DAVENPORT, IOWA (November 12, 2019) — The next STEM Teachers Night Out is Thursday, November 14, 5:30-7:30PM.
They will be touring Cinnamon Ridge Farms, a family-run robotic dairy farm outside Donahue, Iowa. Cinnamon Ridge Farms is ranked second overall in the nation for production and #1 for Protein.
Teachers, Parents, Students, STEM Professionals, and anyone else interested in local STEM education and STEM related facilities in Iowa & Illinois are encouraged to join us.
Attendees will learn and see where milk comes from and watch it go from the cow to the store. The meeting includes a tour of the robotic dairy seeing the automated milking of cows along with where they make cheese. Food and drink will be provided with a brief meeting following the tour with a review 2019-2020 planned Quad City STEM events and time to share information with other attendees.
Here is a link for further information including to pre-register. The event is free to attend with pre-registration required to insure we have adequate food and space setup.
Volunteers are needed for upcoming QCA FIRST Events!
Are you looking for a way to share your skills, talents, passion for having fun, and to positively impact the lives of students age 6-18 in your community? It doesn't matter which FIRST program you volunteer for, you will always walk away at the end of the day with a sense of pride and fulfillment, knowing that you have helped children experience what they never might have without FIRST and without your support.
Need for 150+ volunteers for three key Quad City based FIRST Lego League Qualifier events:
- Saturday, December 7, 2019 Quad Cities — Davenport FIRST LEGO League Qualifiers at the Putnam Museum — Link to Volunteer
- Sunday, December 8, 2019 Quad Cities — Davenport FIRST LEGO League Qualifiers at the Putnam Museum — Link to Volunteer
- Saturday, December 14, 2019 Quad Cities — Moline FIRST LEGO League Qualifiers at the John Deere World Headquarters — Link to Volunteer
No previous experience or technical background is required for most of the volunteer positions which are nearly all one day or less with adults, college, and high-school students eligible to volunteer, including family and friends.
Visit theirr website http://qcesc.org/qc-first-volunteers/ for more information.
Volunteer for the first time? Sign up to register as a volunteer at https://my.firstinspires.org/AccountManager/Account/Register
Are you an experienced volunteer? Thank you for helping us in the past. Once again, we can use your help at these and other FIRST events. Perhaps you could ask colleagues, friends and family members to join you as a volunteer.
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Mark your Calendars!
The next Quad City Engineering & Science Council (QCESC) business and information meeting will on Wednesday, November 18, 6-7PM, at the American Red Cross Building — 1100 River Drive, Moline, Illinois. The Guest Speaker will be Mandy Parchert of HNI Corp. in Muscatine. Check out their website www.qcesc.org/meetings for more details.
If you want to be a part of their board or any of their events, email us at qcesc.org@gmail.com.
If you are interested in regular updates on the Quad City Engineering and Science Council (QCESC) or getting involved further, please consider subscribing for e-mail updates including volunteering or following/joining using: Facebook (QCESC) and the website at www.qcesc.org which includes a calendar of events and a volunteer page that is updated on-going with new volunteer opportunities.
