CEOAS Lead/Contact

The National Oceanic Sciences Bowl (NOSB) is a nationally recognized and highly acclaimed high school academic marine sciences competition. Schools form teams of 4-5 students to compete in a quiz-bowl to win great prizes, scholarships, and a chance to compete at the national competition. OSU hosts the Salmon Bowl, Oregon’s regional NOSB. Each year, over 150 students, teachers, and community members volunteer to help enrich science teaching and learning. Together, we enhance public understanding and stewardship of the oceans while promoting student exposure to STEM.

https://ceoas.oregonstate.edu/outreach/salmonbowl/

Benton County High School Career Convention

OSU Campus

Career development opportunity for high school students in Benton County. This event also provides students with the opportunity to meet state career requirements in a professional business setting.

https://bentoncountyhscc.com/

Oregon Coast Renewable Energy Challenge

HMSC, Newport

Coordinated by Oregon Sea Grant, the Oregon Coast Renewable Energy Challenge is an annual competition in which students show off devices they built that are powered by water, wind or light.

https://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/sgpubs/oregon-coast-renewable-energy-challenge

Portland State University

Center for Geography Education in Oregon; annual K-12 geography teachers' conference

Larry Becker, Aaron Wolf

https://www.pdx.edu/geography-education/professional-development

Developed by the National Geographic Society in 1988 to promote geographic knowledge among young people in the United States, the National Geographic GeoBee is an academic competition open to students in grades four through eight, for public schools, private schools, and homeschools in the United States and its territories, as well as the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS).

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/education/student-experiences/geobee/

HMSC, Newport

Get behind-the-scenes to experience the research, education and outreach in marine sciences that makes this marine laboratory unique in the Pacific Northwest.

George Waldbusser, Jonathan Fram,

https://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/marinescienceday

High school SMILE Challenge Day

4/16/2020-4/17/2020

WOU, OSU Campuses

Oregon high school students

One challenge for all students; SMILE's High School Challenge is a two-day event where students from the SMILE clubs across the state come together to work through a complex STEM-based problem.  

https://smile.oregonstate.edu/high-school-challenge

Bring Your Kids to Campus Day

Activities around campus for kids of faculty, staff and students

Ryan Brown, Kaplan Yalcin

https://familyresources.oregonstate.edu/bring-your-kids-campus-day

Rice NW Museum of Rocks and Minerals, Hillsboro, OR

Rice NW Museum of Rocks and Minerals and OSU Extension, Washington County partnership; tabling for careers and academic programs in all earth sciences

https://ricenorthwestmuseum.org/

Discussion of social and scientific aspects of sci fi universes

https://events.oregonstate.edu/event/trek_wars_visions_of_heroic_women#.XsaflWhKg2w

Middle school SMILE Challenge Day

Oregon middle school students

One challenge for all students; Middle School Challenge is a one-day event where students came together to solve a STEM-based problem and experience life on a college campus first-hand.

https://smile.oregonstate.edu/middle-school-challenge

SMILE Elementary School Event

Oregon elementary school students

Set of activities on campus; Elementary School Event is a one-day event where students come together to participate in STEM activities on campus and in labs, and experience life on a college campus first-hand.

https://smile.oregonstate.edu/elementary-school-event

OSU Open Campus event is designed to bring Juntos students and their families to Oregon State to engage in college and career showcase workshops, as well as connect with educational resources, social groups, programs, financial aid, and other opportunities.

http://opencampus.oregonstate.edu/programs/family-day/

Connecting youth with outdoors

Peavy Arboretum, Corvallis

Title 1 schools youth and families (pre-K-5)

Bilingual (Sp/Eng) event with 30+ activities focused on developing relationships with nature/outdoors

https://cf.forestry.oregonstate.edu/outreach-education/go-day

6/25/2020-6/27/2020

The MATE ROV Competition challenges students in grades 4-16 from across the U.S. and around the world to engineer ROVs to complete a set of mission tasks based on real-world, workplace scenarios. 

https://materovcompetition.org/

6/26/2020-6/29/2020

Exposing youth to new ideas and experiences, promoting social interaction between rural and urban youth Introducing youth to college life and possibilities after high school, providing safe opportunities for youth to grow without their parents, and publicizing OSU as a potential college choice.

A major portion of the conference consists of class sessions (six sessions over one full day and one half day). The majority of the classes are centered on exposing students to opportunities found campus and in higher education. These include workshops at the Hatfield marine science center, campus tours and sessions taught by faculty from numerous departments. Participants also spend time at campus facilities like Dixon Recreation Center and are treated to a national caliber speaker. Opportunities for researchers include instructing one or more 90 minute, half day or full day classes in a classroom or lab.

https://extension.oregonstate.edu/4h/events/4-h-summer-conference

Oregon Master Gardeners Mini College

McMinnville, OR

Adult, Extension Master Gardeners

https://omga.org/

HJA Forest, McKenzie Bridge

HJA Day is an annual field gathering to share information about research, outreach, education, management, and arts and humanities at the Andrews Forest. The full-day event takes place at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest in Blue River, Oregon, and features presentations and field trips. HJA Day is hosted by the Andrews Forest Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program.

https://andrewsforest.oregonstate.edu/outreach/events/hjaday

ELY Watershed Science Camp for Migrant Education Program youth

Environmental sciences

OSU Campus plus field trips

Underserved in STEM, Grades 8-12

The summer camp is organized by faculty from the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, OSU and Oregon Sea Grant.

http://ely.oregonstate.edu/

Oregon 4-H International Elementary Summer Camp

Latinx, underserved in STEM, Grades 3-5

The overnight 24-hour-a-day International Summer Camp is designed for Latino and under served population youth in grades 3-5. It focuses on helping youth improve academic skills, develop leadership skills, and participate in healthy physical activities.

https://extension.oregonstate.edu/4h/oregon-4-h-international-elementary-summer-camp-2020

While our primary focus is that of comics, comic creators, and the creative process, Rose City Comic Con also provides its attendees with access to gaming, sci-fi, cosplay, anime, fantasy, and everything in between. 

https://rosecitycomiccon.com/

OMSI, Portland

Makers range from tech enthusiasts to crafters to homesteaders to scientists to garage tinkerers. They are of all ages and backgrounds. The aim of Maker Faire is to entertain, inform, connect and grow this community.

https://omsi.edu/showing/portland-mini-maker-faire

Benton County Fairgrounds, Corvallis

Commercial event for selling crystals, gemstones, fossils, beads, jewelry

https://www.facebook.com/events/benton-county-event-center-fairgrounds/oregon-rock-gem-festival/846666535685158/

Oregon (location varies)

Foresters, industry, academic

2020 conference offered virtually; General Sessions will continue the discussions of how forestry is a sustainable solution now and into the future. Sessions will feature numerous speakers on the latest research findings and current policy topics regarding forestry and sustainability. The Opening Session will highlight Wildlife in the News and the final session will feature new drinking water research and actively managing forested watersheds. A panel will discuss the current issues affecting the sector. Time will be given to live question-and-answer sessions. Even in a virtual setting, we are offering technical tours that will be brought to you via video and followed by a live panel of land managers, biologists and researchers.

http://www.oregon.forestry.org/content/2020-oregon-saf-annual-meeting

Corvallis and Bend

Discovery Days is an outreach program involving many of the Science Departments at OSU as well as departments from Agriculture and Engineering. This two-day event, held in both the Fall and Spring terms, features displays and hands-on activities from different departments that are suitable for all ages.

https://science.oregonstate.edu/hands-on-experiences/outreach

10/22/2020-10/24/2020

Long Beach, CA

Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans; Scientific community

Advancing Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science; The largest multidisciplinary and multicultural STEM diversity event in the country, the SACNAS conference is a three-day gathering which serves to equip, empower, and energize participants for their academic and professional paths in STEM.

https://www.sacnas.org/what-we-do/conference/

10/25/2020-10/28/2020

Quebec, Canada

Geological Society of America; international conference where geoscientists meet to present research, collaborate, connect, and advance the geoscience field.

https://community.geosociety.org/gsa2020/home

OSU Campus and worldwide

On-campus event aimed at engaging CEOAS and OSU community

https://www.gisday.com/en-us/register

12/7/2020-12/11/2020

Earth and space sciences

San Francisco

American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting is the largest international Earth and space science meeting in the world.

https://www.agu.org/Fall-Meeting

Downtown Corvallis, Benton County Fairgrounds

http://locallygrown.org/home/

Rogue Ale Brewery, Newport

Science on Tap is a free family friendly event in a casual environmental featuring a host of scientists talking about the latest ocean research. The event is held at the Rogue Ale's South Beach waterfront location, Brewer's on the Bay, in the downstairs Board Room. Topics range monthly.

https://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/main/science-tap

Leadership Corvallis offers area residents a chance to learn about a variety of government and non-profit agencies and businesses in Corvallis and Benton County. Community leaders help develop topics and interact with participants as guest speakers and session facilitators.

https://www.leadershipcorvallis.com/

OMSI, Portland

Held on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month, this program features local scientists who share their research and knowledge through hands-on activities and conversation. Meet a Scientist exclusively features professionals who are OMSI Science Communication Fellows.

Jennifer Fehrenbacher, Cara Fritz, Peder Nelson, Sally Warner

https://www.facebook.com/events/oregon-museum-of-science-and-industry-omsi/meet-a-scientist/2012491965711398/

Throughout Oregon

Teen Science Cafés is a series of fun, free, out-of-school events for teens in 7th-12th grade. Teens learn first hand how local scientists and technology experts are making discoveries and solving our world’s problems. Chapter of national network

Throughout Oregon and virtual

https://osucascades.edu/community-connect/science-pubs

OSU Corvallis Science Pub Podcast

From Corvallis, Oregon, home of Oregon State University, we bring new ideas and insightful lectures from leading researchers and scientists to a pub full of inquisitive minds every month. Recorded live at the Old World Deli and other Corvallis locations, these episodes cover topics ranging from the science of marijuana to black holes and beyond. Science Pub is brought to you by Terra Magazine, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) and the Downtown Corvallis Association.

https://communications.oregonstate.edu/podcast

The Academy for Lifelong Learning class offerings are diverse. Five strands encompass the Arts, Issues and Ideas, Humanities, Science, and World Cultures. Each term volunteers arrange and schedule ten classes per strand.

http://www.academyforlifelonglearning.org/about%20all.htm

Intercultural Student Services Campus Tours

Academic departments share expertise by presenting learning activities. We also collaborate with underrepresented OSU students and student organization/who volunteer to serve their communities as role models, sharing their experiences as college students in the academic, personal, social, cultural areas of their lives, advice on how to prepare for college, tour guides, etc. The focus is on helping precollege students to see higher education as a possibility, and/or learn about OSU.

https://dce.oregonstate.edu/wgc/resources/intercultural-resources

Campus field trips; OSU Precollege Programs

OSU Campus Field Trips are designed for students to enhance curriculum, experience campus life, and encourage college as a plan. The Office of Precollege Programs annually hosts over 6,000 students (generally in grades 5-8), teachers and parents for a day on campus intended to encourage underrepresented and minority groups to go to college. For many students, this is their first time on a college campus and presents a pivotal engagement opportunity. Groups spend between 2-4 hours at OSU: touring campus, eating lunch in a dining hall, visiting a cultural center and/or an athletic facility, and participating in an activity presented by a faculty member, staff, or student. These presentations are designed to enhance school curriculum as well as expose students to potential majors or careers, often in STEM fields. Opportunities for researchers include providing engaging 45 minute presentation and activities for school groups twice a term

https://precollege.oregonstate.edu/campus-field-trips-0#:~:text=ENHANCE%20curriculum%20%2D%20EXPERIENCE%20campus%20life,youth%20to%20go%20to%20college.

Beaver Hangouts online mentoring program: Oregon, especially rural Oregon, is facing a crisis in college access and success. Research has shown that college student mentors have a strong impact on younger students’ aspirational goal of attaining post-secondary education. However, transportation time and costs are barriers to getting college students to rural settings. In 2012, Oregon State University Precollege Programs came up with the idea to connect OSU college student mentors to economically disadvantaged and underserved K-12 classrooms, using the videoconferencing software Skype. The college students would meet with their classrooms twice a month for one hour, and provide college-themed programming. It proved to be highly effective for both the students and the college mentors. Opportunities for researchers include developing 45 minute presentations and activities for STEM focused partners such as afterschool clubs, robotics, clubs, etc

https://beaverhangouts.oregonstate.edu/

Advocates for Women in Science, Engineering and Math (AWSEM) Club

Corvallis schools

AWSEM's mission is to create and support a network of science and technology practitioners, educators, parents and community organizations committed to enriching opportunities in science and mathematics for young women. AWSEM provides an after-school club for elementary, middle and high school girls in Corvallis to participate in hands-on engineering and science activities at OSU led by a dynamic group of OSU undergraduate women. Opportunities for researchers includes leading an activity at an after school event

https://stemacademy.oregonstate.edu/awsem-club

Skype a scientist gives you the opportunity to connect with students around the world without having to leave your lab! We match scientists with k-12 classrooms, and once matched, you will video chat into the classroom for a 30-60 minute session (you don’t have to use skype). We want to put a friendly face to science and lower the intimidation factor that surrounds science for some students. Opportunities for researchers: 30-60 minute video lesson in a K-12 classroom.

https://www.skypeascientist.com/for-scientists.html

The panel is an informal group of redditors who are either professional scientists or those in training to become so. All panelists have at least a graduate-level familiarity within their declared field of expertise and answer questions from related areas of study. A panelist's expertise is summarized in a color-coded AskScience flair.

https://new.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/etk5jj/askscience_panel_of_scientists_xxii/