Stem Camp Foundation

The STEM Camp Foundation would like to congratulate the following grant recipients:

St. Mary’s Catholic Elementary School; Collingwood; ON Grade 8; Learning Commons STEAM Innovation Lab; $500.00

Sir Isaac Brock Public School; London, ON; Grade 1; Brio Builder Creative Sets; $500.00

Oliver Stephens Public School; Woodstock; ON; Botley the Coding Robot; Kindergarten; $500.00

White Oaks Public School; London, ON; Grade 7; Micro:Bits & Snap Circuits; Grade 7; $500.00

Mary Wright Public School; Strathroy, ON; Sillbird Kits (Robotics); Grade 7; $500.00

South Perth Centennial Public School; St. Mary’s, ON; Osmo Class Learning System; Grade 2; $500.00

Tecumseh Public School; Chatham, ON; Micro:Bit Club Pack; Grade 7; $408.00

Echo Place Elementary School; Brantford, ON; Snap Electrical Circuits; Grade 6; $460.16

London Road Public School; London, ON; Doll Medical Kits & supplies; Kindergarten; $500.00

Sir Arthur Currie Public School; London, ON; Blue Bot Coding Supplies; Kindergarten; $500.00

Greenbrier School; Brantford, ON; Ozobot Technology; Grade 3; $500.00

Lexington Public School; Waterloo, ON; Makerspace Supplies; Grade 6; $500.00

Victoria Public School; London, ON; Carobot Class/Club Pack; Grade 7; $452.00

Cobblestone Public School; Paris, ON; Micro:Bit City Kits; Grade 5; $500.00

Georgian Bay Catholic School; Meaford, ON; Shovels/Block Makers; Grade 2; $500.00

Romeo Public School; Stratford; ON; Cody Rocky Kits; Grade 4; $500.00

Algonquin Public School; Woodstock, ON; Construction Materials; Grade 8; $500.00

Sir William Osler Public School; Dundas, ON; Micro:Bits/Climate Action Kit; Grade 7; $476.00

Algonquin Public School; Woodstock, ON; Medieval War Machines; Grade 8; $500

The STEM Camp Foundation is again accepting grant applications after a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic. We will be awarding grants to elementary school teachers from K-8 that have amazing STEM project ideas. The application deadline is November 19, 2021. Grants will be awarded in the range of $100 to $500 in December. 

Sample project ideas may include: 

STEM Clubs: Robotics Club, First Robotics team funding, Coding Club, Girls in STEM Club etc. 

STEM Awards: monetary award to students who excel, or show promise for a STEM career, or a special interest in STEM subjects. 

STEM Grants: for students who want to work on their own STEM Project and make a presentation to their class. 

STEM Contest: a cash prize(s) to student(s) for winning a school-wide STEM Contest. 

STEM Projects: funding for a student who has a creative STEM research project idea and needs financial support to buy materials. 

STEM Supplies: Purchase of STEM supplies such as robots that can be used by students in the classroom to enhance interest in the study of STEM topics.

Follow this link to apply for a grant.

Good luck!

The STEM Camp Foundation was pleased to receive the following report from STEM Camp Foundation Grant recipient and grade 6 teacher, Susan Miller.

White Oaks Public School was pleased to receive a Stem Camp Foundation grant that allowed us to purchase Microbits for our grade 6 classes to pursue STEM ideas for their Science Fair projects.  Microbits have lots of different functionality and an easy to code interface for novice programmers.  Our students started by learning how to code simple games like Rock, Paper, Scissors.  They quickly realised that they could explore all kinds of different functions such as creating a light meter to help ensure consistency in a science fair project investigating the effect of different coloured text on readability, using aluminum foil and alligator clips to create a timing gate to measure distance/time travelled by a toy car, and to create their own step counters using the accelerometer function.  The best part was exploring the radio function which allowed students to transmit information such as temperature from a nearby place without having to actually get cold!

Thank you so much to the Stem Camp Foundation for giving our students the chance to integrate and pursue their curiosity while learning about independent and dependent variables and how to create a fair test to compare their results.  With many of our students moving on to the Thames Valley and Regional Science Fair in March, this experience will certainly shape their curiosity and desire to extend their learning!

Presenting the award was Mr. Ron Cougler, Executive Director, STEM Camp Foundation.

The STEM Camp Foundation is pleased to be able to provide financial support to deserving students and to partner with Fanshawe College in encouraging excellence in education.

Presenting the award was Mr. Ron Cougler, Executive Director, STEM Camp Foundation.

The STEM Camp Foundation is pleased to be able to provide financial support to deserving students and to partner with Fanshawe College in encouraging excellence in education.

This spring the STEM Camp Foundation was pleased to support a project at Emily Stowe Public School in Norwich for the Kindergarten class, submitted by teacher Kathryn DeJong.

Mrs. DeJong indicates: “We run an inquiry-based program in our Kindergarten class, and we are currently exploring and learning about “Space”. Through our research we have found a number of areas we can explore and create to enhance our learning about Space. We plan to build some equipment and models based on our ‘space fact-finding. Both the process and the final product will be used on an on-going basis to develop our students’ inquiry skills, including the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).”

The photos here show the children building space suits and transforming their puppet theatre into a space shuttle in June 2019.

Way to go Mrs. DeJong’s class!

We are glad we could help.

On Friday May 31^st, SCF Executive Director, Ron Cougler, and Board Chair, Kevin Cougler, visited the Grade 5/6 class at Trinity School to see the children program robots in their classroom. The robots were purchased through a grant from STEM Camp FOUNDATION awarded to teacher Rebecca Ruxton who was excited to see her students learn more about programming and coding as an introduction to technology in the junior and intermediate grades.

Project Coding through robots incorporates many STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)areas of study. The educational goals of this coding STEM project are to inspire students to try new things and be resilient, collaborate on a group project, encourage teamwork, enhance problem-solving skills and learn about potential STEM career opportunities available through programs in college and universities.

STEM Camp FOUNDATION has been pleased to sponsor this STEM Project and to see the excitement of students as they engage in a challenging look into the world of STEM Coding and Robotics at an early age.

STEM Camp Foundation is pleased to announce the recipient of our Women in STEM Achievement Award at Fanshawe College St. Thomas, Destiny Atchison.

Presenting the award was Mr. Paul DeJong, Community Relations Director for STEM Camp.

STEM Camp FOUNDATION is pleased to be able to provide financial support to deserving students and to partner with Fanshawe College in encouraging excellence in education.

STEM Camp FOUNDATION is pleased to sponsor the FIRST Robotics Team WIRED with a grant of $1,000 to carry on their work with Grade 9 and 10 students from College Avenue Secondary School and Woodstock Collegiate Institute in Woodstock, ON. WIRED is an acronym for Woodstock Intercollegiate Robotics and Engineering Dominators, a group of 20 high school students who meet three days a week, after school hours. Their mission is to design, construct and program a robot from top to bottom that will perform a specific set of tasks.

Students are using a wide variety of STEM skills during this process, gears, pulleys, belts, electrical systems and Java coding principles. Students learn teamwork, problem solving, design, scientific principles, and perform engineering and mathematical calculations by working on their robot. These WIRED students will also be carrying their learning forward by creating an outreach program for elementary schools in May this year.

STEM Camp Foundation accepts grant applications from elementary teachers for projects that will help support STEM projects in their schools. Submissions are received online twice a year, by September 30^thand by January 31^st. Decisions are made early in the following month and funds distributed to successful candidates in October and February each school year.

Note: Please read the “Project Guidelines” before you complete your grant application.

Follow these 5 simple steps to apply for a STEM Grant:

Step 1: Click on “Apply for a Grant” tab.

Step 2: On the Login Tab, create a Username and Password.

Step 3: Click the “Login” button to enter the grant portal.

Step 4: Click on “New Application”

1. Click on “DOWNLOAD PRINCIPAL’S LETTER”
2. Click on “CONTINUE”

Step 5: Complete the “New Application” fields for your STEM Project. 

Step 6: Submit your application for review and approval.

We look forward to reading your submission.  Good luck!