IEEE Educational Events

STEAM-TEAMS LEARNING LAB
STEAM-TEAMS LEARNING LAB 150 150 ieeeeduweek

STEAM-TEAMS LEARNING LAB

Curiosity → Competence → Leadership → Service

Monday, July 27, 2026
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Library 21c
1175 Chapel Hills Dr, Colorado Springs, CO

Explore the Future of STEM Learning

🔹 AI-Powered STEM Storytelling
🔹 Snap Circuits & Electronics
🔹 PhET Interactive Simulations
🔹 Robotics & Engineering Challenges
🔹 Mentorship & Leadership Development
🔹 Parent and Educator Engagement

Experience

Storytelling + AI + Simulations + Hands-On Engineering + Mentorship

Discover how students, parents, educators, and IEEE volunteers can work together to create engaging STEM learning experiences that inspire curiosity, problem solving, leadership, and service.

Open To

✅ Students (Middle School & Up)
✅ Parents & Families
✅ Educators
✅ IEEE Members & Volunteers
✅ Community STEM Advocates

Our Vision

High Tech × High Touch = Higher Purpose

Digital Storytelling

  • Interactive Simulations
  • Engineering Challenges
  • AI Learning Tools
  • Human Mentorship
    = Transformative STEM Learning

Sponsored By

IEEE Pikes Peak Section
Leadership Multiplier Initiative
STEAM-TEAMS Community Outreach

Learn • Build • Mentor • Lead

Free Admission
Parents Encouraged to Participate Alongside Students

STEAM TEAMS: Training for SNAP Circuits and PhET Simulations
STEAM TEAMS: Training for SNAP Circuits and PhET Simulations 150 150 ieeeeduweek

The IEEE Pikes Peak Section STEAM-TEAMS Monthly Meeting for June will focus on a special two-session introduction to Snap Circuits and PhET Interactive Simulations designed to help prepare volunteers, students, parents, and future mentors for the 2026 Cool Science Carnival Day and Festival events scheduled from October 3 through October 18, 2026.

This session is part of a larger effort to build a sustainable and scalable STEM outreach pipeline through hands-on learning, mentorship, and community engagement. Participants will experience how physical Snap Circuits activities can be combined with PhET simulations to help students visualize invisible engineering and science concepts such as current flow, switches, LEDs, motors, conductivity, logic, and photonics principles.

Unlike previous STEAM-TEAMS meetings that focused primarily on general outreach coordination and introductory demonstrations, this June session will place greater emphasis on instructional preparation, guided demonstrations, and volunteer readiness for large-scale public STEM engagement during Cool Science events.

Topics and Activities Include:
• Hands-on Snap Circuits demonstrations
• Guided PhET simulation activities
• Connecting physical circuits with virtual simulations
• STEM outreach strategies for families and K-12 students
• Volunteer preparation for Cool Science Carnival Day
• Building mentorship and leadership through STEM activities
• AI-assisted multimedia concepts for future outreach support

This June session is intended to serve as the first of multiple follow-up training and preparation sessions leading into the October Cool Science events. Additional sessions will continue to expand demonstrations, volunteer coordination, mentorship opportunities, and educational content development throughout the summer and early fall.

The IEEE Pikes Peak Section continues to explore ways to make engineering education more visible, interactive, and family friendly while strengthening leadership development through mentorship and community service.

Reference:
Snap Circuits STEM Outreach Resource:
https://r5.ieee.org/pikespeak/snap-circuits

Previous IEEE vTools Event Example:
https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/556262

IEEE Student Membership Awareness and Orientation Session 2026
IEEE Student Membership Awareness and Orientation Session 2026 150 150 ieeeeduweek

The IEEE Student Branch is organizing the IEEE Student Membership Awareness and Orientation Session 2026 to introduce students to the benefits and opportunities available through IEEE membership.

This session aims to motivate students toward innovation, technical learning, research activities, professional networking, and leadership development through active participation in IEEE. Participants will gain insights into IEEE societies, conferences, workshops, scholarships, competitions, volunteering opportunities, and global professional communities.

The session will also provide guidance on the IEEE membership registration process and explain how students can actively engage in IEEE Student Branch activities at local and international levels.

Project Management Basics: Professional Development Skills PACE
Project Management Basics: Professional Development Skills PACE 150 150 ieeeeduweek

Workshop Overview

The Introduction to Project Management seminar is intended for engineers, technical leads, project leaders, and functional managers who want to learn the basic fundamentals of project management, in order to help themselves and their groups accomplish their endeavors, whether at work, at home, or in the community. Participants will learn basic project management techniques, and most importantly, how to apply them in real life without excessive paperwork or overhead! The workshop will include templates and checklists to take away, and examples of how to apply project management techniques to engineering, personal projects and some project management personal/human touch tips.

 

May STEAM TEAMS Meeting: AI-Assisted Multimedia, PhET Sims, Photonics/Microcontroller Demos
May STEAM TEAMS Meeting: AI-Assisted Multimedia, PhET Sims, Photonics/Microcontroller Demos 150 150 ieeeeduweek

Join us for an evening of recognition, mentorship, hands-on learning, and community connection at the next IEEE Pikes Peak Section STEAM-TEAMS Monthly Meeting.  These meetings are in preparation for the 2026 Cool Science Carnival Day and Festival, Oct 3- Oct 18.  Ideally, because of the 8000+ visitors and 100 booths at UCCS last year, we want to have 36  S.T.A.R. (STEAM-TEAMS Ambassadors for outREACH) volunteers/mentors to donate one-hour of their valuable time during this 6-hour event.  This will allow time to have these volunteers visit the other booths with their families.  If anyone would like to contribute in their talent in other ways such as digital marketing, AI-assisted multi-content for short 2-5 minute tutorials on technical topics, social media marketing, fashion, digital and social media marketing, and other logistical support, please let Dr Santiago know at [email protected]

Monday, May 18, 2026
5:00 PM – 6:15 PM
21st Century Library. ENT Conference Room
1175 Chapel Hills Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80920

 

This month’s meeting is a special opportunity to bring together IEEE members, student members, families, guests, and past and present volunteers for an evening of learning, recognition, and community connection.

We will be recognizing our 2025 STEAM-TEAMS participants with challenge coins as a small token of appreciation for the time, service, and encouragement they have given to others through STEM and STEAM outreach.

We will also share a brief AI-Assisted Multimedia, PhET simulations,  Photonics/Microcontroller Demos as a fun introduction to these topics for the Sep-Cool Science Festival and Fair.

This gathering reflects something we deeply value in the IEEE Pikes Peak Section: building not only programs, but people. Through mentorship, hands-on learning, and community engagement, we continue working to make leadership more welcoming, more visible, and more meaningful for the next generation.

If you are interested in:

  • STEM and STEAM activities
  • mentoring students and young professionals
  • family-friendly engineering outreach
  • growing leadership through service and encouragement

we would be glad to have you join us.

Website: https://r5.ieee.org/pikespeak

#IEEE #IEEEPikesPeakSection #STEAMTEAMS #STEM #STEAM #Mentorship #Photonics #EngineeringEducation #FamilyFriendly #VolunteerLeadership #CoolScience

April STEAM TEAMS Meeting: Challenge Coin Recognition and Sample Light Snap Circuits Demos (Photonics)
April STEAM TEAMS Meeting: Challenge Coin Recognition and Sample Light Snap Circuits Demos (Photonics) 150 150 ieeeeduweek

Join us for an evening of recognition, mentorship, hands-on learning, and community connection at the next IEEE Pikes Peak Section STEAM-TEAMS Monthly Meeting.

Monday, April 27, 2026
6:00 PM – 7:15 PM
21st Century Library. ENT Conference Room
1175 Chapel Hills Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80920

This month’s meeting is a special opportunity to bring together IEEE members, student members, families, guests, and past and present volunteers for an evening of learning, recognition, and community connection.

We will be recognizing our 2025 STEAM-TEAMS participants with challenge coins as a small token of appreciation for the time, service, and encouragement they have given to others through STEM and STEAM outreach.

We will also share a brief Light Snap Circuits demonstration as a fun introduction to photonics, along with updates connected to the Cool Science Festival and Fair.

This gathering reflects something we deeply value in the IEEE Pikes Peak Section: building not only programs, but people. Through mentorship, hands-on learning, and community engagement, we continue working to make leadership more welcoming, more visible, and more meaningful for the next generation.

If you are interested in:

  • STEM and STEAM activities
  • mentoring students and young professionals
  • family-friendly engineering outreach
  • growing leadership through service and encouragement

we would be glad to have you join us.

Website: https://r5.ieee.org/pikespeak

#IEEE #IEEEPikesPeakSection #STEAMTEAMS #STEM #STEAM #Mentorship #Photonics #EngineeringEducation #FamilyFriendly #VolunteerLeadership #CoolScience

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