GE Hosts #6SecondScience Fair on Social Media 8/8-8/15/13

GE is hosting a social media science fair from 8-15 August 2013 using the Vine app for six-second videos to be posted using the hashtag #6secondsciencefair on Twitter.  GE will both create (including celebrity videos) and curate user-created videos showing their science projects.  One of the popular offerings to date shows what happens when you combine milk, food coloring, and dish soap.  Go to http://www.gereports.com/6secondscience/ for more details and to see some of the videos.
 

STEM In Sports Trivia Contest

As part of TimeWarner's "Connect A Million Minds" STEM campaign, Victor Cruz is partnering for a giveaway related to STEM in football.  To enter, follow both @TeamVic and @ConnectMinds and answer the tweeted trivia question on Monday, 29 July, using #STEMinSports in the reply for a chance to win autographed merchandise.

Here's an example of a question: 

• Trivia Q2: What principle does a tackle use to block a quarterback sneak? Get hints & rules @ConnectMinds http://bit.ly/14VrfyB #STEMInSports

TweetUp on Women in STEM on 3/22/12

Join the US Department of Energy (@ENERGY) on Thursday, 22 March 2012, beginning at 11:30am PDT, for a TweetUp on the role of women in STEM.  Use the hashtag "#STEM" to ask experts how to advance the education and empowerment of women in STEM careers.  Among the panelists are Assistant Secretary Patricia Hoffman, Technology Transfer Coordinator Dr. Katrina Edmonds, and Congresswoman Eddie B. Johnson.  Questions may be submitted before or during the event to @Energy or via e-mail to diversity@hq.doe.gov .

For more information on the Twitter session, visit http://energy.gov/articles/got-questions-about-women-science-tech-engineering-or-math-stem-tweet-us