{"id":38037,"date":"2022-06-13T09:58:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T14:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aecc.powerfulgallery.com\/?page_id=38037"},"modified":"2022-09-09T09:50:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T14:50:51","slug":"stem-education-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aecc.powerfulgallery.com\/community\/stem-education-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"STEM Education Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arkansas\u2019 electric vehicle program was one of the longest-running technology education programs in the electric cooperative nation. The event began in 2003 and the final rally was held in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will work with the programs to try and get teams in all 75 Arkansas counties and host regional competitions within Arkansas to provide students with maximum exposure to science, math, and technology,\u201d said Rob Roedel, director of corporate communications for the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas.<\/p>\n<h2>Seaperch<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38261 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/aecc.powerfulgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo_seaperch.png\" alt=\"Seaperch logo\" width=\"20%\" height=\"104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aecc.powerfulgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo_seaperch.png 347w, https:\/\/aecc.powerfulgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo_seaperch-340x102.png 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/>The Seaperch underwater robotics program equips teachers and students with the resources to build an underwater remotely operated vehicle. The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas partnering with Arkansas 4-H to sponsor teams across Arkansas and an annual statewide competition.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seaperch.org\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SeaPerch website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Arkansas State Spelling Bee<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38260 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/aecc.powerfulgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AEC-SpellingBee_Logo_22-HORIZONTAL-800x215.png\" alt=\"Arkansas State Spelling Bee logo\" width=\"20%\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aecc.powerfulgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AEC-SpellingBee_Logo_22-HORIZONTAL-800x215.png 800w, https:\/\/aecc.powerfulgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AEC-SpellingBee_Logo_22-HORIZONTAL-340x91.png 340w, https:\/\/aecc.powerfulgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AEC-SpellingBee_Logo_22-HORIZONTAL.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas sponsor the Arkansas State Spelling Bee each year. The winner proceeds to The Scripps National Spelling Bee, the nation\u2019s largest and longest-running educational program.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more on the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/2022arbee\/home1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arkansas State Spelling Bee website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arkansas\u2019 electric vehicle program was one of the longest-running technology education programs in the electric cooperative nation. The event began in 2003 and the final rally was held in 2017. \u201cWe will work with the programs to try and get teams in all 75 Arkansas counties and host regional competitions within Arkansas to provide students [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"parent":38033,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecc.powerfulgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38037"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecc.powerfulgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecc.powerfulgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aecc.powerfulgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aecc.powerfulgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38037"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/aecc.powerfulgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39004,"href":"https:\/\/aecc.powerfulgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38037\/revisions\/39004"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aecc.powerfulgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecc.powerfulgallery.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}