Presentations
If you are interested in booking a member of the STEAM Labs™ team for your next workshop, conference, or event, please contact us.
The STEAM Labs™ team regularly presents at conferences, teacher professional development workshops, museums, and community events worldwide. We also do hands-on workshops for all ages that engage participants in chain reaction “speed building” and corporate team building.
We love giving presentations and workshops. Contact us if you are interested in having steam labs give a talk to your class or organization.
Contact us to book a talkPast presentations and workshops
Click on any presentation below to request the slides, or watch the associated video of the talk (when applicable).
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Stimulating Creativity in STEM Classrooms
November 17, 2018. 2018 National Association for Gifted Children Conference, Minneapolis, MNRequest Presentation Slides -
Designing and Evaluating Learning Activities to Stimulate Creativity in Engineering
January 11, 2018, 2018 Indiana STEM Education Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, INRequest Presentation Slides -
Art of the machine: Rube Goldberg and the Maker movement
October 1, 2014, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PARequest Presentation Slides -
Art of the machine: Rube Goldberg and the STEAM movement
March 27, 2015, Gateway Community College, Phoenix, AZRequest Presentation Slides -
Arts and the Creative Campus II: STEAM Curriculum for College
February 26, 2016, Gateway Community College, Phoenix, AZRequest Presentation Slides -
Blending the arts with chain-reaction STEAM Machines™
April 4, 2014, National Science Teachers Association National Conference, Boston, MARequest Presentation Slides -
Developing engineering talent among Navajo youth with chain-reaction machines
September 22, 2017, American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) National Conference, Denver, CORequest Presentation Slides -
Exploring Navajo cultural intersections with engineering
September 22, 2017, American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) National Conference, Denver, CORequest Presentation Slides -
Inspiring Inventive Genius in Middle and High School Students with Chain-Reaction STEAM Machines
June 22, 2013, American Society for Engineering Education, Atlanta, GARequest Presentation Slides -
Inspiring Inventive Genius in Middle and High School Students with Chain-Reaction STEAM Machines™
July 2015, Purdue University, West Lafayette, INRequest Presentation Slides -
Inspiring inventive genius in middle and high school students with chain-reaction STEAM Machines™
February 24, 2014, 34th Kentucky Association for Gifted Education Annual Conference, Lexington, KYRequest Presentation Slides -
Inspiring inventive genius in middle and high school students with chain-reaction STEAM Machines™
November 10, 2013, 60th Annual Convention of the National Association for Gifted Children, Indianapolis, INRequest Presentation Slides -
Inspiring inventive genius in middle and high school students with chain-reaction STEAM Machines™
November 7, 2013, 60th Annual Convention of the National Association for Gifted Children, Indianapolis, INRequest Presentation Slides -
Inspiring inventive genius in middle and high school students with chain-reaction STEAM Machines™
July 18, 2013, Center for STEM Education for Girls Think Tank & Conference, Nashville, TNRequest Presentation Slides -
Inspiring Inventive Genius in Middle and High School Students with Chain-Reaction STEAM Machines™
July 2015, Purdue University, West Lafayette, INRequest Presentation Slides -
Inspiring Inventive Genius in Middle and High School Students with Chain-Reaction STEAM Machines™
October 23, 2013, IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Oklahoma City, OKRequest Presentation Slides -
Inspiring students to invent the future with Rube Goldberg machines
April 21, 2016, IgniteSTEM Conference, New York, NYRequest Presentation Slides -
Invest in America’s future: Maximize the challenge for middle and secondary STEM students
November 3, 2011, National Association for Gifted Children 58th Annual Convention & Exhibition, New Orleans, LARequest Presentation Slides -
Rube Goldberg and Making: Engineering communities of sharing
October 1, 2014, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PARequest Presentation Slides -
Rube Goldberg and Making: Engineering cultures of innovation
April 11, 2015, Innovention 2015, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WARequest Presentation Slides -
Rube Goldberg: Developing engineering talents
November 16, 2012, National Association for Gifted Children 59th Annual Convention & Exhibition, Denver, CORequest Presentation Slides -
STEAM Labs: Technological innovation in science teaching
July 2012, 5th Annual Meeting of the Brazilian Council for Giftedness, Rio de Janiero, BrazilRequest Presentation Slides -
STEAM Labs™: Teaching engineering design using STEAM Machines™
January 22, 2013, Western Kentucky University Center for Gifted Studies, Bowling Green, KYRequest Presentation Slides -
STEAM Labs™: Teaching engineering design using STEAM Machines™
October 2012, Western Kentucky University Center for Gifted Studies, Bowling Green, KYRequest Presentation Slides -
STEAM Labs™: Using chain reaction machines to teach gifted students engineering design
August 12, 2013, 20th World Conference on Gifted and Talented Children, Louisville, KYRequest Presentation Slides -
STEAM Machines club: An integrative after-school engineering experience
November 15, 2015, 62nd Annual Convention & Exhibition of the National Association for Gifted Children, Phoenix, AZRequest Presentation Slides -
STEAM Machines™ + Dance
October 18, 2013, Phoenix Design Week PechaKucha, Phoenix, AZRequest Presentation Slides -
STEAM Machines™ and engineering design
June 2013, School of Teacher Education Annual Summer Conference, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KYRequest Presentation Slides -
STEAM Machines™ workshop
November 7, 2014, Arizona State University President's Weekend, Tempe, AZRequest Presentation Slides -
Teaching engineering design to middle and high school students using chain reaction STEAM Machines™
December 7, 2012, National Science Teachers Association Phoenix Area Conference, Phoenix, AZRequest Presentation Slides -
Teaching engineering design to middle and high school students using Rube Goldbergineering
June 10, 2012, American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, TXRequest Presentation Slides -
Teaching engineering design to middle and high school students using Rube Goldbergineering
June 9, 2012, American Society for Engineering Education Workshop on K-12 Engineering Education, San Antonio, TXRequest Presentation Slides -
Teaching engineering design to middle and high school students using Rube Goldbergineering
April 19, 2012, American Society for Engineering Education Pacific Southwest Conference, San Luis Obispo, CARequest Presentation Slides -
Teaching Engineering Design to Middle and High School Students using STEAM Machines™
June 21, 2013, Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne Graduate Science Workshop for Teachers, Fort Wayne, INRequest Presentation Slides -
Teaching engineering design to middle and high school students using STEAM Machines™
October 3, 2012, IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Seattle, WARequest Presentation Slides -
Teaching engineering design using STEAM Machines™
February 2013, 33rd Kentucky Association for Gifted Education Annual Conference, Lexington, KYRequest Presentation Slides -
Teaching STEAM concepts to middle and high school students using engineering design to create STEAM Machines™
June 18, 2012, Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne Graduate Science Workshop for Teachers, Fort Wayne, INRequest Presentation Slides -
The art of invention: Developing engineering talent among Navajo youth with chain-reaction machines
November 12, 2015, 62nd Annual Convention & Exhibition of the National Association for Gifted Children, Phoenix, AZRequest Presentation Slides -
The STEAM Machines™ K-12 enrichment program
September 17, 2013, International Test & Evaluation Association, Phoenix Chapter Monthly Meeting, Tempe, AZRequest Presentation Slides -
Towards the development of culturally-relevant engineering design curriculum for Navajo Nation middle schools
September 23, 2017, American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) National Conference, Denver, CORequest Presentation Slides -
Utilizing engineering activities in K-12 grades to promote interdisciplinary understanding of science, technology, and mathematics
November 13, 2014, 61st Annual Convention of the National Association for Gifted Children, Baltimore, MDRequest Presentation Slides