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STEM Competitions and Workshops - updated 11/19/2014

STEM Competitions

Science
Most science competitions are no longer exclusively about science.  They have morphed into events that include science and at least one other STEM field.  See the STEM Mixture competitions for opportunities to show off your science knowledge and skills.  If you know of a science competition that is really just science, please contact us so we can include it here.  

Technology
FIRST Robotics Silicon Valley Regional (high school)
FIRST LEGO League (9-14 year olds)
Bebras Computing Challenge (online, grades 5-12)

Engineering
Maker Faire (Bay Area and other places)
Future City Competition (reg'l, nat'l, grades 6-8)
West Point Bridge Design Contest (ages 13-12th grade)
International Bridge Building Contest (high school)
The Tech Challenge (San Jose, grades 4-12)

Mathematics
Purple Comet Math Meet (online, middle-high school)
SCVMA Math Field Day (San Jose, grades 6-12)
Stanford Math Tournament (Stanford, high school)

STEM Mixture
The Tech Challenge (San Jose, grades 5-12) 
Synopsys Championship (San Jose, grades 6-12)
National Science Bowl (reg'l, nat'l, grades 6-12)
Siemens Competition (reg'l, nat'l, high school)


STEM Workshops

Science


Technology
Get Invested: Case Studies in Innovation (Mountain View, high school)

Engineering
Young Makers Workshops (San Francisco, San Jose, Berkeley)

Mathematics
Math Circles (Stanford, Berkeley, San Jose, Santa Cruz, and all over the U.S.A.)
Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival (check dates and locations, some outside California. 6th grade and up)

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