Join us for PSUSD’s 5th annual STEM Conference for families, STEMCon! Join us in person for a hands-on learning experience in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. All PSUSD families and staff are invited!

Saturday, April 2, 2022 / 9:00 AM / Raymond Cree Middle School

Families will engage with each other as they explore a variety of resources to make catapults. Have fun while engaging with your children. Using easily accessible materials design and engineer a catapult to hit a target.

Presented By: Kassandra Dorado, Cahuilla Elementary Teacher

Why do some objects sink and some objects float? Come explore the wonders of density and build your own science toy to take home with you!

Presented By: Shawn Kirby, Palm Springs High School Teacher

In this hands-on activity, your challenge will be to make a balloon-powered car using the materials available. Practice your problem-solving skills by building a car that is powered by the escaping air of a balloon attached to your car.

Presented By: Blanca Lemus, Nellie Coffman Middle School Teacher

By writing code we will be able to make lights blink in the real world.

Presented By: Paul Gordon, Cielo Vista Charter STEM Teacher

These whimsical little bots are lots of fun! Bristlebots teach basic engineering, motors, circuitry, and principles of balance.

Presented by: Robyn Walters, Raymond Cree Middle School Librarian

Families will fold modular origami units together and then assemble them into magical 3D geometrical structures.

Presented by: Bruce Rhodewalt, Rancho Mirage High School Math Teacher

Do the different patterns on each side of a penny affect how much water they will hold?

Presented by: Savannah Hignight, Raymond Cree Middle School Teacher

Families will be receiving an electrifying feeling through this session. We will become engineers in one day !

Presented By: Frankie Espinoza, Family & Community Engagement Specialist and Mary Bousquet, Cabot Yerxa Elementary Teacher

Come join us with a mind-blowing, heartfelt journey about your brain and your heart! First, see and feel how your brain works, and continue to the heart of it all to feel and hear the pulse of your heartbeat! It’s a hands-on, engaging, and fun way to be a #BIGBRAIN!

Presented by Nichi Avina and Christina Miramontes, Cielo Vista Charter Middle School Teachers

Learn more about James Webb Space Telescope, and create a "Space" themed painting based on what galaxies James Webb may soon discover. Discussion of the new James Webb Space Telescope, it's function, the timeline for discovery in the universe. The James Webb Space Telescope is the largest, most powerful space telescope ever built. It will allow scientists to look at what our universe was like about 200 million years after the Big Bang. The telescope will be able to capture images of some of the first galaxies ever formed. It will also be able to observe objects in our solar system from Mars outward, look inside dust clouds to see where new stars and planets are forming and examine the atmospheres of planets orbiting other stars.

Presented by: Brenda Bowen, Desert Hot Springs Library Program Coordinator

Let’s talk about vehicles and what you might include as part of yours. Design and build your own simple vehicle that moves by itself.

Presented by: Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio