Our TxGCP eNewsletter arrives monthly in your inbox to learn about science, technology, engineering and math resources, educational opportunities and more around Texas and beyond!
November 2016
Upcoming TxGCP Events
November 11-13 - San Antonio, TX
Look for TxGCP in your agenda for the Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching this year!  We will be presenting on STEM role models, What TxGCP can do for you, TEKS-aligned hands-on activities, and more! Come out to one of our sessions!
November 19, 12 - 3 p.m. - Houston, TX
The Rice University Office of STEM Engagement (R-STEM) and the Texas Girls Collaborative Project (TxGCP) invites organizations and individuals engaged in STEM outreach, education, workforce development, volunteering and advocacy to connect, network and share! Join Houston area STEM educators for a research experience for teachers poster session and light lunch, a PBS SciGirls workshop, and the Greater Houston Networking Forum.  Please RSVP!
January 12, 4:30 - 6:30pm - Austin, TX
Network with STEM-engaged organizations from across the area and learn about the resources available to assist you in your efforts. Hear updates from the Greater Austin STEM Ecosystem, launched at the White House in November 2015 as one of 27 Ecosystems in the country, and the only one in Texas. Learn about statewide STEM out of school time system building led by TXPOST. And explore resources of the Texas Girls Collaborative Project including role model workshops, a new Texas skills-based STEM volunteer matching system, hands-on STEM curriculum and more. 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.
All Educator Resources
Educators Night Out at the Houston Zoo
November 29 and December 1 - Houston, TX
We are bringing back our Educators Night Out event for two more evenings this fall! Learn how recycling small electronic devices can help save animals in the wild and experience STEAM activities, animal presentations, and much more.  Light appetizers, drinks, and Zoo Lights admission will be included in your registration.

Destination Conservation at the Houston Zoo
November 5 - Houston, TX
Ideal for K – 12th Grade Educators
Papers please! Bring your passports and sense of adventure as we explore the world of global conservation and bring it home to your classroom! Activities, guest speakers, and exciting zoo tours await you on your journey.

Making the Case for STEM Learning FREE Course
Making the Case for STEM Learning is course created by Frameworks Academy, now available at no cost thanks to the generous sponsorship of the Afterschool Alliance and funding from the Noyce Foundation. Sign up now to learn how to make the case for high-quality STEM learning and use empirically tested communications strategies proved effective for building public understanding and support. This course gives communicators the tools they need to show the need for expanding innovative, and engaging, hands-on learning that will equip the leaders of tomorrow to face the challenges that await.

The NSADay of Cyber, powered by LifeJourney, is a free, interactive, online career simulation and exploration platform that allows students to test-drive and experience a day in the life of our nation's cyber professionals. The platform provides approximately 2-3 hours of content where students have the opportunity to interact virtually with the NSA cyber mentors,  explore each respective journey, and take a seat beside the mentors in the NSA Cyber Threat Center in solving exciting “cyber situations”, intriguing crypto puzzles and other real-life cyber scenarios

Advocates for high-quality afterschool programming in STEM will find useful tools to make the case for expanding and supporting innovative and engaging informal STEM learning. The themes represented in the talking points and other advocacy materials are based on careful communications research—so advocates can have confidence that they are reliable, tested ways of positioning afterschool STEM.
Educator Resources by Grade
Elementary Educators
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! 
• Guided Tours are available for Pre-K–5th grade, 120 students max.
• Focused Field Trips are available for 3rd–5th grade, 25 students max
Middle School Educators
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 
High School Educators
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.  
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).

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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.
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
Find fabulous STEM role models in your area to show virtually or connect with in-person on the FabFems site!
About TxGCP & NGCP
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.
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). 
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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