STEM Night at FIS
Students learn to apply STEM disciplines to everyday and futures
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FIS third-grader Annika Mayer, 8, tries an experiment with Callie Monroe with American Museum of Science and Energy. - Photos by Tammy Cheek
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FIS fifth-grader Cra Monts practices filling a prescription. - Photos by Tammy Cheek
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HVA junior Charles Harvey demonstrates AeroHawks - Photos by Tammy Cheek
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State Trooper John Capps - Photos by Tammy Cheek
Learning science, technology, engineering and math in school is one thing, but then what do you do with it?
Farragut Primary and Intermediate schools students learned how they could apply those disciplines to everyday activities and to their futures at the school’s STEM Night in FIS Thursday, Sept. 25.
“The 2025 STEM Night is an exciting event happening at Farragut Intermediate School,” said Ruth Granroth, Farragut Primary School art teacher who collaborated on the event with STEM teachers Elizabeth Stewart of FPS and Farragut Intermediate STEM teacher Kristi Shedden.
“We have scientists, computer scientists and engineers from (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) and other Oak Ridge companies; American Museum of Science & Energy; University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Student Space Organization; robotics teams from Farragut High School and L & N STEM Academy; UT Veterinarian College; Best Farms; Tennessee Highway Patrol Officers demonstrating their rollover simulator; Knoxville Police Forensics; South College of Pharmacy; Summit Medical: a food scientist from Bush Brothers; Great Smoky Mountains Tremont Institute and many more,” Granroth said.
Additionally, there were representatives from Texas Instruments, Bectel and HardinValley Academy’s AeroHawks.
“There were 33 different community members providing STEM activities for the kids to do,” said Shedden, adding the event was held to “get kids excited about STEM.”
They enjoyed participating in a healthy eating taste test with chopsticks, filling prescriptions and other hands-on activities and AeroHawks and robotics demonstrations.
Besides the activities, Shedden said students also had an opportunity to learn more about future careers in the STEM field.
