Events
CREATE for STEM hosts, sponsors and supports STEM education research happenings around MSU. Please let us know if there are conferences, workshops, presentations, etc... that you would like posted on the CREATE Events page and we will do our best to help.
We hosted Dr. Sara Vogel from City University in New York, and Qian Wu from East China Normal University during Fall 2025. In the spring, a new series called CREATE Community Talks was launched in an effort to give opportunities to junior researchers to share their work, offer support and advice, and allow for open conversation around current research projects. Plans are underway for next year's series; we will share more information later in the summer.
Our eleventh mini-conference is just around the corner! Please plan to join us on Tuesday, May 12th, in the STEM Teaching & Learning building, where we have held the event the past two years. See below for more information about our keynote speaker and registration. Two exciting things about this year's program: 1) we're hosting our first ever mathematics scholar as keynote speaker and 2) 'lightning talks', or three-minute speed talks, will be part of the mini-conference experience prior to the poster session. For a researcher, having a three-minute 'elevator pitch' at-the-ready is one of the most important tools to keep in the toolbox. We are hoping that this practice session will help researchers get comfortable summarizing their work succinctly and in lay-persons language.
Thank you for a great year of gatherings in CREATE! We hope to see you on Tuesday, May 12, whether you are presenting a poster or lightning talk, or attending to learn about colleagues' research.
Past Events
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01 Sep 07:00
CREATE is getting ready for in-person speaker series to begin in September 2022
We are very excited to bring back our Science Speaker Series, in-person (with Zoom option available). -
19 Aug 07:00
Attention all Middle School Science Teachers! FREE Professional Learning starts August 19, 2022
We are excited to offer Health in Our Hands Professional Learning for SY 2022 – 2023! Our units for NGSS-aligned curriculum and assessments for Middle Life Science is FREE online. Professional learning is free of charge, and SCECHs are available. -
01 Aug 07:00
Carbon TIME professional learning for 22/23 begins August 1-4, 2022
The NextGenPBL team from the MSU CREATE for STEM Institute is excited to support teachers as they implement Carbon TIME curriculum in classrooms this upcoming year! -
28 Jul 07:00
ML-PBL Professional Learning for 22/23 begins July 28-29, 2022
The Next Generation Project-Based Learning team is excited to offer a Multiple Literacies professional development opportunity for Grade 3, beginning this summer! -
20 Jul 07:00
CREATE at NSTA National Conference in Chicago, July 20-23, 2022
CREATE for STEM Institute's Cory Miller will be presenting a workshop, with colleagues Chiara Kirkland and Amber Richmond from Detroit Public Schools, at the National Science Teacher's Association meeting in Chicago, Illinois. -
28 Jun 22:00
Sparking and Sustaining STEM interest through Informal Learning Experiences, June 28, 2022
Join @informalscience and @STEMVideoHall for a discussion with Scott Pattison, Natalie Davis, and Flavio Azevedo at 3 pm on June 28th. -
21 Jun 07:00
KBS offers 2022 K-12 Partnership Summer Institute, June 21-23, 2022
The MSU Kellogg Biological Station's Summer Institute is back in person for 2022 and the three keynotes will be live-streamed. -
26 May 07:00
Don't miss NSTA chats on Twitter! See the schedule here.
If you've never joined in for a #NSTAchat in the past, now is a great time to give it a try! Join fellow science educators for a Twitter 'chat' on these topics coming up over the summer. -
20 May 07:00
Final Mi Sci PLN meeting of the year, May 20, 2022
The upcoming and final Michigan Mathematics and Science Leadership Network sponsored "Mi Sci PLN" meeting with be held on May 20, 2022. -
19 May 07:00
Kellogg Biological Station event: Health of Migratory Birds in the Face of a Changing Landscape, May 18, 2022
The title of the next Dessert with Discussion event is “Health of Migratory Birds in the Face of a Changing Landscape,” and the presenter is Dr. Jen Owen, Michigan State University professor and director of the Michigan State Bird Observatory. -
16 May 07:00
MSU STEM Education event; join us for SEISMIC week!
The SEISMIC Collaboration will be hosting events during the MSU Week of SEISMIC to help promote efforts in advancing STEM Education at MSU. As a member of the STEM Education community, we hope that you will be able to join us for some or all of the afternoons on May 16th and May 18th. -
06 May 07:00
Open nights at the MSU Observatory! May 6-7, 2022
Join local astronomers this Friday and Saturday, 6th & 7th of May (9:30 PM - 11:30 PM) for public viewing at the MSU Observatory!

