Nevada Robotics METRICS at Natchez Elementary School
2026-04-09 16:30 - 19:00, 2026-04-16 16:30 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Natchez Elementary School, 1 NV-447, Wadsworth, NV, 89442, United States
This spring Nevada Robotics is providing METRICS – Mentoring Educators Teaching Robotics and Innovation in Computer Science – workshops for Natchez Elementary School teachers. The three-part training series will cover using the VEX 123 robot as a tool to teach computer science, language, and math standards. Trainees will engage in hands-on Books and Bots lesson that partner unique and diverse story books with robotics and computer science activities.
For more information about Nevada Robotics, visit nevadarobotics.org.

STEM Professional Development Training: AI in Education
2026-04-11 08:00 - 11:00 | DRI, Las Vegas Campus, 755 E. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas, NV, 89119, United States
Discover the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in education with our three-hour professional development session tailored for educators. Gain foundational insights into AI and explore innovative tools to personalize learning and streamline tasks. Through interactive demonstrations and hands-on activities, learn how AI can enhance your teaching strategies and boost student outcomes. We’ll also tackle ethical considerations like data privacy and equity, ensuring responsible AI adoption. Engage in collaborative discussions to share strategies with fellow educators. By session’s end, you’ll be equipped to create a strategic plan for integrating AI, empowering you to transform your classroom into a more engaging and effective learning environment. Embrace the future of education with AI.
Educators who attend the session will be eligible for up to 3 Continuing Education hours. Click here to register: https://forms.gle/TbPj2mhc1omF6zbV8

STEM Professional Development Training: Nature Journaling
2026-04-11 09:00 - 11:00 | DRI, Reno Campus, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV, 89512, United States
Are you interested in learning how to use nature journaling as a tool for STEM education? Not only can nature journaling help people hone their powers of observation, the practice also improves language, critical thinking, STEM, and artistic skills. Nature journaling has also been shown to increase nature connectivity and awareness of one’s local environment. Come to this training and learn the basics of teaching nature journaling through hands-on activities and guided prompts. At the end, you’ll receive a nature journaling resource packet as well as a few art materials to get you started.
This training is open to both classroom and informal educators. Attendees will be eligible for up to 2 Continuing Education hours.
Click here to register: https://forms.gle/ogMUJYH14jnFX8gF7

Mapping the Invisible: Stories of Hidden Forces That Shape our World
2026-04-15 18:30 - 20:00 | DRI, Las Vegas Campus, 755 E. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas, NV, 89119, United States
Join us for an evening that reveals the powerful forces we rarely see but live with every day. Through science, data, creativity, and human insight, this program explores the hidden patterns, risks, and influences that shape our lives—from dangers that lie beneath the surface to the subtle currents that guide our decisions, behaviors, and relationships.
We’ll look at efforts to detect threats earlier and more accurately, as well as stories that illuminate the psychological, social, and artistic forces that influence how we understand the world around us.
Come discover how mapping the invisible—whether through research, reflection, or imagination—can deepen awareness, expand possibility, and help us navigate the unseen with greater clarity and care.
Arrive early and take time to explore the Atomic Museum. Curiosity Lab attendees receive free access to the exhibits from 5:00–6:30 p.m.
$15 – General Admission
$10 – Discounted Tickets for Students and Educators
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Storytellers:
Diana Monnette is an Investigative Genetic Genealogist and the Assistant Director of Wolf Pack DNA. She received her BS in history from Oregon State University and earned a Certificate of Investigative Genetic Genealogy from Ramapo College of New Jersey. She worked as a journalist and later in the field of social media management for 15 years before pivoting to the field of IGG. Diana has always had a passion for family genealogy and history, and in recent years developed a deep interest in the power of genetic genealogy, particularly its application to resolving cases of unidentifed human remains.
Diana will focus on two cases of unidentifed human remains solved using the power of Investigative Genetic Genealogy. She will start with a brief introduction to the practice, and then tie that to two recent solved cases with Wolf Pack DNA.

Thank you to our community partners Nevada Humanities & Atomic Museum.

Nevada Robotics METRICS at Stead Elementary School
2026-05-06 14:30 - 15:30 | Stead Elementary School, 10580 Stead Blvd, Reno, NV, 89506, United States
This spring Nevada Robotics is providing METRICS – Mentoring Educators Teaching Robotics and Innovation in Computer Science – workshops for Stead Elementary School teachers. The three-part training series will cover using the VEX 123 robot, VEX GO robot, and the CoDrone Edu.
For more information about Nevada Robotics, visit nevadarobotics.org.

What Lies Beneath: Stories of Obscured Truths and Quiet Dangers
2026-05-20 18:30 - 20:00 | DRI, Reno Campus, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV, 89512, United States
Join us for an evening that uncovers the dangers, truths, and meanings that often remain just out of sight. Through science, art, history, and personal reflection, this program invites you to look beneath the surface—at the hidden risks, overlooked details, and subtle forces that shape how we move through the world.
You’ll hear about efforts to detect threats earlier and more precisely, alongside stories that explore how a simple shift in perspective can alter our understanding of safety, meaning, and connection. Whether buried in the ground, embedded in memory, or woven into the fabric of daily life, the unseen has a profound impact on what we believe and how we act.
Come discover how looking closer—and looking differently—can transform what we think we know about the world and our place within it.
Refreshments & cocktails from 10 Torr Distillery and Brewery will be provided.
$15 – General Admission
$10 – Discounted Tickets for Students and Educators
Purchase Tickets!
Thank you to our community partners Nevada Humanities
and our beverage sponsor 10 Torr Distillery and Brewery.

STEM Education Program's Truckee River Watershed: Water Quality and Groundwater Training
2026-05-27 17:00 - 18:30 | Virtual
In partnership with the Truckee Meadows Water Authority, the Desert Research Institute STEM Education Program has created four virtual lessons! These virtual resources are flexible to allow for either self-directed student learning and exploration (flipped classroom) or teacher-directed instruction. This professional development training will lead educators through the online resources and allow educators to discuss how these resources could best be implemented in their classrooms.
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Time: 5:00pm – 6:30pm
Location: Virtual
This training is open to K-12 formal and informal educators. Educators who attend the session will be eligible for up to 1.5 Continuing Education hours.
Click here to register: https://forms.gle/ZiM6cVC4J8qg9AMSA

From Curiosity to Creation – Artown Reno: Listen, Learn, Create
2026-07-15 17:30 - 20:00 | DRI, Reno Campus, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV, 89512, United States
Join us for DRI’s third Artown event: From Curiosity to Creation: Listen, Learn, Create, an immersive, hands-on event where curiosity becomes your compass. Explore with DRI researchers who are your guides for discovery—experiment with scientific tools, dive into STEM and Nevada Robotics activities, and let those moments of wonder spark your own artwork. Through art materials and playful tinkering, you’ll transform what you learn into creations uniquely your own. Come ready to explore, make, and imagine alongside a community of fellow curiosity-seekers.
Refreshments & cocktails from 10 Torr Distillery and Brewery will be provided.
$15 – General Admission
$10 – Discounted Tickets for Students and Educators
Purchase Tickets!
Thank you to our community partner Nevada Humanities
and our beverage sponsor 10 Torr Distillery and Brewery.

From Curiosity to Creation – Las Vegas: Listen, Learn, Create
2026-09-16 17:30 - 20:00 | DRI, Las Vegas Campus, 755 E. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas, NV, 89119, United States
Join us for From Curiosity to Creation: Listen, Learn, Create, an immersive, hands-on event where curiosity becomes your compass. Explore with DRI researchers who are your guides for discovery—experiment with scientific tools, dive into STEM and Nevada Robotics activities, and let those moments of wonder spark your own artwork. Through art materials and playful tinkering, you’ll transform what you learn into creations uniquely your own. Come ready to explore, make, and imagine alongside a community of fellow curiosity-seekers.
Arrive early and take time to explore the Atomic Museum. Curiosity Lab attendees receive free access to the exhibits from 5:00–6:30 p.m.
$15 – General Admission
$10 – Discounted Tickets for Students and Educators
Purchase Tickets!
Thank you to our community partners Nevada Humanities & Atomic Museum.

Reading the Burn: Stories of Distance, Discovery, and Aftermath
2026-10-14 18:30 - 20:00 | DRI, Reno Campus, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV, 89512, United States
Join us for an evening that examines what destruction leaves behind—both visible and hidden, offering new insights into how landscapes transform long after the flames are gone. Complementing this scientific perspective, storytellers from the arts and humanities will share reflections on loss, renewal, and the unexpected forms of resilience that emerge from destruction. Together, these voices invite you to look more closely at the marks left by fire—and the stories they ignite.
Refreshments & cocktails from 10 Torr Distillery and Brewery will be provided.
$15 – General Admission
$10 – Discounted Tickets for Students and Educators
Purchase Tickets!
Thank you to our community partner Nevada Humanities
and our beverage sponsor 10 Torr Distillery and Brewery.

Vanishing Point: Stories of Depths, Disappearance, and Ghosts Beneath the Surface
2026-10-28 18:30 - 20:00 | DRI, Las Vegas Campus, 755 E. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas, NV, 89119, United States
Join us for an evening steeped in mystery and shadow as we explore the stories that linger where certainty fades. This event invites you into the realm of unsolved puzzles, elusive evidence, and the echoes of lives that slipped beneath the surface.
Woven alongside this scientific investigation, storytellers will share tales of forgotten histories, spectral memories, and the thin veil between what we know and what we can only imagine. Held near Halloween, Vanishing Point invites you to sit with the uncanny—where disappearances raise questions, remnants whisper back, and the past flickers like a ghost just out of view.
Arrive early and take time to explore the Atomic Museum. Curiosity Lab attendees receive free access to the exhibits from 5:00–6:30 p.m.
$15 – General Admission
$10 – Discounted Tickets for Students and Educators
Purchase Tickets!
Thank you to our community partners Nevada Humanities & Atomic Museum.
