PHOTOS: NASA STEM Day at Navajo Technical University

Stephanie Brown-Houston, education program specialist at NASA Glenn Research Center, leads students through an activity to build straw rockets during the NASA STEM Day on Sept. 12 at Navajo Technical University in Crownpoint.

One of the activities for middle and high school students demonstrated how liquid cooling ventilation garments work in space suits. The activity was part of the NASA STEM Day on Sept. 12 at Navajo Technical University in Crownpoint.

Navajo Technical University student Shane Tsosie shows a 3D printed object during a tour of the university's fabrication laboratory at the NASA STEM Day on Sept. 12 at NTU in Crownpoint.

Crownpoint Middle School students propel their straw rockets into the air at the NASA STEM Day on Sept. 12 at Navajo Technical University in Crownpoint.

Navajo Preparatory School student Keona Hosteen reacts to cold water running through tubing during an activity at the NASA STEM Day on Sept. 12 at Navajo Technical University in Crownpoint.

Navajo Technical University Intern Andriane Tenequer shows a spacecraft replica produced by a 3D printer at the university's fabrication laboratory. Middle and high students toured the facility during the NASA STEM Day on Sept. 12 at NTU in Crownpoint.

Arduino Robots move during an activity for middle and high school students at the NASA STEM Day on Sept. 12 at Navajo Technical University in Crownpoint.

Priscilla Mobley, activity manager for the NASA Minority University Research and Education Project Aerospace Academy, shows how a sock should be cut during an activity to demonstrate liquid cooling ventilation garments at the NASA STEM Day on Sept. 12 at Navajo Technical University in Crownpoint.

NASA personnel Jeremiah O'Callahan, left, and Raquel Redhouse participate in a panel discussion at the NASA STEM Day on Sept. 12 at Navajo Technical University in Crownpoint.
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Rehoboth Christian School students Jayden Henry, left, Caleb Clauschee and Evin Toddy control Arduino Robots during the NASA STEM Day on Sept. 12 at Navajo Technical University in Crownpoint.
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