspire their students to pursue STEM careers (Educator Day); engaging secondary level students in STEM-related hands-on activities and presentations (Student Leadership Day, Latina Day, Robotics Day, Middle School Challenge and SeaPerch Challenge); providing university students with employment and internship opportunities (College Symposiums and Fall Career Expo); and involving the community as a whole (Community Day). By communicating with these constituents, HESTEC has changed perceptions of and garnered support for STEM education at all levels.
HESTEC News
Community Day featured performances by award-winning country music star Clay Walker and local musical acts, as well as appearances by entertainer Mario Lopez, former NASA astronaut Jose Hernandez and the Science Cheerleaders.
Bill Nye, the Science Guy was a keynote speaker at HESTEC's Educator Day. Nye, who is executive director of the Planetary Society, urged teachers to inspire their students to pursue STEM fields so they can solve the world's problems.
Fifty teams of middle school students from all over the Rio Grande Valley had to navigate the Parrot AR. Drone quadricopter during the HESTEC Robotics Day competition sponsored by Raytheon Thursday, Sept. 29.
