Miami-Dade County Public Schools is set to host the Miami-Dade STEAM Expo on Saturday, February 4 from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Miami Dade College North Campus, 11380 NW 27 Ave. The purpose of the expo is to promote and highlight the District’s most creative, intelligent, and resourceful students who compete and demonstrate their proficiency in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM).
The expo, which features nationally recognized student science competition winners, showcases the results of their hard work and provides information to the community on STEAM research and engineering designs.
The 2017 Miami-Dade STEM Expo will honor the 2015-16 Miami-Dade STEM schools. The STEM School designation criteria included: STEM competitions, professional development, partnerships, equity and accountability. In addition, the STEM School Designation focuses on strengthening science, mathematics, Career and Technical (CTE) and advanced offerings. During the 2016-17 school year, schools will be able to choose from STEM or STEAM school designations to promote science, mathematics, CTE and the arts.
The opening ceremony begins at 8:45 a.m. and will feature the following student competitions: Elementary Science Fair, South Florida Regional Science and Engineering Fair and SECME STEAM Competitions.