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2018 IdeaMakers Challenge

2018 IdeaMakers Challenge

Entrepreneurial students pitch their idea at the IdeaMakers Challenge during the 2018 Penn State Startup Week. This year's weeklong event, to be held April 1-5, 2019, will offer a number of competitions and challenges for students and University community members to pitch their ideas and create inventive solutions to common problems.

Two girls work with a 3D printing pen

ABC CREATE Summer STEAM Camp - 3D Printing Pens

Two young girls work with 3D printing pens during an ABC CREATE Summer STEAM Camp for females held at Plum High School. The camp, led by educators in ABC CREATE member school districts, aimed to expose young girls to STEM-related technologies and careers. The camp also included professional development training for teachers. 

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ABC CREATE Workshop

Teachers take part in an interactive design thinking workshop during an ABC CREATE training day held at Penn State New Kensington. 

Female student sits by computers

ABC CREATE student at computers

A female student takes part in an ABC CREATE Summer STEAM Camp for females held at Plum High School. The camp, led by educators in ABC CREATE member school districts, aimed to expose young girls to STEM-related technologies and careers. The camp also included professional development training for teachers. 

Two women work with Hummingbird Duo robotics kit

ABC CREATE Teachers at STEAM Camp Training

Two teachers work with a Hummingbird Duo robotics kit during an ABC CREATE STEAM summer camp training held at Plum High School. The kits are just one of many technologies and resources available in ABC CREATE's lending library for educators in the 14 member school districts.