This April, we are celebrating STEAM – science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics – at DRI. Both the STEM Education Program and Nevada Robotics are dedicated to ensuring that Nevada educators are empowered to bring high-quality, hands-on STEM learning to their classrooms and that every Nevada student has the confidence and skills to thrive in our technology driven world.
Community support plays a critical role in helping both programs fulfill their missions. The donors listed below are just a sampling of those who have supported STEAM at DRI!
In January, Novva Data Centers provided support to the Green Box Program. Green Boxes are self-contained teaching kits that provide educators with two or more weeks’ worth of lesson plans and all supplies necessary to conduct each activity.
The Robert Z. Hawkins Foundation recently supported efforts to replenish curriculum materials for Green Boxes. Thanks to this support, 22 Green Boxes that had been shelved due to missing critical curricula pieces will be back in rotation and available to Nevada educators and students.
With support from Nevada Community Foundation, the STEM Education Program and DRI’s Conservation Ecology Lab are working together to establish the DRI Agrivoltaics Demonstration Garden, which will be the first educational agrovoltaics garden within the Nevada System of Higher Education when completed.
The Andre Agassi Foundation for Education recently provided support to STEM Force (a workforce development program through DRI’s STEM Education Program) and support for Nevada Robotics to host Books & Bots teacher trainings, which combine literacy and coding, in Mesquite area elementary schools.
Thank you to our community partners, foundations, and donors for their ongoing support. Together, we can ensure a better future for Nevada and the world.
No matter the amount, every gift helps these programs fulfill their missions.
