JoinSTEM Showcase
National Conference in Indianapolis
The STEM Showcase — Connect, Collaborate and Explore at INDY26
Get ready to kick off Indy26 with an interactive STEM Showcase you won’t want to miss! Explore innovative STEM and science-based programs, connect with inspiring organizations, and discover local attractions through hands-on displays and live demonstrations. Enjoy delicious snacks, network with fellow attendees, and engage with showcase presenters while uncovering fresh ideas, valuable resources, and exciting opportunities to bring back to your classroom, school, or district.
Wednesday, November 4 • 12:30-2:30 PM | Exhibit Hall J of the Indiana Convention Center
Innovation Partners
1st Maker Space designs and provides makerspaces, builds high quality furniture that is made for making, trains educators through hands-on professional development, and provides STEM and maker curriculum.
Air Camp immerses students and educators in hands-on STEM experiences at iconic aviation and aerospace sites throughout the Dayton, Ohio area. Reaching learners from elementary through high school and educators nationwide, Air Camp turns the birthplace of flight into a launchpad for the next generation of innovators.
Army STEM connects students and educators with hands-on STEM learning opportunities and real-world research experiences. Its mission is to grow, broaden, and deepen the nation’s STEM talent pipeline by engaging K–12 students, teachers, and university participants in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics pathways that support the nation’s future STEM workforce.
The Ball State STEM Education Center serves as a central point for promoting and advancing STEM education across Indiana. Through youth programs, community partnerships, and faculty-led research, we expand opportunities for students and families to engage with STEM from elementary through college.
Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education is an initiative of the National Council for Agricultural Education that provides agricultural science curriculum and professional development services to secondary instructors. CASE equips teachers to engage students in the classroom through inquiry and project based learning.
The Center for Advancing the Teaching and Learning of STEM (CATALYST) is an interdisciplinary research center dedicated to advancing integrated STEM teaching and learning in formal and informal settings. Through collaborative research, educator preparation and professional development, partnerships, and evidence-based practice, we strengthen integrated STEM education and inform local, national, and international educational practice and policy.
Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) is a multi-museum complex, with field trip opportunities including the Museum of Natural History & Science, The Children's Museum, Cincinnati History Museum, Robert D. Lindner Family OMNIMAX® Theater, and special exhibitions. More than 50 Programs-on-Wheels are available to bring the wonder of CMC to your location!
Club SciKidz Central Indiana offers STEM org Accredited™, hands-on STEM summer camps for ages 4–15 in Central Indiana, including robotics, veterinary science, and coding. We offer both full-day and half-day, specialized camps for every interest: Tech & Coding: AI, Code, Cyber Security. Engineering & Robotics: LEGO Robotics, VEX, Drones, 3D Printing. Science & Medicine: Veterinary Medicine, Forensics, Space Explorer. Themed Camps: Pokémon, Wizarding World, American Girl. Our expert instructors guide children and teen through exciting experiments and challenges. Join us for a life-changing STEM experience
The Field Museum is a Natural History museum in Chicago that connects the natural word to the human story. Our nearly 40 million artifacts and specimens help us to research the objects in our collections, as well as document previously unknown species, conserve ecosystems in our backyard and across the globe, educate budding scientists, invite cross-cultural conversation, and more— all to ensure that our planet thrives for generations to come.
Herbaria like Butler University’s Friesner Herbarium serve as rich reference libraries of preserved plants that reveal how local environments, species, and climates change over time. By connecting with a regional herbarium or exploring its digital archives, educators can access authentic scientific data, guided tours, and hands-on specimens to bring plant biology, ecology, and local natural history to life in their classrooms.
Fun Weird Science ignites curiosity through hands-on, minds-on STEM experiences — live shows, teacher professional development, and unforgettable "Whoa!" moments that make learning fun again for students and educators alike.
Girls STEM Institute (GSI) is a STEM learning program designed to provide holistic learning opportunities for scholars aged 7-18 who are underrepresented in STEM fields with a particular focus on Black girls. GSI's mission is to transform communities by empowering scholars to become leaders, innovators, and educators who use STEM as a tool for personal and social change.
The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry is a leader in science education. Science education shapes tomorrow’s leaders, both in and beyond the classroom. Learn how Griffin MSI’s hands-on programs foster discovery, build skills and help kids reach their full potential.
We are the Hoosier Association of Science Teachers, Inc., and we are proud to be the voice of science teachers in the state of Indiana! We welcome anyone teaching science to our organization!
We aim to advance the teaching of physics and to promote appreciation of the role of physics in our culture. We facilitate connections, community, and resource sharing to support physics education across the state.
At the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, visitors of all ages experience hands-on, minds-on opportunities in an atmosphere that ignites wonder and inspires curiosity. Creating connections and sharing unique stories at all 12 of our locations awaits!
Through its Educating for Environmental Change Program, Indiana University has developed a set of modules around teaching climate engineering, a controversial but increasingly important topic. We plan to present our teaching resources to the community to showcase what we've been doing and get feedback.
The Outreach component of The Department of Chemistry at Indiana University Bloomington works with local area schools, camps, and other entities providing programs, laboratory assistance, and the ever popular "The Magic of Chemistry" demonstration shows.
The Uproar Conservation Challenge is an annual effort to bring 64 unusual, fascinating and vulnerable species from around the world into a global, head-to-head online voting challenge to create an uproar for their survival. It’s a chance for students to discover species they’ve probably never heard of, learn why they matter and see how people around the world are working to protect them.
Keep Indiana Learning, a department of the Central Indiana Educational Service Center (CIESC), is backed by passionate, relationship-driven educators, and education professionals who provide professional development services in a variety of different topics.
Lincoln Park Zoo is dedicated to being the place in Chicago for all things wildlife, where children learn to love animals, adults rediscover what it’s like to wonder, and nature isn’t just an escape, but the priority.
Stop by the NSTA table to explore professional learning opportunities, upcoming workshops, courses, web seminars, coaching, and resources designed to support science and STEM educators. Learn how NSTA membership connects you with a vibrant community of educators while providing access to professional learning, publications, exclusive resources, events, and opportunities to expand your professional network. Connect with NSTA staff to discover the tools, support, and opportunities that can help you grow professionally and make a meaningful impact on the future of science and STEM education.
NSTA Competitions brings science to life with programs that empower teachers and inspire K–12 students. In partnership with Army STEM, Shell, and Toshiba, NSTA offers hands-on competitions, engaging learning experiences, educator recognition, and professional development that sparks curiosity, fuels creativity, and nurtures a lasting love of discovery.
By combining hands-on robotics with standards-aligned curriculum, we help educators bring STEAM learning to life in ways that are creative, inclusive, and future-focused.
Supporting educators for over 30 years, Purdue University College of Science K-12 Outreach is excited to help educators learn about the free and accessible learning resources provided by Superheroes of Science. Through a YouTube channel with over 46 million views, Superheroes of Science delivers virtual labs, student certificate programs, and a searchable STEM Careers Repository featuring over 400 video interviews with real-world STEM professionals.
Purdue IN-MaC Education & Workforce, housed within Purdue Polytechnic Institute, connects K–12 education, workforce development, and industry through hands-on STEM learning, educator professional development, and career-connected programming. Through initiatives such as Design & Innovation Studios and industry-aligned pathways, IN-MaC helps learners build the technical, digital, and problem-solving skills needed for the future of advanced manufacturing and technology.
The RECF provides competitive drone and robotics programs that combine all four STEM disciplines while building teamwork, communication, and project management skills. Through competitions for students from elementary school through college, we help prepare the next generation of innovators.
The Science & Technology Advancement Center (STAC) partners with educators and organizations to strengthen K–12 science education through research, curriculum development, assessment, and professional learning. Whether AI is allowed or not, learners need to develop human intelligence, and our research-informed Thinking Literacy™ framework helps educators cultivate that development by integrating cognitive processes, metacognition, and intellectual dispositions such as curiosity, intellectual humility, and dialectical thinking.
The STEM Experience Center is located at Camp Dellwood in Indianapolis as part of Girl Scouts of Central Indiana. The campus is open year-round to host an opportunity for experiences in STEM topics such as botany, coding, automotive engineering, environmental stewardship, and more.
TECH CORPS expands access to the opportunities technology creates through hands-on, career-connected learning experiences that help students build skills, gain confidence, and prepare for what’s next.
TechPoint Youth is a nonprofit dedicated to inspiring the next generation of STEM leaders by providing hands-on robotics, computer science, and STEM learning opportunities for K–12 students across Indiana. Through innovative programs and industry partnerships, we help students build the technical and career-ready skills they need to thrive in the future workforce.
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is a nonprofit organization with a mission to ignite joy, wonder, and curiosity by creating powerful learning experiences for children and adults.
TIES has committed to providing all students access to authentic, applied STEM education and the opportunities for a meaningful future that accompany it. The STEM-on-the-Go Van promotes experiential, trans-disciplinary learning by engaging students in real-world problem solving using authentic tools to develop, design, and create. 21st Century Skills are fostered as students engage in teamwork, develop creative thougHt processes, learn persistence when tackling a problem and hone their problem-solving skills.
We create interactive games and activities that make computing accessible to everyone. Our current lineup features Quander, a suite of video games teaching quantum computing concepts, and Collapsing Qubits, a card game designed to build your quantum vocabulary.
WonderLab is a family-focused science museum in Bloomington, Indiana where people of all ages discover science through hands-on, playful experiences. We spark curiosity, build confidence, and inspire people to explore, question, and see themselves as part of science.