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August 21, 2017 - Don't miss out!
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GenCyber Summer Camp (for K-12 Teachers)
August 7 - 11, 2017
College Station, TX
Have you ever wanted to learn more about cybersecurity and how to prepare your students for this growing industry? Join this FREE 5-day training on cybersecurity in support of the TEKS-aligned GenCyber principles. Participating teachers will be provided with free housing, breakfasts, lunches, and one dinner along with a 4 GB RAM laptop preloaded with Linux tools to bring back to the classroom.
August 8, 2017, 4:30 p.m.
Austin, TX
The Greater Austin STEM Ecosystem, Learn All The Time Network, Texas Girls Collaborative Project (TxGCP), Texas Partnership for Out of School Time (TXPOST), EdTech Austin, Mozilla Hive Austin and Central Texas Discover Engineering invite organizations and individuals engaged in STEM outreach, education, workforce development, educational technology, volunteering and advocacy to connect, network and share! THANKS to iFLY Austin Indoor Skydiving for hosting this event!
Network with STEM-engaged organizations and individuals from across the area and learn about the resources available to assist you in your efforts. Connect with programs across the area and hear about upcoming STEM events. And share what you and/or your organization are doing to excited kids about STEM. Register online for this free STEM networking event and get connected!
October 13, 2017
Houston Community College
Join us for a celebration of STEM Education Day. This year's theme is STEM Connected; linking education work and play every day! The day will include a keynote speaker, breakout sessions, a share-a-thon, and a resource fair. Don't miss out on lunch and refreshments along with awards, door prizes and more! Submit to present, grab a vendor booth, register to attend.
Hill Country Science Mill
The Hill Country Science Mill is a new, cutting-edge interactive science museum in Johnson City with exhibits designed to inspire the next generation of STEM leaders. The Science Mill developed new 30-75 minute, TEKS-aligned, hands-on STEM exploration Learning Lab experiences to complement their field trips. Learning Labs are divided and aligned by grade groups K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12. Each Learning Lab allows students of all ages to interact with Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math in an entirely new way. Limited space available for the 2016-2017 school year.
Learn more.
EcoRise offers a wide-range of curriculum and tools to help k-12 teachers create engaging, authentic learning experiences that foster student innovation and environmental literacy. Whether you're a 2nd grade teacher looking to implement a cross-curricular recycling campaign or an AP Environmental Science teacher seeking a more hands-on approach to sustainability, EcoRise resources can be customized to meet your unique academic needs. Ready to join the movement and ignite a new generation of green leaders? Get involved now!
"Hyperlinked" producer Brindak Blake told CNN "STEM should be an everyday thing for girls...We want to provide these kind of positive role models that are relatable to middle school and younger or older elementary school girls," she said. "We want to empower them." That means characters who like to code and develop apps as much as they like to talk about boys or hang out with their friends.
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Texas STEM Connections is a web-based tool that makes it easy for STEM professionals to connect with K-20 educators, classrooms, out of school time programs, and other volunteer opportunities. Professionals can share their skills and expertise to bring real-world, authentic learning opportunities to all our students helping to create the next generation of innovators. Through in-person matches and virtual sessions, professionals can help educators and program providers connect their students to the world of STEM. Together we can make a difference.
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Educator Resources by Grade
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The IBM International Foundation, along with our partners, and fueled by our belief that every student deserves a great teacher, aspire to help teachers strengthen their instruction by providing them with free cognitive tools that will enable them to better meet the needs of individual students in their classrooms. To this end, we have developed a cognitive coach for teachers called Teacher Advisor with Watson. This is a free tool, initially planned to support 3rd grade math teachers across English-speaking geographies. The tool will add elementary math grade levels over the course of 2017,and plans are in the works to add translation to make this a free tool for teachers around the world.
Thinkery Guided Tours and Focused Field Trips
Austin, TX
Come and explore Thinkery with your students this upcoming school year. We're now accepting requests for Guided Tours and Focused Field Trips for the 2016–2017 school year!
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Guided Tours are available for Pre-K–5th grade, 120 students max.
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Focused Field Trips are available for 3rd–5th grade, 25 students max
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Middle school students learn that people like themselves can make meaningful contributions to science by reviewing examples of online citizen-science projects, then forming "engineering teams" to brainstorm ideas to benefit their community and design conceptual interactive websites that could organize and support the projects.
SciGirls Middle School Educator Hands-on Activity Resources
Virtual
SciGirls has made a commitment to providing quality, gender-equitable, inquiry-based STEM activities that are fun for all! Check out the activities under the following topic areas:
- Earth & Space
- Engineering
- Health
- Life & Environmental
- Physics & Chemistry
- Technology
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The Alamo AFCEA chapter offers a STEM Teaching Tools Grant intended to promote effective STEM teaching and to enhance the abilities of capable teachers in secondary schools in the San Antonio metropolitan area. The awards are to be used by the teacher to purchase consumable supplies for science experiments and activities in the classroom. Primary consideration is given to teachers working in schools, which are poorly supported, and/or with economically disadvantaged students. Awards are not limited to public schools.
Due September 6, 2017
Our High School Program kick-off event will host 100 high school girls from the Austin metro area in a completely free-to-participate event. This program includes food during events, transportation to and from events, and child care if needed. Each participate will attend one technology related workshop and leave with a take-home item from the workshop. Nominate a student today!
Engineer Your Life is a guide to engineering careers for high school girls! Imagine what life would be like without pollution controls to preserve the environment, life-saving medical equipment, or low-cost building materials for fighting global poverty. All this takes engineering. In very real and concrete ways, women who become engineers save lives, prevent disease, reduce poverty, and protect our planet. Dream Big. Love what you do. Become an engineer.
eGFI is for everyone! From the interactive website to the colorful and inspiring print and digital magazine, there is something for everyone--students, K-12 teachers and informal educators, parents and guardians, and anyone else with an interest in engineering.
Engineer Your World
The University of Texas at Austin has funding to help you bring a
project-based engineering course
to your Texas high school in 2017-2018. This course and comprehensive teacher support was developed by a team of UT faculty in collaboration with NASA engineers and secondary education specialists. Students complete a series of engaging and socially relevant design challenges to develop engineering design skills and habits of mind. Starting in 2016-2017, students also have the option to
dual-enroll
at UT and earn three hours of freshman-level credit. This may be the last year we can offer up to $8000 in implementation support per campus, so now is the time to learn more!
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Join our K-12 STEM Outreach Google Groups! These groups are all about sharing resources, information, events, volunteers, needs, and more with others reaching out to K-12 students aiming to excite them about science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
Central TX | DFW | East Texas | El Paso | Houston | Laredo | RGV | San Antonio | West TX
For those not in one of these areas who still want to receive information going out to all groups, join the
Texas K-12 STEM Outreach group.
Contact
Tricia Berry for any specific regional requests or questions.
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Let other know about the great programs you run! To find STEM programs across the country or to list your own, please visit
The Connectory
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Find fabulous STEM role models in your area to show virtually or connect with in-person on the
FabFems site!
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The
Texas Girls Collaborative Project (TxGCP) connects organizations and individuals across Texas committed to informing and motivating girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math. The TxGCP is excited to provide opportunities across Texas for collaboration, networking, sharing of best practices, and leveraging of resources through in-person forums, listservs and mini-grants.
Led by the
Women in Engineering Program (WEP) at The University of Texas at Austin along with a Leadership Team and Champions Board, the TxGCP brings together advocates and leaders from non-profits, K-12 schools, higher education institutions, companies and organizations across Texas.
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The vision of the
National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) is to bring together organizations throughout the US and Puerto Rico that are committed to informing and encouraging girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
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The TxGCP eNewsletter is distributed approximately once a month. Visit the
TxGCP web site for additional updates on upcoming events, resources and mini-grant information.
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