On Saturday and Sunday, April 16, 2016, the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS) sponsored a professional development experience and a STEM field trip for public school teachers, university mathematics and computer science students, and other students from local schools.

Over 100 youth and parents from the Hampton Healthy Family Partnership in Hampton, Virginia and Samuel Chapel Baptist Church in Elizabeth City, North Carolina participated in the 4th USA Science and Engineering Festival (http://www.usasciencefestival.org/). The 4th USA Science & Engineering Festival, the largest and only national science festival, featured nationwide contests and school programs, including the popular 'Nifty Fifty' science speaker program and X-STEM Symposium, and culminated in a Grand Finale Expo on April 16-17, 2016 at the Washington Convention Center. About 365K people of all ages attended to celebrate science with over 3000 fun, hands-on activities, more than 30 stage shows, and some of the biggest names in STEM.

The USA Science & Engineering Festival is a national grassroots effort to advance STEM education and inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers.  The exhibitors, performers, speakers, partners, sponsors and advisors are a who's who of science and engineering in the United States: from major academic centers and leading research institutes and government agencies to cutting-edge high tech companies, museums and community organizations. - See more at: http://www.usasciencefestival.org/about.html#sthash.mEwYn0LG.dpuf