Matt Cass STEM Opportunities in WNC

1. Community STEM Events
FALL 2019
MATT CASS – SOUTHWESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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2. What is STEM
 Science
 Technology
 Engineering
 Math
 Variants – STEAM, CSTEM, STEM-E, a
veritable alphabet soup

3. What we do as the SMSC.
 Improving K-12 STEM education in WNC.
 Providing access to opportunities for
educators and students.
 Engaging the community to promote
scientific literacy.

4. International Observe the Moon Night
 October 4th 2019 – Jackson County Public Library

5. SATURN!

6. But really, here it is.

7. Space Apps Challenge
 October 18th – 20th 2019
 Southwestern Community College
 https://2019.spaceappschallenge.org/locations/sylva-nc/
 Free, all ages, a variety of challenges to tease your brain.
 Teams work together to come up with novel solutions to a problem in
48 hours and create a 4 minute video presentation of their idea.
 Over 20+ challenges to choose from!

8. Space Apps Challenge
 Earth’s Oceans
 Our Moon
 Planets Near and Far

9. Space Apps Challenge
 To The Stars
 Living in Our World

10. What’s this?! What’s this?!

11. Mercury Transit
 November 11th 2019
 7:35 AM – 1:04 PM (Local Times)
 Observation event at SCC!

12. Lunch & Learn
 Noon on the campus of SCC.
 9/12/19 – “She Blinded Me With Science”
 Matt Cass, Southwestern CC
 10/8/19 – “Integrating Electronics and 3-D Printing”
 Dennis Cox, Sylva Makers Group
 2nd Thursday of each month @ Jackson Co. Public Library
 11/14/19 – “The Transit of Mercury – What we saw and learned.”
 Matt Cass or Zack Stockbridge, Southwestern CC
 12/10/19 - TBA

13. Questions?