Posts Tagged ‘Science Center of Iowa’
Science Center receives $10K Bayer Fund grant for educators’ professional development
A $10,000 Bayer Fund grant will support the Science Center of Iowa’s new program Making Tech Connections, a professional development program for educators teaching students employment skills in computing, algorithms and programming. Making Tech Connections …
Read MoreScience Center of Iowa to offer free admission on MLK Day
The Science Center of Iowa will offer free admission on Monday, Jan. 20, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the center announced this week. All of SCI’s …
Read MoreUI 3D Club launches AR sandbox at Science Center of Iowa
View video of the AR sandbox at work here: http://bit.ly/2BmgOdL
Photo by Kate Hayden; video provided by the UI 3D ClubUniversity of Iowa senior Cody Wilson stood on the second floor of the Science …
Read MoreScience Center of Iowa plans Apollo anniversary events through July and August
The Science Center of Iowa has released its schedule of events commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, NASA’s first successful mission landing astronauts on the moon. Events include the viewing of …
Read MoreScience Center of Iowa receives $15,000 Facebook Community Action Grant to support senior STEM learning
The Science Center of Iowa (SCI) has received a $15,000 Community Action Grant from Facebook’s Altoona Data Center for Senior STEM, a new project educating older adults on current technology, SCI announced this morning. Pew …
Read MoreBen McDougal steps up as regional 1 Million Cups representative
If the Kauffman Foundation’s 1 Million Cups initiative is “church for entrepreneurs,” Des Moines entrepreneur Ben McDougal is preaching the gospel – and his congregation is getting bigger.
After leading the Des Moines chapter for …
Read MoreScience Center receives $225,000 from Microsoft for lab space
A major donation from the Microsoft community Empowerment Fund will establish a new maker’s laboratory in the Science Center of Iowa (SCI).
Microsoft donated $225,000 to develop the Innovation Lab, a technology tools-focused space to …
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