S.T.R.E.A.M. has a place at the Oregon State Fair.

If you’re a fan of hands-on education, you and your family will love the STREAM exhibition at the Oregon State Fair.

STREAM focuses on six aspects of education—Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Arts and Math—and the overall program aims to improve student success by enhancing knowledge and skill through problem-based learning. But maybe more important, STREAM exhibits and demonstrations are all kinds of fun. Look for them in the Creative Living department in Columbia Hall.

FIRST Robotics demonstrations, every day of the Fair.

FIRST is an organization dedicated to inspiring young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting Mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership. An exciting and entertaining aspect of this mission is robotics. And Oregon FIRST is bringing their best bots every single day of our Fair.

Robotics Schedule

Coming soon.

More about Animal Allies and First Lego League

Grades 4-8

Teams of up to 10 students research a real-world problem and are challenged to develop a solution. They also must design, build, program a robot using LEGO MINDSTORMS®, then compete on a table-top playing field.

Come and watch the Global Challenge release of Animal Allies on August 30th 9am PST

Get ready.  Get set.  Roar!  Or you could bark, quack, or squeak, because the 2016 ANIMAL ALLIESSM season is all about our furry, feathered, and finned friends.
Come watch how it is done!

More about RES-Q Scrimmage and First Tech Challenge

Grades 7-12

Teams of 10 students or more are challenged to design, build, program, and operate robots to play a floor game in an alliance format.
1st teams will have a post season tournament of RES-Q℠.Two alliances of two teams will play against each other on a 12 ft. x 12 ft. square field. Robots will climb mountains and avoid debris to help their climbers slide down a zip line.

More about Stronghold and First Robotics Competitions

Grades 9-12

Teams of 25 (average) or more students compete with 120-pound robots in this Varsity Sport for the Mind, combining the excitement of sports with the rigors of science and technology.

Teams will scrimmage FIRST STRONGHOLDSM. Two Alliances of three robots each are on a quest to breach their opponents’ fortifications, weaken their tower with boulders, and capture the opposing tower. Robots score points by breaching opponents’ defenses and scoring boulders through goals in the opposing tower.

K12 is proud to sponsor S.T.R.E.A.M.

The 2016 Oregon State Fair is proud to welcome K12 as sponsor of our awesome S.T.R.E.A.M. exhibition, which includes such features as: Google Cardboard, Lego Challenge, Robotics with Cubelets, and Germination Station. The K12 booth at the Oregon State Fair brings “The Fun” to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math with activities for all ages.

K12 offers two tuition-free, online public charter schools open to all Oregon families. Oregon Virtual Academy teaches Kindergarten – 12th grade. Insight School of Oregon/Painted Hills teaches grades 7-12 and offers focused tracks for students wanting to get a head start on careers in business or healthcare.

Have questions about these schools? Stop by the K12 booth in Columbia Hall Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays of the Fair to meet some of the staff and state-certified teachers.

Glen’s Gizmos

Glen’s Gizmos is a traveling museum composed of well over 60 hands-on learning stations that bring science, technology, engineering, art and math to schools and venues like the Oregon State Fair. Creator Glen Mills has spent the last 50 years making gizmos and exhibits for such notable venues as the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, and the Gilbert House in Salem. Glen has collected more than 200 working puzzles, exhibits and gizmos…many of which inspired the learning stations in the Oregon State Fair’s Creative Living department in Columbia Hall. This hands-on collection will engage the minds and imaginations of all who draw near.