The SWISH Innovation Playground is an interactive space designed to inspire and engage educators and administrators. More than just a vendor hall, this hands-on space showcases programs, tools, and ideas through activities and demonstrations that encourage exploration and connection to enhance STEM opportunities in your school and community! The Innovation Playground features exciting, hands-on activities from our partners, including:
- CapEd: Be a financial literacy rock star! Dive into demos of Bite of Reality, a budgeting simulation, and explore manipulatives and videos from It's A Money Thing Financial Literacy curriculum.
- Children’s Museum of the Magic Valley: Experience the thrill of the wind tunnel and discover how it can teach kids about airflow and engineering.
- Discovery Center of Idaho: Get Amped Up with the science behind rockin’ special effects and assist with 3D printing guitar picks!
- Idaho Ecosystem Student Ambassadors: Explore how students are driving STEM innovation in schools and communities with hands-on projects.
- Institute for Microelectronics Education and Research: Discover interactive ways to teach microelectronics and bring the world of tech to your classroom.
- Micron: Experience the Binary Bracelet activity and learn how binary code powers all digital media!
- STEM Forged: Create AI lesson plans and interactive quiz games, perfect for integrating technology into your curriculum.
- Tech Innovator Facilitators: Learn how to integrate technology into your classroom to ignite students' passion for engineering.
- Databot: Try Ninja Physics and explore how Databot empowers students to learn coding and data science.
- FIRST Idaho Robotics: Meet a local team and be inspired by a rookie mini-bot and a factory bot that competed in the 2024 FIRST FRC Competition.
- Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children: Dive into early childhood STEM activities, including a makerspace and interactive STEM table that is developmentally appropriate.
- INL: Explore cutting-edge innovations and learn how energy and nuclear technologies can inspire STEM learning.
- ION TMC: Create noise makers and musical instruments made out of recycled materials, promoting creativity and sustainability.
- OnRamp: Engage in fun Sphero mini golf,
- SWISH: 3D print a customized guitar pick and learn about support and grant funding from the Idaho STEM Ecosystem
Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with cutting-edge tools and ideas!
