IEA STEAM-a-thon: Keynote Speaker Announcement

[View Online]( Join the STEAM-a-thon Competition & Fundraiser September 18 to October 15 The STEAM-a-thon is almost here! Join our challenge competition and fundraiser centered around the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM!). Participants will create their own STEAM-a-thon fundraising page and pick from one of the following challenges to work on: - BRIGHT IDEA: Turn on a lightbulb – no one can directly touch the lightbulb - HOLE IN ONE: Move a ping pong ball into a cup three feet away - FIBONACCI CHALLENGE: Create a Fibonacci spiral using multi-media of any kind Share your progress with family and friends. Completed projects will be submitted to IEA and our three guest judges will select winners to be announced on October 15! Grand Prize Winners -- for the top fundraiser and STEAM Challenge Winner -- will receive a $250 Apple Store or Amazon Gift Card! There are a total of 9 prizes to win. [Click here for full details on how to participate and how to fundraise for IEA.]( Keynote Speaker: Mike Brown, Astronomer [Makebot Robot] Saturday, September 25 at 10:00 AM via Zoom A special STEAM-A-THON highlight will be our Keynote Speaker, Mike Brown, Professor of Planetary Astronomy at Caltech where he has been on the faculty since 1996. In 2006 Professor Brown was named as one of Time magazine’s 100 People Who Shape Our World as well as one of Los Angeles magazine’s Most Influential People in Los Angeles. Among the accomplishments he is best known for is his discovery of Eris, the largest object found in the solar system in 150 years, and the object which led to the debate and eventual demotion of Pluto from a real planet to a dwarf planet. His award winning best selling book, How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming, is a memoir of the discoveries leading to the demotion of Pluto. He was inducted into the National Academy of Science in 2014. He has won many awards and honors including the one that started his career, an honorable mention in his fifth-grade science fair in Huntsville, Alabama. A Q&A session will follow his presentation. THANKS TO OUR STEAM-A-THON SPONSORS INGENIOUS INNOVATOR PRESENTING SPONSOR Michelle and Ken Hirschman Dynamic Discoverer The Gialanella Family | Anonymous Donor Clever Creator Anonymous CDB Family | Mr. Kim Beong-Soo Kim and Ms. Bonnie Wongtrakool | Brian and Cindy Malouf Excellent Experimenter In Memory of Daniel L. Chu | Jim and Deb Delisle | Hap Deneen and Jennifer Yount | Valentin Popescu, Monica German and Alexander Popescu | Sandi Schwartz, [Ecohappiness Project]( | Limin Tseng and Tor and Espen Slettnes Judges Our judges panel includes: - Valerie Ding, Software Development Engineer, Amazon (Seattle, WA) - Al Hastings, Chief Architect, Insomniac Games (Santa Monica, CA) - Mike Panning, Planetary Scientist, Geophysicist (Pasadena, CA) [Learn More About the STEAM-a-thon]( [Institute for Educational Advancement logo] [Update your Email Preferences]( Institute for Educational Advancement 569 S. Marengo Ave. Pasadena, CA 91101 (626) 403-8900 [www.educationaladvancement.org](