Got STEM? February 2017

GOT STEM?

(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)

February, 2017

WELCOME!

We hope you enjoy our GOT STEM? Newsletter . We distribute this newsletter the first business day of each month and include information about STEM events, resources, and opportunities.

NEWS and EVENTS From the Philadelphia Education Fund

STEM Teacher Forum . Feb 7. Workshops topics include: Climate Change in Urban Environments, Fishing for STEM, Classroom Constellations. Act 48 Credit available.
STEM Networking Meeting. Feb 15. The topic will be STEM and Gender, with Betsy Payne, Kendrick Davis, and Tara Cox.
STEM Career Expo. Feb 23. Seeking STEM professionals.
New STEM Ecosystem Strategy document now online.
Seeking Career Coaches and Field Trip Sites .
2017 Carver Science Fair. Information for judges, teachers, students, and supporters.

STEM EVENTS

Click on the titles to learn about the times, costs, locations, and descriptions of these local (and online) events.

Temple Teacher Residency Info Events. Feb 1 and 8
MATERIALITY: 7th Annual Materials Science and Engineering Day.Feb 4
Getting Ready for Spring & Starting Seeds for teachers ($). Feb 4
Drexel's Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. February 11
SEPS-AAPT Make and Take-Spring 2017 Workshop--Electricity and Magnetism. Feb 11.
Making sense of data OSTRC Networking panel. Feb 9
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2017 Annual Meeting. Feb 16-20
Professional Development for Biology and Life Science Teachers. Feb 25. (Register by Feb 16)
38th Annual George Washington Carver Science Fair (Grades 4-6).Feb 22
A Walk for Education in Phila by the National Society of Black Engineer. Apr 22
Arkema Science Teacher Program.Aug 1-3

FUNDING

Click on these funding opportunities for details and information.

Grants That Support Family-Oriented STEM Learning . NSF. Ongoing
How to Find NSF Outcomes Reports to prepare better grant proposals. Ongoing
Webinar: 2017-2018 Teacher-Leader Collaborative Grants Infosession . Feb 1
Computer Science Teacher Grant Award . Feb 3
Design and Development Launch Pilots for the Inclusion Across the Nation of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (INCLUDES) program. Due Feb 14/May 16
New York Life Foundation Grant Program. Feb 17
Classroom Technology Grants. Feb 24
STELAR Webinar: Stories from ITEST, Culturally Competent Projects that Inspire Young People to Pursue STEM Careers. Feb 28
Voya STEM and Financial Literacy Programs. Mar 10
2017-2018 Teacher-Leader Collaborative Grants. March 10
"Science Everywhere" to Inspire Math and Science Learning Beyond the Classroom through Go Fund Me. Mar 24
STEM + Computing Partnerships (STEM+C). Mar 29
White-Reinhardt Mini-Grants. Agricultural literacy. Due Apr 15
Native Plant Education Projects. Oct 15, 2017

OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES

For Students

Edison Scholars Program for high school students planning to study STEM in College ($40,000 for 4 years). Feb 1
NASA Space Spin-off Contest . Due Feb 12
ProjectCSGirls Middle School Competition. Registration due Feb 15
Learn Physics of Atomic Nuclei summer program . Due Mar 31 deadline
Code Quest 2017 . Registration Mar 31
2017 Biomedical Research Annual Essay Contest . Due Apr 2

Opportunities For Educators

Resources

Employment

STEM PUBLICATIONS

Click on the titles of these new releases to read more.

STEM

Engaging Students in the STEM Lab . NSTA blog
Explore NGSS Instruction With NSTA This February 11 ($) . NSTA blog
Two New Hampshire House Bills Propose Funding Increase for STEM Program . NH Business Review
December surprise: Congress passes America COMPETES bill . AfterSchool Alliance
Emerging Connections: SciGirls Strategies . Connected Sci Learning
The Year in Informal Science Education: Milestones in STEM Learning 2016 . CAISE
What does leading the nation on NGSS look like? . Education Dive
STEM education needs more employers willing to host interns . MassLive
NGSS early adopters embrace new standards in California . Education Dive
What's Hot: 9 Major Ed Tech Trends for 2017 . The Journal
STEM Education: Revise Or Demise? Huffington Post
Department of Education Issues Guide to STEM Funding Through ESSA . US Dept of Ed
Tiger Woods Foundation and Discovery Education Launch Digital Programs in College Prep and STEM Careers . Discovery Ed
Pennsylvania Department of Education Now on Pinterest . PA Dept of Ed

Science

Standardized science standoff: California, feds at odds again over a statewide test . KPCC
Could zebrafish be the new science education recruiters? eSchool News
Anti-science culture is growing, need to engage and educate, say Nobel Laureates . The Indian Express
School District's school support census . Philadelphia School District
Report: Innovative science instruction boosts academic performance among English learners . EdSource
What We Learned (And Didn't) About Betsy DeVos At Her Confirmation Hearing . FiveThirtyEight
Science Education Strengthens Communities . Paste
This teacher gave kids fish instead of lectures, and it's turning them into scientists. UpWorthy
Interventions with parents push kids to pursue science classes . Ars Technica
Four new science programs proposed amid growing demand for STEM education . Calgary Herald
Study Considers Factors Affecting Girls' STEM Interest . US News&World Report

Technology

Worried About Screen Time? Don't Let Kids Go It Alone . NPR
Tween Tech offers girls reasons to love science . The Press of Atlantic City
Districts address growing demands of data security . Education Dive
Sprint commits to give connected devices to 1M students . Education Dive
S.C. Department of Education introduces K through 8 computer science standards . Post and Courier

Engineering

Virginia school district inserts maker education into entire philosophy . Education Dive
What's Hot: 9 Major Ed Tech Trends for 2017 . The Journal
Modeling Collaboration for Learning . Connected Sci Learning
ASEE Statement on Federal Investment in Engineering Education . ASEE

Math

Do the math: Education is the most effective jobs program. Let's invest in it . Fox News
How can we raise future black women mathematicians? Start by asking them . The Hechinger Report
Swimming Against the Tide with Statistics . This is Statistics

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