Ohio State Fair Anywhere:
An Online Experience

Virtual 2020 Technology and Engineering Showcase​
Updated August 6, 2020
Reaching for excellence in Technology, Innovation, Design, Engineering, and STEM 

2020 Ohio State Fair - Technology and Engineering Showcase Exhibits

Welcome video from Paolo DeMaria State Superintendent of Public Instruction
We are so happy to see the Ohio State Fair: Anywhere experience go online! We are even more excited to see that the OTEEA Technology and Engineering Showcase will be a part of the fun online as well! Please make sure to visit OhioStateFair.com/Anywhere for a full list of online fair activities and programs.
Ohio Technology and Engineering Educators Association
Ohio State Fair Junior Board Members 
Links are to introduction videos.
  • OSF Junior Fair Board, First Year: Riley Bronnert,
    Ross High School
  • OSF Junior Fair Board, First Year: Grant Dunn,
    Ross High School
  • OSF Junior Fair Board, Second Year: Mickey Hamilan, Westlake High School
  • OSF Junior Fair Board, Second Year: Hunter Shane,
    Riverdale High School
  • OSF Junior Fair Board, Member At Large: Sia Bavishi, 
    Westlake High School
  • OTEEA Showcase Director: Dick Dieffenderfer
All positions will carry over to the 2021 State Fair  
Junior Fair Board Promotional Video
School Exhibits  
Ross High School - Ross Local School District, Ross
  • Teacher: Brian Lien
  • Pre-Engineering classes offered by Butler Tech @ Ross High School. The courses offered include Robotics, Architecture, Engineering Design, and Engineering Principles. I also offer two College Credit Plus classes in Architecture and Engineering Design. A link to my OTEEA pictures for STEM education in Ohio including lots of photos from Ross High School and its exhibits.. I also included four videos; one for each class I teach.
  • Videos​​​​
Westlake High School - Westlake City Schools, Westlake
​Elida High School - Elida Local Schools / Apollo Career Center, Elida
  • The Industrial Technology Program at Elida High School is a traditional, project based, hands-on wood shop program. Students are introduced to various aspects of construction technology (wiring, plumbing, carpentry, cabinetry, drafting, AutoCAD, etc), instructed on safety/ use of a variety of hand and power tools, and then taught how to build woodworking projects. The culminating experience for the senior students is the opportunity to research/design and build their own senior woodworking project of choice as shown in the pictures of the 2019/2020 finished projects.
  • Link to Program
  • Teacher Contact: Matt Amstutz​
Butler High School - Vandalia-Butler City Schools,  Vandalia
  • Problem solving, career orientation and learning for tomorrow’s adaptive environment are the cornerstones of Industrial Technology Education. ITE focuses on developing creativity and problem solving skills – concepts that will not become obsolete, skills that will be needed throughout life no matter what career or job your child selects. It does not prepare students for specific careers, but provides an introduction and foundation to many.
  • ​Link to Program
  • PDF Showcasing Projects showing some of the work the students did during the 3rd and 4th nine weeks of the year.
  • Teacher Contact: Mike Brockert​
Princeton Community Middle School - Princeton City Schools, Cincinnati
STEM Wheel: Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) classes were added to the schedule of all middle school students.  During the three years at PCMS, all students take the following modules exposing them to opportunities, skills, and careers in STEM education:
  • DESIGN AND MODELING
  • ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
  • GREEN ARCHITECTURE
  • FLIGHT AND SPACE
  • MEDICAL DETECTIVES
  • AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS
Early exposure to STEM careers is linked to a comprehensive career transition plan for all students in grades 6-12.
Student work during the COVID-19 remote learning experience.
Student work completed before the COVID-19 remote learning experience.
Riverdale High School - Riverdale local Schools,  Mount Blanchard
Technology and Engineering Videos
  • OTEEA Technology and Engineering Showcase At the Ohio State Fair 2019
  • OTEEA Technology and Engineering Showcase At the Ohio State Fair 2018
Design Videos
For the past 12 years the OTEEA has presented a 12-day Technology and Engineering Showcase in the Youth Center during the Ohio State Fair.

Each year we have learned more about our technological world from the great variety of technology exhibits and demonstrations provided by schools, students, and our business and industry STEM partners.  

We share your disappointment with the cancellation of the 2020 Ohio State Fair and the loss of the great variety of important and challenging opportunities that benefit Ohio youth.

Given the many disruptions caused by the COVID 19 health emergency we want to acknowledge the hard work and commitment put in by individual students, technology teachers, and competition teams in their preparations for the 2020 Ohio State Fair competition events and exhibits.

In addition to missing out on the 100 plus technology presentations and demonstrations we will also be missing out on having two large 12-day indoor and outdoor exhibits that were to have been provided by NASA education, NASA Glenn, Cleveland and the US Air Force Research Laboratory, Dayton.

With the cancellation of the 2020 Ohio State Fair the OTEEA is attempting to meet its public engagement and STEM promotion goals by organizing a virtual State Fair Technology Showcase resource to share with you information about the student organizations, competition groups, business and industry associations, and Tech Ed / STEM school programs.

The Ohio State Fair is assembling a virtual State Fair resource; Ohio State Fair Anywhere: An Online Experience to share with you the spirit of programming and activities that were scheduled for you this year.

As a part of Ohio State Fair Anywhere initiative we would like to share with you an opportunity to benefit from, and contribute to a collection of STEM resources being organized by the Ohio Technology and Engineering Educators Association.

Goals for the virtual 2020 Ohio State Fair Technology and Engineering Showcase:
  • Maintaining high visibility for the value of Youth Center STEM programming,  experiences and opportunities provided during the Ohio State Fair each year.
  • Highlight content that would have been the 2020 OTEEA Technology and Engineering Showcase program at the 2020 Ohio State Fair, July 29 through August 9, 2020.
  • Showcase the great variety of K - 12 Engineering Design Process STEM experiences being provided and available across Ohio.
  • Share STEM and careers information, including links to resources and opportunities that support remote teaching and learning during the 2020 – 2021 school year.
  • Encourage students to be problem solvers designing solutions to address community needs and personal challenges brought on by the COVID 19 health emergency.
  • Promote technology exhibitor and fairgoer participation in the OTEEA Technology and Engineering Showcase during the 2021 Ohio State Fair, July 28 through August 8, 2021.
For the coming school year this developing collection of STEM resources, career education information, and hands-on activities may prove to be useful to teachers working to organize remote learning experiences for their students.

To make use of this collection of STEM resources; or make an individual or school contribution of ideas, STEM materials, or pictures of student projects and the experiences contact the OTEEA at:  
            OTEEA.org    or   OTEEA.org/state-fair.html

The full collection of all 2020 State Fair resources is available at:   ohiostatefair.com/anywhere

We again invite and encourage your participation in this STEM resources information sharing effort.

With many thanks to the doers and the makers,
Dick Dieffenderfer, Director
Technology and Engineering Showcase
Ohio Technology and Engineering Educators Association

Host
Ohio Technology and Engineering Educators Association (OTEEA)
OTEEA members are K-12 educators, businesses, industries, and individuals who are concerned about the true technological literacy of Ohio citizens.
STEM Partner Exhibits
Ohio Council Teachers of Mathematics (OCTM) 
The Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics is a support organization for math educators throughout Ohio.
  •  www.ohioctm.org  
  • Our activity plans were to offer hands-on mathematics experiences for fairgoers. Our affiliated organization NCTM does have a number of online mathematics activities.
    • Calculation Nation® is a free education service that uses the power of the Web to let students play games and challenge opponents from anywhere in the world. At the same time, students are able to challenge themselves by investigating significant mathematical content and practicing fundamental skills.
    • Figure This! demonstrates challenging middle school mathematics and emphasizes the importance of high-quality math education for each and every student. Find interesting math challenges that middle-school students can do at home with their families.
  •  Contact: Bob Batty
3DuxDesign architectural modeling system blends art, design and hands-on creativity with STEM fundamentals. Use 3DuxDesign connecting system with our pre-formed geometric shapes or add any recycled cardboard for endless possibilities. 3Dux inspires the next generation to to imagine, design build and share their ideas
The KEVA Planks company makes identical wooden building blocks that appeal to people of all ages and abilities and spark excitement about the opportunity to create - even for people who don’t think of themselves as creative. Children learn physics, math, art, and engineering principles just by stacking simple planks into complex structures. Parents gladly build alongside their kids. Teachers are empowered and equipped. Toddlers build safely alongside other siblings. Grown-ups reignite their creative spark.
  • Our YouTube channel is full of STEM-related videos that you can build alongside with planks at home. We also have a full curriculum of Lesson Plans and Activities on our website.
  • ​Educator Lesson Plans
Founded in 1891, The Ohio Academy of Science is membership-based, volunteer-driven, not-for-profit organization that supports STEM education by offering programs for grades 5-12 that encourage and reward scientific inquiry, technological design, and entrepreneurship. Through the State Science Day and Believe in Ohio program, students throughout the entire State of Ohio will be eligible to compete for nearly $1,000,000 in scholarships and sponsored awards.
  • https://www.ohiosci.org​
  • State Science Day is virtual this year and happening over the summer. Each year thousands of Ohio students complete independent research projects. These students present their research at the local and the District level, and the highest-rated projects go on to compete at the State Science Day. This event is the high-point of student-based scientific-research, and 2020 is its 72nd year.
Contact: Michael Woytek
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Believe in Ohio is a free, comprehensive, curriculum-based, STEM and entrepreneurship program for Ohio high school students. Students will learn how to develop a STEM Commercialization or STEM Business plan and the opportunity to compete for scholarships to Ohio colleges or universities.
  • ​In cooperation with higher education partners, the Believe in Ohio program conducts a series of STEM forums where students can learn about cutting-edge developments in science and how they are being applied as commercialized/marketable products and services. Video recordings of the 2019 Believe in Ohio STEM Forums can be found here: https://believeinohio.org/Forums/index.html
  • Contact: Michael Woytek
  • Link to a video from the 1962 Ohio State Fair where Col. John Glenn visits with students and their State Science Day projects from 1962. This is a rare and unique visit to the past and is filled with Col. Glenn's observations about the importance of student research and the need to develop and nurture curiosity.
Ohio Dominican University
  • I am a mathematics professor at ODU. My relevant interests include mathematics of perspective drawing, anamorphic art, and generating artistic images using mathematical concepts.
  • https://www.ohiodominican.edu/
  • Contact: Anna Davis​
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​We believe ALL K-12 students should have access to high-quality computer science learning experiences. Computerscience is not about learning how to use a computer, or even just programming. Computer science is about deeperlearning – computational thinking, problem solving and creativity. We believe studying computer science, regardless ofa student's ultimate occupation, provides the knowledge and practices necessary to be ready for college or career. 
  • http://www.techcorps.org
  • Techie Camp Virtual - Techie Camp: Virtual is a weeklong, online experience in which students will dive into Programming using Scratch through a mix of online instruction, guided activities with classmates and individual work time.
  • Free Lessons - We believe ALL K-12 students should have access to high-quality computer science learning experiences.  Computer science is not about learning how to use a computer, or even just programming.  Computer science is about deeper learning – computational thinking, problem solving and creativity. To support student learning, we have made the following lessons and activities available.
  • Tech Corps Youtube Channel
  • Contact: Kristen Gillenwater
​The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center engages in world-leading research, education, and outreach that enhance The Ohio State University’s programs in: polar and alpine regions, cryospheric processes, reconstruction of past climates, climate variability and change, and the impacts of climate on the environment and society.
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The Ohio State University Airport (KOSU) is one of the leading general aviation facilities in the nation. The airport has been partnering with the community to expand opportunities for citizens of Ohio since 1942, offering a learning lab for future professionals, a core facility for university research and service to Columbus area industry.
Lakeshore’s early learning STEM materials are perfect for children of all interest levels and learning styles. Our top-quality, one-of-a-kind STEM products promote problem solving and critical thinking—allowing children to explore, experiment and build at a level that’s just right for them.
The Central Ohio Chapter of ASCE sponsors annual STEM Expos and other STEM promotions.
  • https://centralohioasce.org
  • Our current focus is hands-on displays that demonstrate elementary electro-magnetic principles to K-12 students. Our booths are staffed by career civil engineers who interact with students on a one-on-one basis.
  • See below for photo files of new displays developed for the 2020 Ohio State Fair.
  • Contact: James Ward
OSU Urban GEMS is a positive youth development program that uses gardening to teach inner-city teens about science, nutrition, entrepreneurship, and healthy living in Columbus, Ohio. The program has reached more than 300 youth since it began in 2015. The program has been funded by a grant to the Ohio State University from the USDA CYFAR initiative.
Packaging Corporation of America
As a Fortune 500 company, Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is an ideas and solutions company.  Our corrugated packaging business seeks to be the leader in helping our customers — large and small — package, transport and display products of all kinds.  Our white paper business delivers Paper With Purpose by providing the highest level of customer service and operational excellence.  We have approximately 15,000 team members in more than 100 locations in the United States that strive to meet the local needs of our customers.  Our mission is to serve the needs of our customers, today and tomorrow, with products and services that exceed expectations for performance and environmental responsibility.
  • https://www.packagingcorp.com/
  • PCA developed a 3D corrugated Penguin Puzzle while they will bring to next years state fair.
  • PCA  recently created a new developmental role for Plant Optimization Engineers.   These roles will provide engineering support to all plant functions to include operations, maintenance, and other corrugated plant functional areas. This position is a developmental position that provides support to optimize plant equipment, improve reliability, enhance and sustain product quality while maximizing throughput and product revenue. This position will result in an overall understanding of plant operations and management skills needed for career development and promotional opportunities to various positions within the PCA corrugated plant operations group or other PCA supporting groups.
  • Contact: Timothy Speidel
Science Education Council of Ohio (SECO)
The Science Education Council of Ohio (SECO) is a collaborative community that believes everyone deserves the benefit of a strong science education in order to engage with an ever-changing world.
Link to information on exhibiting at the Technology and Engineering Showcase
For further information please contact:
    Dick Dieffenderfer, Director
    Technology and Engineering Showcase
    Ohio Technology and Engineering Educators Association
    1288 Pepperell Drive
    Columbus, Ohio 43235
    614-457-9639
    radieffenderfer@aol.com
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