GOT STEM? - July 2017

GOT STEM? July 2017

The Donald McKinney Center for STEM Education Monthly Newsletter

UPDATES from the McKinney Center

The McKinney Center officially launched last month with the Donald McKinney Philadelphia STEM Ecosystem Community-Based Learning Conference. Thanks to all who attended and continue to support our efforts in improving STEM education in the city!

We'd also like to celebrate our newest additions:

Frances Liu - McKinney Research Scholar

Bernadette Fiocco - Project Manager

The Philadelphia STEM Ecosystem movement is gaining momentum, and we'd like your input to guide the project into the future. Please take a few minutes to fill out this survey and make your voice heard.

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EVENTS - WORKSHOPS - WEBINARS

Can't wait a month? Follow the #philaSTEMeco Calendar and submit entries

[Webinar] Designing, Organizing, and Leading In A Connected World | Educator Innovator | Jul 6
NASA Engineering Design Process 101: An Introduction to Classroom Application | NASA STEM Educator Professional Development Collaborative | Jul 6
Workshop Renewable Energy Teacher Summer (NEWBio) | Penn State | Jul 10-14
How Do I Develop a Storyline for a Unit? | NSTA Webinar | Jul 12
Workshop - Authentic Plant Pollinator Landscape Research for Educators, offers $1000 stipend | Penn State | Jul 24-28
3D Printing in the K-12 Classroom ($) | UArts | Aug 7-11
Google-Gallup CS Education Data: Further Explorations of Underserved Communities | Google | Aug 15
Getting Started with the TI-84 Plus Family in Mathematics ($375) | Texas Instruments | Aug 15-16
Learning to Code with TI-Nspire Technology and the TI-Innovator Hub with TI-LaunchPad Board ($375) | Texas Instruments | Aug 15-16
Investigating and Designing Paper Airplanes | Arcadia University School of Education | Aug 17
Workshop: What is your evidence? Discussing the Mystery of the Missing Bees and Designing Hand Pollinators | Arcadia University School of Education | Aug 17
Building Conceptual Understanding of Expressions and Equations ($375) | Texas Instruments | Aug 17-18
2017 MTSS Academic Implementers' Forum ($100) | MTSS Academic Initiative | Oct 17-19

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For events and opportunities for students and families, check out our partners over at STEMcityPHL

FUNDING

Click on these funding opportunities for details and information

Lakeshore Complete Classroom Giveaway Contest | Jul 24
From Failure to Promise K-12 Educators' Grant | Jul 31
Honda Foundation Grant | Aug 1
Chesapeake Energy Corporation | Aug 1
Society of Aviation and Flight Educators K-12 Classroom Teacher Grant | Aug 31
Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) | Sep 5
Research in the Formation of Engineers (NSF) | Sep 27
GreenWorks! Grants | Sep 30
Samull Classroom Herb Garden Grant | Oct 1
Native Plant Education Projects | Oct 15
Wild Ones Seeds for Education Grant | Oct 15
Using Music to Teach Mathematics Grants | Nov 3
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 7-12 Classroom Research Grant | Nov 3
Equity in Mathematics Grants | Nov 3
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 6-8 Professional Development Grant | Nov 3
The Frederick and Florence Bauder Endowment for the Support of Physics Teaching | Dec 1
Grants That Support Family-Oriented STEM Learning | Ongoing
Pets in the Classroom | Ongoing
Voya Foundation STEM grants | Ongoing
Civic Engagement and Environmental Impact Grants | Ongoing
National Cancer Institute Youth Enjoy Science Education Program | Ongoing
Toshiba America Foundation Classroom Innovator grants | Ongoing
Alternative Fuel Foundation Grant | Ongoing
Bonnie Cabbage Program | Ongoing
Sony USA Foundation | Ongoing
The Harry Chapin Foundation Grant | Ongoing
Kinder Morgan Grant | Ongoing
Waste Management Charitable Giving | Ongoing

OPPORTUNITIES & RESOURCES

Click on these funding opportunities for details and information

Survey: Teacher Preparation for Urban Environments
SAS Institute Innovation Showcase
Principals' Partner Fair | Register by Jul 12
CFP: Connected Science Learning 5th Issue: STEM Learning in Environmental Settings | Due Jul 15
Integrate Engineering Design Into Your Math or Science Classroom ($1000) | Jul 22-26
CFP: Connected Science Learning 6th Issue: STEM Learning Through Citizen Science Experiences | Due Sep 15
CFP Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education: Empirical Evidence of Computer Games Technology adoption in Education and Training | Due Feb 9
Early Learning Principal Instructional Coaching Program | LaSalle University | Ongoing

Jobs

Technology Camp Robotics Specialist/Teacher | ESF Camps at Haverford School
Director of the Tichenor-Greer Scholars Program | Chestnut Hill College
Chemistry Position | Swenson Skill Center | Contact Principal Collette Langston at 215-961-2009
Lab Assistant | Summer Physics Science Academy | Contact Jane Horwitz at 215-898-6299 or janeh@sas.upenn.edu
Math Instructor - Middle School (PT) | TeenSHARP
PRNP Job Links| Philadelphia Regional Noyce Partnership
STEM Education Outreach Specialist / Liaison | Penn State College of Education
Camden Corps Plus Tutor (PT) | Rutgers Community Service & Outreach
Interactive Mechanics Fellowship Program (PT) | Interactive Mechanics | Apply by Jul 9
Robotics and Engineering Program Coordinator | Steppingstone Scholars, Inc
Design League Facilitator (PT) | DreamYard Project | Apply by Jul 19
Education Coordinator, Youth Technology | New York Public Library
Program Officers, Learning + Technology Fund | Robin Hood

Resources

PUBLICATIONS

Adding simulations to science lessons increases student engagement, understanding | Education Dive

Survey shows room for STEM ed improvement | Education Dive

Exhibit Design and Informal STEM Learning: Q&A with Paul Orselli | Informal Science

Moving Past Start-Up: Supporting Library Makerspaces Over Time | Educator Innovator

Philly School City's First Outdoor Learning Environment Focused On STEM Education | CBS Philly

High School STEM Program Featuring Telemaster Planes Inspires A New Generation Of Innovators | PR Newswire

New Pennsylvania law eliminates Keystone Exam requirement for career and technical education students | Lancaster Online

Experts: Minority Successes Don't Mean an End to STEM Diversity Issues | Diverse

29-Year-Old Refugee Pilot Flies Around the World to Promote Women in STEM | NBC News

Science

How to teach kids about climate change where most parents are skeptics | Washington Post
Water Filters and Space: A Glimpse Into a Next-Generation Science Classroom | EdWeek
Why This Young Foundation Sees Environmental Education as a "Game Changer" | Inside Philanthropy
Can schools enhance science ed by looking to nonprofits? | Education Dive
The Game That Helps Players Learn About Molecules | HuffPost
Astronomers Without Borders Focuses on Bringing Eclipse Science to All | Space.com
How to Choose Good Phenomena | NSTA Blog
Why Anchoring Phenomena Are Important in the Classroom | NSTA Blog

Technology

Thinking like a computer brings wide learning benefits | District Administration

Girl Scouts will soon be able to earn cybersecurity badges | ABC Radio

Maker Programs Strive to Reach All Students | Educator Innovator

MakerBot Debuts 3D Print Manager for Schools, Educator Guidebook | Campus Technology

Governors tout funding support for computer science classes, PD | Education Dive

Drones Can Be Fun - and Educational | Edutopia

Building America's Skilled Technical Workforce | National Academies Press

A workforce of robots? W&M professor rethinks jobs in age of technology | Williamsburg Yorktown Daily

Engineering

Education-Industry Partnerships Could Save Solar Companies Millions of Dollars | Engineering.com

Kids, Education, and Engineering | THE Journal

Study finds female students less likely to drop engineering program if female mentored | Phys.org

Math

How math education can catch up to the 21st century | The Conversation

A Laser Focus on Math is Needed to Diversify the STEM Pipeline | HuffPost

9 Strategies for Motivating Students in Mathematics | Edutopia

Math Has No God Particle | FiveThirtyEight

Continuing The Conversation

Extra credit for avid readers and critical thinkers

Equity & Social Justice

How Education-Funding Formulas Target Poor Kids | The Atlantic

A New Accountability for Broadening Participation in STEM | Higher Education Today

Science Achievement Gaps Begin Very Early, Persist, and Are Largely Explained by Modifiable Factors | Sage Journals

In high-crime areas, education reform needs to expand outside the classroom | The Hechinger Report

The deficit model of STEM recruitment | Small Pond Science

Diversity & Inclusion

Where are all the teachers of color? | Education Dive

More must be done to stoke girls' interest in STEM fields | Education Dive

Good news: There is an answer to the shortage of black and brown teachers | The Hechinger Report

Sparking and Maintaining Interest: Girls & STEM | Discovery Education

Q&A: Mae Jemison, first woman of color in space, talks STEM gaps and science fiction | The Seattle Times

This Is What STEM Looks Like!: How to keep girls engaged in science, technology, engineering, and math | Women's Foundation of Colorado

Pedagogy

Promoting inventiveness in the classroom | Discovery Education

Seeking Patterns and Making Meaning: Digital Life in the Tangerine Era | Digital Pedagogy Lab

Analysis: For Ed Tech That Actually Works, Embrace the Science of Learning | The 74

Hey Higher Ed, Why Not Focus On Teaching? | nprEd

When Your School Is a Museum | Edutopia

What Is the Impact of Decline in Science Instructional Time in Elementary School? | Rolf Blank

Explicating the Characteristics of STEM Teaching and Learning: A Metasynthesis | Journal of STEM Teacher Education

Learning to code in one's own language | Medium

Next Gen Classroom

8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow's Schools, Today | EdSurge

The Silicon Valley Billionaires Remaking America's Schools | New York Times

Teachers must be classrooms disrupters as automation gains steam | Education Dive

21st century learning necessitates traditional classroom design upgrade | Education Dive

4 Ways Technology Is Shaping the Future of Grading | EdTech

How Education Must Change: Seeking Mission And Purpose In The Jobless Economy | Forbes

Come for the Computers, Stay for the Books | Slate

Science Communication

How to explain anything to anyone, according to Neil deGrasse Tyson | Quartz

The Dangers Of Hidden Jargon In Communicating Science | NPR

Can Scientists Help End the Teacher Shortage? | The Atlantic

Congress says your work is wasteful? Now what? | Science

The Public Doesn't Trust Science. It's 2017. We Need to Fix This. | Futurism

Politics, Policy, Economy

Inside the oil industry's not-so-subtle push into K-12 education | The Hechinger Report

American schools teach climate change differently in every state - except these 19 | Business Insider

Q&A: Why a top mathematician has joined Emmanuel Macron's revolution | Science

An economist explains why education won't save us from being replaced by robots | Quartz

Scientist tells her story in latest partison battle on House science panel | Science

Citizen Science & Engagement

Citizen Science Terminology Matters: Exploring Key Terms | Citizen Science: Theory and Practice

Community Engagement: Guidelines for Excellence | North American Association for Environmental Education

STEM + Humanities

A leading Silicon Valley engineer explains why every tech worker needs a Humanities education | Quartz

McKinney Center for STEM Education | Email | Website