The Northeast Iowa STEM Hub has gathered various exhibit examples for the following business sectors:
- Agriculture
- Architect/Engineering
- Computer Science
- Construction
- Energy/Utilities
- Environmental
- Financial
- General
- Law Enforcement/Fire & Rescue
- Manufacturing
- Medical
Below are past examples of activities from various different sectors:
AGRICULTURE |
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John Deere |
Participants measured the power needed to pull the machinery through wet sand. |
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ARCHITECTURE & ENGINEERING |
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Origin Design |
Origin Design brought a hands-on activity for kids to be able to use Lego duplos to build a retaining wall and see if their design collapses / fails . This activity is designed to get kids thinking about designing. How high of a wall can they build? How can we backfill to give stability? |
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IMEG |
Participants were challenged to build the tallest tower out of paper. |
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Girls Scouts |
Participants worked together to build a straw building with the local girls scouts. |
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Girls Scouts |
By using toothpicks and gum drops, participants created a model of a cube. |
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ISG |
ISG had participants build towers out of foam blocks. Structural stability was determined utilizing a fan to withstand a horizontal wind force. |
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Collins Aerospace |
Participants were able to talk with volunteers about how different aerospace machines work and got the opportunity to test them out. They were also able to make cutout airplanes to take home. |
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COMPUTER SCIENCE |
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Upper Iowa University |
Participants operated a GoPro camera and a Wacom tablet to test their graphic design skills. |
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CONSTRUCTION |
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Hawkeye Community College |
Attendees got the opportunity to feel what it is like to be in the driver's seat behind some big machinery that would often be used on construction sites. |
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Waterloo Career Center |
Participants got the opportunity to use drills and other tools to perform basic construction skills. |
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ENERGY & UTILITIES |
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East Penn |
By using Snap Circuits, East Penn had participants wire various items to replicate the flow of energy in a battery. |
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ENVIRONMENTAL |
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Black Hawk County Conservation & Soil |
East Black Hawk Co. Soil & Water Conservation brought a soil erosion rainfall simulator and an Enviroscape watershed model on display to teach students about the connection between stormwater, soil erosion, water quality, and what they can do to help protect water in our community. |
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FINANCIAL |
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Community Bank of Oelwein |
Participants participated in a ring toss using pop bottles. Place on top of bottles were various coin amounts. Participants were asked to calculate the total. If correct, the participant won a prize. |
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GENERAL |
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Iowa Public Television |
Participants replicated shapes using tangrams. |
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LAW ENFORCEMENT/FIRE & RESCUE |
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Fayette Co. Sheriff Department |
Fayette Co. Sheriff Dept. examined technology utilized by law enforcement. |
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Winneshiek Co. Sheriff Department |
The kids were be able to watch K9 demonstrations and meet K9 "McCoy." They were also be given a tour of the squad car and got to see the latest equipment and technology used in law enforcement. |
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Dubuque Police |
Participants explored a Dubuque Police Department patrol vehicle. |
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Waterloo Fire & Rescue |
Participants were able to test out their firefighter skills with rope rescue equipment and a demo called "HazMat ID Mass Spectrometer" with the Waterloo Fire and Rescue. |
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UNI STEM |
Participants were involved in an investigation to find the missing mascot using chromatography. |
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Manchester Police Department |
Participants got the opportunity to put on goggles to simulate the effects of impairment and attempt to do a set of tasks. |
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Dubuque Police Department |
Participants were able to test their speed with the Dubuque Police Department to track how fast they could run using a radar gun. |
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MANUFACTURING |
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Viking Pump |
Participants operated various pumps with Viking Pump. When the water reached the top, the column lit up. They also brought moving pump demos and examples of liquids that they pump. |
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John Deere |
Participants welded with a virtual reality tool. |
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Geater (GMM) |
Participants measured the diameter of a circle utilizing different tools. |
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John Deere |
Participants measured the power needed to pull the machinery through wet sand. |
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Fusion Products |
Participants operated on the computers to test their knowledge of measuring by playing a ruler game with Fusion Products. |
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Bodine Electric |
Bodine Electric had participants build low voltage (5 volts) electric motors. |
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Engineering Services and Products |
Engineering Services and Products had a demonstration on hydroponic growing, and an activity of building structures out of spaghetti and marshmallows. |
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Bayer Crop Science |
Bayer Crop Science had various different activities for participants to interact with to demonstrate Bernoullia's Principle, including making vapor rings with trash can to show air flow. |
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MEDICAL |
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Regional Health Services of Howard County |
Regional Health Services of Howard County used an Ipad and a 12 inch platform to show participants all the different part of the body that they used during their jump. |
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NICC Nursing |
Participants navigated various syringes by pulling water out of a bowl and measured the liquid in the syringe. |
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MercyOne |
MercyOne operated a small ultrasound machine to view their arteries and veins. |
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University of Iowa Medical |
UI Health Care provided interactive medical activities. Activities included; laparoscopic surgery. Kids had the opportunity to try their hand at minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery. |
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Paramount Ambulances |
Paramedic teaches participants about all the different medical equipment that is used during their job. |
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Ideal Chiropractic |
Children had the opportunity to create a spine out of noodles with Ideal Chiropractic. |
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