MSTE Office at Illinois

02/23/2026

This Saturday 2/28, middle and high school families are invited to join the 2026 C-U STEAMM Fair! This exhibition will showcase the creative side of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEAMM).

RSVP on the C-U STEAMM Fair page: https://calendars.illinois.edu/detail/8074?eventId=33543169

01/23/2026

📣 Calling all high school, undergraduate, and graduate students! Are you interested in AI, machine learning, robotics, data science, or building technology that makes a real-world impact?

The Center for Digital Agriculture at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign invites you to participate in the Precision & Digital Agriculture Hackathon, taking place March 6–8, 2026. High school students will participate virtually. No farming experience required, just curiosity, creativity, and a desire to build solutions that matter.

Register by February 27, 2026 to participate 🌱

Precision & Digital Agriculture Hackathon 🖥️ 🏢 Hybrid Event • 🗓️ March 6–8, 2026 • 📍 John Deere Technology Innovation Center Registration Tentative Agenda Partners & Sponsers 📣 Calling all high school, undergraduate, and graduate students! The Center for Digital Agriculture ...

09/22/2025

Check out the new NGSS-aligned Environmental Pathways Unit: How does my environment affect me?

Students test air & water, build filters & monitors, analyze data, and present real evidence, all while connecting science to their own communities!

Learning Pathways Learning pathways are Next Generation Science Standards-aligned units that integrate environmental education into required science content, allowing today’s youth to think deeply about local environmental issues. How does my environment affect me? Students investigate how environ...

06/16/2025

Pollinator Week at Champaign-Urbana is here! 💐Join us this week for free, family-friendly events celebrating the importance of pollinators to ecosystem health and agriculture:

Pollinator Week 2025 Celebrate Pollinator Week with Us! Join us for a week of free, family-friendly events celebrating the importance of pollinators to ecosystem health and agriculture! Pollinator Week events are open to the public — whether you’re a nature lover, student, parent, or just pollin...

05/14/2025

🌼🐝 Pollinator Week at Champaign-Urbana is almost here! 🦋🌸

Join us next month on June 16-22 for a week of free, family-friendly events celebrating the importance of pollinators to ecosystem health and agriculture!

Check out the schedule of events on the Pollinator Week website:

Pollinator Week 2025 Celebrate Pollinator Week with Us! Join us for a week of free, family-friendly events celebrating the importance of pollinators to ecosystem health and agriculture! Pollinator Week events are open to the public — whether you’re a nature lover, student, parent, or just pollin...

03/31/2025

Last week, MSTE and Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering at Illinois collaborated with the Argonne National Laboratory on the "All About Energy" data science and engineering design curriculum for 9th and 10th graders of the CHISE- Chicago Pre-College Science and Engineering Program this spring!

This curriculum introduces students to the power of data analysis for understanding environmental issues and informing solutions.

Excited for a Saturday morning spent with these folks at Argonne National Laboratory to bring the "All About Energy" data science and engineering design…

11/04/2024

This past October, K-2 students became Little Chemical Engineers at the IMAGINE STEM Saturday classes with the Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering at Illinois!

Students used measurement and data collection tools to uncover patterns that help us understand what happens when one substance changes into another🧪

09/03/2024

This summer, we hosted another year of the RoboScape Cybersecurity summer camp, where students reinforced their programming skills to control networked robots and defend against cyber attacks 🤖

Thank you to all the wonderful students who joined us this year!

07/08/2024

This 2-day professional development workshop for Secondary Science and Language Arts Teachers has been moved to August 5-6! Join us to learn how to investigate bias in news sources 🧑‍🏫

Register at: https://forms.gle/jcAcebNGDpE1TXXu8

Benefits include PDH credits, a $200 summer stipend, and an opportunity to collaborate with UIUC faculty/staff and other teachers.

06/17/2024

Are you looking for STEM professional development opportunities this summer?

🔬 Active & retired teachers are invited to be co-researchers or mentors for STEMM-talented high school students as they dive deep into research experiences with Grainger College of Engineering and the Carle-Illinois College of Medicine. Stipends and professional development hours provided. Apply here:
https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/2000707132

⚛ Join the CISTEME365 2024-25 Quantum Science Cohort with other educators at your school to participate in professional development and enhance (or start) your school's STEM club! Learn more:
https://cisteme365.engineering.illinois.edu/apply/

How to Apply CISTEME365 is building on 2019-2024 project foundations to level up efforts to encourage women, Black and Latina/o youth, and low-income, or otherwise traditionally underrepresented populations to stick with and excel in math, science, and engineering.  The 2024-25 school year focus is...

06/04/2024

Secondary Science and Language Arts Teachers 🧑‍🏫 Join this 2-day professional development workshop on June 13-14 to learn how to investigate bias in news sources!

Benefits include PDH credits, a $200 summer stipend, and an opportunity to collaborate with UIUC faculty/staff and other teachers.