Make note of the following Icon Key, which will help you quickly see what each booth and experience offers. Be sure to read the details, too - you'll likely find some hidden gems and unexpected interests!
Welcome to the ninth annual STEAM Exploration Night, Full STEAM Ahead!
Here in Federal Way Public Schools, we know that each scholar can achieve success, and it is our commitment to empower our students with access and choice by exposing them to the many opportunities and career paths available.
Over the years, STEAM Exploration Night has become a scholar and family-favorite event in our district, allowing students to explore the world of science, technology, engineering, art, and math. The interests of FWPS scholars are wide and varied, and it is our job to expose our 22,000+ scholars to STEAM and share how all each element comes together in today’s interdisciplinary world. Our scholars use this event, among many other STEAM opportunities within FWPS, to explore, prepare, and launch into STEAM-related college and career pathways and high-demand, high-wage professions.
Tonight’s STEAM Exploration Night will show scholars how they can use STEAM to fuel their dreams and aspirations for the future. Scholars of all ages can speak with diverse STEAM professionals from various fields, engage in grade-level appropriate activities that can spark curiosity and passion, and discover pathways in FWPS that will lead to a fulfilling and successful future.
I hope each of you enjoys the endless fun tonight. Let this evening serve as a launch pad to fuel a BRIGHT future!
Dr. Dani Pfeiffer
Superintendent
Explore Booths by Pathway
Booths are organized by STEAM pathways and are available throughout the building for students and families to explore career interests by gathering information, engaging in hands-on activities, and more. Click each pathway to view booth details.
Focuses on the essential elements of life, food, water, land, and air. This pathway includes a diverse spectrum of occupations ranging from farmer, wastewater treatment plant operator, and veterinarian to geologist, land conservationist, landscape designer, and florist. It also includes nontraditional agricultural occupations like wind energy, solar energy, and oil and gas production.
Highline College Geology Program
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
⭐ Silver Sponsor
Test your skill! Build buildings and see if they survive an earthquake with an interactive simulator!
Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Get information about the garden and upcoming events, and play some hands-on games, including "Rhododendron Match-Up" or complete an "All About Pollinators" worksheet activity.
Washington Native Plant Society - Central Puget Sound Chapter
📝 Information🖐 Hands-on Activity
Get a close up look at the small details of native plants using a dissecting scope and participate in a "scavenger hunt" to identify plants by their characteristics! Handouts about the value of native plants and pollinators in wildlife and the environment will also be present.
Light of Christ Community Garden
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
💬 Spanish
Do you want to test the PH levels on soil samples? Stop by this booth to test soil, learn about the life cycle of mason bees and plant families, see a garden with plant rotation, and find out how math is used in the garden! You can also play a fin matching game and take home seeds to plant at home!
Federal Way Marine Hills Garden Club
📝 Information
Learn about seeds and propogation through cuttings at different levels of growth and view plants on display. Discover the world of horticulture and ask questions to start your own garden!
Highline College - MaST Center Aquarium
📝 Information
⭐ Silver Sponsor
View and touch skulls and pelts of common marine mammals. Also, learn about the aquarium's public events, volunteer program, internships, careers in the marine field, and degree pathways that can be taken at Highline College.
EarthCorps (AmeriCorps Branch)
📝 Information
💬 Spanish
Get brochures and stickers, and learn about ways to participate in post-high school internships or volunteer opportunities through Earthcorps!
Ellenos Yogurt
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Sample our yogurt and learn about food science career paths.
Pacific Bonsai Museum
Bonsai in a Box
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
💬 Polish
View a living bonsai tree and participate in some hands-on activities. Bonsai is an artform and science, and the museum is only minutes away from the heart of Federal Way!
Washington Department of Natural Resources
Forest Health Exploration
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
💬 Spanish
Students can engage in multiple hands-on activities: build a forest sandbox, diagnose tree health with tree cookies, and watch a forestry tools demo. There will also be handouts about Washington's natural resources available.
Green River College Natural Resources Program (Forestry)
📝 Information
Learn from current students about the Natural Resources program. View forestry field tools, plants and cones, and books. Also, grab some brochures about our college program and swag.
Washington Conservation Corps
📝 Information
Learn about the program and see examples of tools and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) used in the field.
Cherry Street Farm
Hip Hop is Green - Youth Excellence Program
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Unkitawa
📝 Information
Get information about their programs.
Sequoyah Middle School
Sequoyah Middle School CTE Classes
CTE Feature
Learn how Sequoyah students have worked to establish our school garden along with skills learned.
Employment Transition Program (ETP)
📝 Information
View pictures of the ETP garden and take home seeds to plant at home! FWPS Employment and Transition Program Garden- ETP scholars plant, care for and harvest a variety of plants. Their garden supports the propagation of native plant for use throughout the district, raises strawberry plants for a kindergarten science unit, and provides fresh produce, which is used in the Central Kitchen and shared with local food banks.
Illahee Middle School
STEM Gardening
CTE Feature
Lake Dolloff Elementary
Wild Weather of the Pacific Northwest
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Camelot Elementary
Camelot Green Knights and Green Aprons
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Camelot Green Knights Club members will showcase our composting program at Camelot and show how it helps in our school garden. Members will demonstrate the composting steps used by Green Aprons in the lunchroom.
Lakota Middle School
Lakota Gardening: An Up Close Look at Bus in Your Garden
🖐 Hands-on Activity
CTE Feature
Dig into the world of decomposers! Join Lakota Middle School scholars from their STEM Gardening class to explore soil samples and discover the vital role organisms like worms, fungi, and bacteria play in breaking down composted organic matter. With hands-on tools, microscopes, and view finders, you'll uncover the tiny creatures that keep our ecosystems healthy and learn how they contribute to the cycle of life!
Focuses on the relationship between households to their environment. This program of study integrates studies in human development, family dynamics, food, health, and wellness. Some careers within this pathway include a chef, baker, food production manager, library technician, and facilities manager.
Mycopigments
Celebrating Fungal Diversity Through Dyes
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
🌋 Demonstration
🎨 Arts Feature
Learn about our regional dye palette found in fungi. Stop by to see examples of the vast range of colors found in local wild species. While you're there, make your own mushroom dyed keepsake. This is a natural dye demo highlighting the diversity of our regional fungal kingdom. Students will have an opportunity to learn about how to identify dye species, extract color and dye a wool fiber mushroom cut out. This study touches on social health and wellness, biology, chemistry, agriculture, and entrepreneurship.
The Trap Lab Fitness Studio
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Learn how dance connects to STEAM through movement, music, and creativity. Get information about academy programs, enrollment, and youth opportunities. Discover how dance supports confidence, teamwork, discipline, and creative expression through an engaging activity.
Federal Way Arts Commission
📝 Information
💬 Spanish
Learn about art opportunities for students in Federal Way.
Paul Mitchell The School
📝 Information
Pick up flyers, swag, and ask any questions regarding the beauty industry!
King County Library System (KCLS) and Federal Way Library Makerspace
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Get information about the KCLS library and watch a demonstration of makerspace equipment, with an opportunity to participate in a hands-on activity!
Catholic Community Services
International Foster Care Program
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
💬 Spanish
Explore about kinetic energy and how energy moves throughout an object when the tension is released. Also, learn how to make different kinds of popsicle stick designs, and take a go bag home, too!
Temple Fitness
Personal Training Studio, Specialty Services & Programs
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Learn helpful information about basic movements of the human body through guided movement and exercises with athletic equipment. Also, get information on health and nutrition and learn about careers as a physical therapist, personal trainer, nutrition coach, athletic coach, and more!
Phenomenal She
STEAM Club
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
🌋 Demonstration
Find an array of demonstrations: VR sets, iPads showcasing recent STEAM projects, and an engineers build station. Also, gather information about the STEAM Program.
FWPS
School Garden to Cafeteria Program
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Learn how FWPS school gardens are growing and harvesting fresh foods for our cafeterias.
Scouting America
📝 Information
💬 German
View display boards and learn about the scouting program!
Western Governors University
Schools of Business, Education, Healthcare, and Technology
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Get information and brochures about WGU for upcoming high school grads and adult learners who are interested in furthering their careers in teaching, healthcare, IT, or business.
View and dissect owl pellets - a fun activity for folks of all ages! Plus, WGUs mascot it an owl, so it's a fun tie-in!
Nautilus K-8
Nautilus K-8: 7th Grade Washington State History
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Scholars from our 7th Grade Washington State history class will display a class mural they created as part of a recent Social Studies unit. While the unit prompts scholars to generate an idea for a mural, we've taken this a step further by supporting mural creation as an artistic expression. The mural is intended to depict learning from the unit, and will showcase research about early settlers, immigrant communities, and indigenous peoples in Federal Way. The mural challenges scholars to represent all of these identities in our local community.
Focuses on designing, producing, planning, managing, and maintaining the built environment, or processing materials into final products. Including the Arts, A/V Technology and Communication Career Cluster, where scholars apply artistic talent to practical problems and learn visual arts principles that equip scholars with the skills and techniques to work in any number of creative design and entertainment fields. Examples include an architect, civil engineer, construction & building inspector, graphic designer, and painter.
Associated Earth Sciences, Inc
Geotechnical Engineering, Hydrogeologic and Geophysics Services
📝 Information
View and manipulate samples of soil and rock Associated Earth Sciences, Inc. encounters during studies and the lab equipment used for soil testing. Use sieves to perform grain size analysis, and view samples of geogrid used for design of retaining walls.
Puget Sound Skill Center
Fire and EMS Program
📝 Information
🌋Demonstration
PSSC students will showcase some skills they have learned in the class. They plan on bringing Fire Gear and tools along with brochures about our program. This is part of their Senior capstone project in which their goal is to recruit more minorities to the program.
Blue Origin and Club for the Future
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
💬 Tagalog
Learn about Blue Origin and Club for the Future, participate in an engineering activity to practice making something, testing, and iterating (space related).
Mahan Design Werx
📝 Information
🎨 Arts Feature
Learn about graphic design, and view some completed projects including apparel, skateboard, client documents. etc. See digital work on the computer, and view the tools used to create designs.
Sylvan Learning Center of Federal Way
Beginning Robotics and Coding
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
⭐ Bronze Sponsor
Participate in Lego robotics and coding experiences for students K-8.
Highline College
Geology Department
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
⭐ Silver Sponsor
Will your structure still stand? Build a building and test it to see if it can withstand an earthquake.
Lakehaven Water & Sewer District
📝 Information
⭐ Bronze Sponsor
View videos about Lakehaven's water supply and sewer service and samples of wastewater products. Collect hand-outs and SWAG.
REI Co-op Brands Team
📝 Information
🎨 Arts Feature
View some REI products, then dive into the process of bringing the design from an idea to reality!
FWPS Capital Projects
📝 Information
Learn about the role FWPS Capital Projects plays in bringing architect design, building, and other teams together to create and enhance school buildings.
FORMA Construction
Structural Engineering and Construction
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
🎨 Arts Feature
Participate in an activity that teaches about how cross-bracing works or build a Lego kit you can take home. Hands-on activities are typically geared towards Pre-K through middle school, there will also be an info station with some tech for high school students to check out. Be sure to grab a hard hat as a special gift!
Integrus Architecture
📝 Information
View interactive model elements, drawings, and videos. Try hands-on architectural tools for physical and 3D modeling. Learn about the architecture process, and take home company brochures with more information.
Bates Technical College
📝 Information
Showcasing visual demonstrations to show of the things career professionals do in their field.
MacDonald-Miller Facility Solutions
(Mechanical Contractor)
📝 Information
Get information about the full-service, design-build mechanical contractor in the Pacific Northwest.
The Museum of Flight
📝 Information🖐 Hands-on Activity
We will provide a hands-on activity, along with information about our educational programming.
Just-Evotec Biologics
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Learn about the companies development and manufacturing services for antibody, next-generation biologics, and biosimilar products through an information display and representatives. Experiment with games that reinforce your learning.
AJAC - Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeships
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Learn about careers in Advanced Manufacturing and participate in activities around print reading and precision measurement.
Sound Transit
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
⭐ Silver Sponsor
Participate in fun educational games and learn about the light rail system which was recently expanded to Federal Way!
Highline College
Bring Your Kids to College STEAM Workshops
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
🌋 Demonstration
🎨 Arts Feature
⭐ Silver Sponsor
View a 3D printer in operation, get bookmarks about STEAM workshops and 3D printed medallions, then personalize them with accessories!
Green River College - Trades Program
Hands-On Career Pathways in the Skilled Trades
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
🌋 Demonstration
💬 Spanish
Through an interactive booth experience, learn about GRC and the trades industry. The team will share informational materials, including brochures and visual displays, and engage directly with students to discuss career pathways, educational opportunities, and real-world applications of our work. Witness brief demonstrations and participate in hands-on activities that create an engaging experience.
Highline College
Physics
📝 Information
💬 German, Swahili
⭐ Silver Sponsor
Learn about Highline's Physics programs and careers.
SoundBio Lab
Elephant Toothpaste Demonstration
📝 Information
🌋Demonstration
Workshop demonstration of “Elephant Toothpaste” by using yeast to reduce hydrogen peroxide, a common disinfectant, into water and air to see a safe foam explosion. Also, to envision a career in laboratory science, participants can wear PPE and discuss its importance in lab safety.
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Seattle Younger Members Forum (YMF)
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
💬 Spanish
View and interact with storm water model and structural engineering models. Learn about the civil engineering career pathway specializing in your favorite type of infrastructure. Through these interactive activities, get inspired to build the cities of the future by becoming a civil engineer!
Evergreen Middle School
Evergreen First Lego League: Robotics 1, 2, 3
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
🌋 Demonstration
CTE Feature
Learn about Evergreen Middle School's First Lego League Robotics season as Evergreen Robotics class guides attendees to program the robots and retrieve a piece of candy, build robotic attachment designs to be changed quickly for competition, and build jigs to increase the consistency of successful robotic performance.
Olympic View K-8
Olympic View K-8 VEX Robots
📝 Information
🌋Demonstration
Fifth graders will have an obstacle course set up to use with the VEX robots. They will demonstrate how to use them and let people work to code the robot to complete the obstacle course.
AHBL, Inc.
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Participate in two hands-on activities, building your own park/garden and a structural activity.
IAM/Boeing Apprenticeship Program
📝 Information
Get information about the apprenticeship trade programs offered.
TerraPower
NAYGN Chapter Booth
📝 Information
Highline College
STEM Programs
📝 Information
⭐ Silver Sponsor
Learn about the STEM programs available at Highline College.
PlyGem Windows and Doors
📝 Information
🌋Demonstration
Ply Gem windows will display engineering and safety aspects of the business, including PPE mannequin to teach/demonstrate industrial safety and measuring tools and engineering displays to show the technical side of the business.
Kilo Middle School
Kilo: Projects and Flight Simulator
📝 Information
🌋 Demonstration
CTE Feature
Watch Kilo students demonstrate flight using a cardboard wind tunnel and the use of a flight simulator. Will also display gear ratios LEGOS.
Star Lake Elementary
Binary Bracelet Station
📝 Information
🌋 Demonstration
🎨 Arts Feature
Learn about the basics of binary code and how it is used every day. Then choose a 3-5 letter word initials, translate it into binary and create a bracelet using colored beads for the 0's and 1's.
FWPS LEGO Robotics
🌋 Demonstration
Watch FWPS LEGO robotics demonstrations from:
Green Gables
Mirror Lake
Sherwood Forest
Silver Lake
Valhalla
FWPS Sphero Clubs
🌋 Demonstration
Watch FWPS Coding and Innovation clubs demonstrate Sphero robots navigate through a maze:
Mirror Lake Elementary
Twin Lakes Elementary
Rainier View Elementary
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Featuring Mrs. Larson's students.
Lake Dolloff Elementary
Lake Dolloff Dolphins: Built to Last
📝 Information
🌋 Demonstration
Scholars will build paper houses and then demonstrate how their construction protects them from the weather.
Brigadoon Elementary
Brigadoon Block Blasters - Lego Robotics Club
🌋 Demonstration
💬 Spanish, Lao
View robotics in action, with an opportunity to code a robot to see how the robotics movements and task completion work, and watch a demonstration of the Lego Robotics missions.
Lakeland Elementary
Lakeland VEX Robots
🖐 Hands-on Activity
🎨 Arts Feature
The 5th graders will have an obstacle course set up to use with the VEX robots. They will demonstrate how to use them and let people work to code the robot to complete the obstacle course
Federal Way Public Academy
Engineering Essentials
📝 Information
CTE Feature
This booth will feature Engineering Essentials scholars building a 3D printed digital microscope, and Earth Science students presenting on plate tectonics.
Todd Beamer High School
AFJROTC: Flight Simulators, Drones, and Rockets
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
🌋 Demonstration
CTE Feature
Todd Beamer High School AFJROTC students team up with Federal Way High School to offer an exciting experience for all ages!
Take the wheel and try your hand at flying an airplane! Take off, gain altitude, cruise the sky, or go full throttle with a flight simulator. View drones in action piloted by current AFJROTC scholars and learn about remote-controlled aircraft.
Enterprise Elementary
Enterprise STEAM Club
📝 Information
🌋 Demonstration
See how Enterprise scholars are engaged in STEAM activities. Watch scholars code Sphero robots through a maze, building a structure on and earthquake simulator, and more!
Sunnycrest Elementary
Languages of Robots!
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Can you drive a robot in the path of a square or rectangle? Come try it out!
Wildwood Elementary
Wildwood Lego Building and Lego Robotics
🖐 Hands-on Activity
🌋 Demonstration
Watch, then learn how to use block coding to compete in a Lego League robot race! Wildwood students will demonstrate basic coding skills to move robots across the table/board. This is your chance to code in a fun way!
Adelaide Elementary
Robotic Eagles
📝 Information
🌋 Demonstration
Adelaide robotics team members will explain how their invention was created and demonstrate how it works.
Sherwood Forest
Lego Robotics
📝 Information
🌋 Demonstration
Sherwood Forest scholars will share about their First Lego League experience. They will share about designing and programing their robot, as well as their archeology themed innovation project.
Mark Twain Elementary
LEGO Bullfrogs
🌋 Demonstration
Watch an exciting robotics demonstration by Mark Twain scholars.
Thomas Jefferson High School
Fine Arts and Wood Design
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
🎨 Arts Feature
CTE Feature
Students will showcase work from their master woodshop class and showcase and lead a fine arts activity.
Sacajawea Middle School
STEM Electives
📝 Information
CTE Feature
Panther Lake Elementary
Panther Lake STEM4Good Club
📝 Information
🌋 Demonstration
We will have scholars in our STEM4Good club present their learning at the event.
City of Federal Way
Water Quality Fun!
📝 Information🖐 Hands-on Activity
Learn about the City of Federal Way's water quality group. Get information and resources about Stormwater Pollution and the role of water quality testing and analysis. Hands-on water quality monitoring tools to pick up and play with will be available, as well as links and resources for Jobs and internships with the city.
YouthForce/Boys and Girls Club of King County
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
The sky is the limit! Use VR for for college and career exploration. See which careers and colleges you may want to pursue. Also, gather information regarding our programs, work-based learning, and internship opportunities.
Hargabyte Software
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
🌋Demonstration
Watch a cool on-site demonstration of custom laser engraving. Take your personalized gift home as SWAG!
Land Surveyors' Association of Washingtion
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Use VR sets for my booth to take a virtual tour of a land surveyor's on-site activities. Gather college brochures about nearby surveying programs. earning a technical certificate, and coloring pages, stickers, and posters to engage students of all ages.
Mirror Lake Elementary
Mirror Lake STEM
📝 Information
🌋Demonstration
Mirror Lake students will show students how to code and move a Sphero and or Lego robot.
Valhalla Elementary
🌋Demonstration
Valhalla students will demonstrate their work with robots and Lego League problems
Silver Lake Elementary
Silver Lake Robotics
📝 Information
🌋Demonstration
Silver Lake scholars will be showcasing the robots and coding from Project Lead the Way work.
Lake Grove Elementary
Amazing Magnets
📝 Information
🌋Demonstration
Third grade scholars will be interacting with magnets and inviting attendees to explore the forces of magnets, too!
NW Laborers Apprenticeship
📝 Information
💬 Spanish
Discover information on the opportunities that are out there in the trades as apprenticeship vs traditional college.
Twin Lakes Elementary
Twin Lakes Sphero Club
🌋Demonstration
Twin Lakes' Sphero Club students will be using tablets to operate robots through student-designed labyrinths.
Promotes health and wellness and focuses on planning, managing, and providing therapeutic services, diagnostics services, health informatics, support services, and biotechnology research. Careers may include working directly with a patient to diagnose and treat injuries and diseases or working behind the scenes in a laboratory or administrative role. Examples include an anesthesiologist, dentist, speech pathologist, pharmacist, and nurse.
Green River College
Nursing and Healthcare Studies Program
📝 Information
Get information about the Green River College Nursing and Healthcare Studies program.
South King Fire
📝 Information
🌋 Demonstration
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Learn how the fire department operates, speak to a fire fighter, and snag some fun SWAG!
Dibble Family Dental
📝 Information
🌋 Demonstration
See pictures of dental surgeries, restorative before and after and radiographs, view sterilized surgically removed teeth, and take home flyers.
MultiCare
Medication Administration
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Learn about MultiCare Health System operations and infuse medication via an existing IV with medical simulation arms. (There will be no sharp needles used. Just saline filled syringes with no needles.)
Jex Chiropractic and Massage
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
💬 Spanish
Get information on the spine and it's association with the body. Grab spinal handouts, and participate in a fun puzzle activity to understand the areas of the spine. Gain a deeper understanding through a video showing what a chiropractic adjustment looks like.
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
Discover Your Future in Healthcare!
🖐 Hands-on Activity
💬 Spanish
Are you up for the task? See how steady your hands are with a game of operation, spin the wheel for healthcare careers trivia, and gather information about volunteer and healthcare career exploration opportunities. Oh, and get some SWAG, too!
Highline College
Certified Nursing Assistant Accelerated Program
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
⭐ Silver Sponsor
Interact with a CPR mannequin, learn how to take someone's blood pressure using blood pressure cuffs, and participate in other fun activities. Also, learn about our program and take home some college brochures.
Green River College
Therapy Occupational Assistant Program "Adaptive Art Studio"
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Learn about Green River's occupational therapy assistant program and participate in a therapeutic hands-on activity.
University of Washington
UW Biomedical Engineering Society
🖐 Hands-on Activity
🌋 Demonstration
💬 Chinese
Learn about bioengineering through a fun hands-on activity with ultrasounds.
University of Washington - Tacoma
Department of Sciences and Mathematics
🖐 Hands-on Activity
🌋 Demonstration
🎨 Arts Feature
💬 Chinese
Enjoy both science and math demos and hands-on activities related to environmental science, chemistry, and more. Learn from current students about joining the ACCESS in STEM program.
Curves - Federal Way
The Importance of Strength Training for Life
📝 Information
🌋 Demonstration
Learn about the science of strength training with manipulatives, why it's important for all ages, and how it can be accomplished.
Highline College
Biology Department
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
💬 Spanish, ASL
⭐ Silver Sponsor
Hands on activity suitable for all grade levels about how hearing works.
Valley Cities Behavioral Health
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
COPE Health
Experiential Learning Program for Pre-Health Scholars
📝 Information
💬 Wolof
Grab flyers and brochures about our program for pre-health students.
Highline College
Nursing Program "Virtual Hospital"
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
⭐ Silver Sponsor
Using VR sets, take a virtual tour of a virtual hospital. Gather multilingual brochures about the Nursing Program.
MultiCare Health System
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Informational booth with hands on activities related to healthcare.
HOTWORX
24-Hour Infrared Sauna Studio
📝 Information💬 Spanish
Watch videos and learn about an exercise experience using infrared technology.
Focuses on running your own business or supporting making a business successful. Some careers in this pathway include web developer or designer, computer technician, stockbroker, accountant, marketing manager, and more.
Girls Rock Math
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Girls Rock Math summer camps are week-long, themed camp sessions packed with artsy, hands-on STEAM fun for rising 1st–6th graders! Each camp session blends creativity, exploration, and math in a joyful environment that builds confidence, curiosity, and empowerment.
Carnegie Learning
MATHia Adventure Digital Math Program
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Carnegie Learning is a leading provider of K-12 education technology, curriculum, an professional learning solutions. Visit for fun online and hands-on math activities and resources.
Federal Way Police Department
Bomb Disposal Unit (BDU)
📝 Information
View bomb disposal unit equipment and learn how FWPD safely disposes of bombs to keep citizens safe.
Play some math games and activities that will be easy to access but will have some complex mathematical ideas represented.
Nuevo Foundation
📝 Information
💬 Spanish
Learn about coding and get hands-on experience with a computer science activity.
Highline College
Women in Cybersecurity Club
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Learn about the cybersecurity club and take on cybersecurity challenges, including lock picking and other interactive activities.
University of Washington - Tacoma
School of Engineering and Technology
📝 Information
Talk to current students at UWT and take home some coloring sheets.
MathPro
Number Crunch LLC: How to have a great time while becoming a MathPro😊
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Experience math instructional tools that demonstrate the great variety of ways it can be used for a great variety of purposes. Video demonstrations will also be available to share how to use the tool.
A Worthy Cause
Money Basics 101: Learn How to Manage Money and Have Money Work for You
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
💬 Spanish, Hindi
Through hands-on activities and fun takeaways, students and families will learn age-appropriate money skills and discover how financial literacy helps us make smart choices about earning, saving, and spending.
Colleague AI
Specialized AI For Students, A Personal Learning Companion
📝 Information
🌋 Demonstration
🖐 Hands-on Activity
💬 Chinese
Learn about the the Colleague AI platform for students, teachers, and parents.
The Unsolved Equations
Gamifying The Algebra Learning Experience
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
💬 Korean, Vietnamese
Learn how to use the gamified algebra 1 resource and bring posters, slides, demos.
Soaring Eagle Investments, Inc.
📝 Information
Learn about real estate from a real estate agent! Gather brochures and information about becoming a real estate agent and learn about other areas in the profession.
University of Washington - Bothell
📝 Information
Get informational brochures and materials about UW Bothell programs and meet with a representative to ask questions.
Decatur High School
Personal Finance
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
CTE Feature
Learn practicial money skills through hands-on activities! Practice writing checks and exploring simple budgeting strategies for real-life situations.
Woodmont K-8
Book-Making with Rooted Brilliance
🖐 Hands-on Activity
🎨 Arts Feature
Rooted Brilliance, a community partner who has been serving Woodmont scholars, will host a booth in book-making.
This pathway will feature two-year colleges, four-year universities, trade/vocational schools, apprenticeships, the workforce, and the military. They will showcase opportunities for high school graduates to work in or train for a STEM field, focused on high school juniors and seniors.
Green River College - Cybersecurity & Networking Program
📝 Information
Wondering what a cyberattack looks like? Find out with GRC's Cybersecurity and Networking Program. View live cyberattacks, get brochures for the AAS-T Cybersecurity & Networking degree, as well as buttons, stickers, and other giveaway items.
Thriving Elements
Long-Term STEM Mentorship Program
📝 Information
Learn about the Thriving Elements program focused on STEM and how you can get involved.
DigiPen Institute of Technology
📝 Information
🎨 Arts Feature
💬 Hmong
DigiPen is a private 4-year college in Redmond, WA that focuses on computer science, game design, digital art and animation, and music and audio. Come learn about the campus and degree programs, and fill out an interest survey to get more information.
Federal Aviation Administration
Hoop Gliders
📝 Information🖐 Hands-on Activity
We will have a Hoop Glider activity for students to create. Staff will explain how the 4 forces of flight affect this type of glider. SWAG! ✈️
University of Washington
Information School
📝 Information
💬 Spanish
Get information about the Informatics major at UW.
Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) Army ROTC
📝 Information
💬 Spanish, Portuguese, French
Get information about attending Pacific Lutheran University and learn how to apply for Army ROTC scholarships.
Highline College
Outreach and Recruitment
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
💬 Spanish
⭐ Silver Sponsor
Outreach and Recruitment will bring handout materials about general Highline programs, toy robots for smaller children, and SWAG items to hand out!
Green River College
TRiO and AANAPISI Program
📝 Information
Learn about GRC's Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution Program.
Academy of Interactive Entertainment
📝 Information
Get information about AIE and how students can get involved with the program.
Puget Sound Skills Center (PSSC)
📝 Information
🎨 Arts Feature
💬 Spanish
Gather information about the Puget Sound Skills Center which offers 21 exciting programs for 11th and 12th grade students to choose from in Aeronautical Science, Design & Marketing, Digital Sound Recording, Video Game Programming, and more! Pick up some giveaways, too!
Highline College - MESA Program
For students looking to transfer to a 4-Year University in STEM
📝 Information
💬 Turkish
⭐ Silver Sponsor
Information information with possibility of VR Goggles to view STEM Careers and Environments.
Green River College - Recruitment and Outreach Office
📝 Information
Learn about the STEM, Trades, and CTE programs at Green River College and the transfer opportunities to a 4-year college.
Eastern Washington University
📝 Information
Speak to a representative about attending EWU and learn about the programs and opportunities available on campus!
Washington State University
📝 Information
Speak to a representative about attending WSU and the programs and opportunities available on campus.
University of Washington - Tacoma
Science and Mathematics
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Get brochures about science and math majors. Speak with math and science advisors and current students about the college and programs. Participate in a hand-on activity!
Pacific Lutheran University
College of Natural Sciences
📝 Information
I plan to have an info table about opportunities in STEM at Pacific Lutheran University. I'll have brochures about our university and the various Natural Sciences programs we offer.
Red-Tailed Hawks Aviation Youth Program
📝 Information🖐 Hands-on Activity
We will have brochures, a spin the wheel learning activity about basic aviation knowledge, and an electronic frame that showcase our Aviation Youth Program.
Pacific Lutheran University
Slime Time with PLU Chemistry
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
It's going to be ooey, gooey fun, because with PLU, you can make slime! If you're already thinking about college, you're in luck - current undergraduate Chemistry students will share about their experience in the program, and you can learn about PLU's Chem Club and community activities to get plugged into chemistry.
College Possible Washington
📝 Information
Central Washington University
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
Get information about admissions to CWU, scholarships, and STEM programs available. Participate in a hands-on activity, too!
Northwest College of Art and Design
📝 Information
Get information about Northwest College of Art & Design in Tacoma, which offers a BFA degree program in Visual Communication with concentrations in Graphic Design, Illustration, User Experience (UX), Motion Design, Media Arts, and Animation.
Pacific Lutheran University
📝 Information
Gather college brochures.
Seattle University
📝 Information
Gather college brochures about our undergraduate programs, pre-college summer programs, and additional resources to help prepare for the college application process (e.g., information about financial aid, resources for AP/IB course credits, etc.).
The Evergreen State College
📝 Information
Speak to a representative and gather brochures about Evergreen's unique academic approach and offerings.
Whitworth College
📝 Information
Get university brochures about our programs, scholarships, and admissions
VITAES
What's Your Purpose?
📝 Information
🖐 Hands-on Activity
🌋 Demonstration
Browse careers through informational Interviews without all the hassle. Learn about VITAES functionality and teach parents and students how to explore careers.
Seattle Pacific University
📝 Information
💬 Amharic
Speak with a college representative about attending SPU.
Renton Technical College
📝 Information
💬 Spanish
Speak to a representative and gather brochures about RTC's programs.
Seattle Central College
📝 Information
Get information about STEAM-related academic plans
Saint Martin's University
📝 Information
Get information regarding tuition, scholarships, campus life, and more, as well as swag.
Willamette University
📝 Information
Speak with a college representative about attending Willamette University and the many programs offered.
Explore Events by Category
STEAM Exploration Night offers many experiences for students of all ages. We invite you to explore and attend the annual STEAM Film Festival, panel discussion, experience rooms, CTE features, demonstrations, and more!
STEAM Exploration Night is a two-story event with endless opportunities for students and families to explore STEAM. The online program includes all information included in our print program and more!
Explore Booths by Pathway
In this section, you can expand each pathway accordion by clicking the yellow "+" symbol to see all partner and school booths within the pathway. Each booth card contains the information including the organization or school, title of booth, type of booth, languages spoken at the booth, and a detailed description of what the booth has to offer.
Explore Events by Category
Expand this section by clicking the yellow '+" symbol to see all experiences including demonstrations, workshops, and more offered during the event. Experiences are grouped in two main categories: Drop-in Experiences which you can participate at any time during the evening, and Scheduled Events which have specific start and end times.
As an option, you can also filter experiences by tags. This will narrow down your results in case you only want to see experiences for a certain age group or other defined criteria.
For additional help, please reach out to stemexpo@fwps.org. For help at the event, please visit the Helpdesk.
