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August 2019

Request STEM Professionals for Classrooms & Programs!

School is starting back up! Make sure to get your requests in for the 2019-2020 school year! 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. Request a STEM Professional

2019 MWM-TX Stand Up for STEM Awards Nominations Open

Million Women Mentors Texas (MWM-TX) announces the 2019 MWM Stand Up for STEM Awards to recognize and elevate the work of incredible mentors, companies and organizations within Texas. Now is the time to identify those who deserve this distinguished honor. Self-nominations welcome.  Award applications are due Sunday, September 30 and will be announced by November 5. Awardees and nominees will be recognized during an awards recognition during the TxGCP Women and Girls in STEM Summit on Friday, December 6. Award applications are due September 30. Self-nominations welcome.  Award Classifications and Criteria for Nominations: Stand Up for STEM Mentor Award Stand Up for STEM Educator Award Stand Up for STEM Collegiate Award Stand Up for STEM High School Award Stand Up for STEM Corporate Award Stand Up for STEM Educational Organization Award

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Upcoming TxGCP Events

SAVE THE DATE Texas Women and Girls in STEM Summit Friday, December 6, 2019, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Engineering Education & Research Center The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX Join the Texas Girls Collaborative Project for our 2nd Annual Texas Women and Girls in STEM Summit designed to share best practices, connect organizations and individuals, and showcase outstanding efforts to increase the number of girls in STEM and support the retention of women in STEM careers. STEM professionals and all who are engaged in education, outreach, recruitment, and/or retention of women and girls in STEM are invited to join in. This event is hosted during Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek), held in recognition of the birthday of computing pioneer Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906), and is one of the many events or programs joining in the Greater Austin STEM Ecosystem's CSEdWeek amplification. CALL FOR PRESENTERS! Share best practices, highlight promising practices, lead workshops or facilitate discussions. Anticipated tracks include male advocacy/allies, general inclusion and diversity, volunteering and mentoring, pre-K / elementary school engagement, middle school engagement, high school engagement, college engagement, workforce engagement / corporate women in STEM/tech affinity groups. Accepted presenters will receive a discounted registration rate of $40.  Submit your proposal online by September 30

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Educator Resources: All Educators

*NEW* A Taste of STEM Showcase August 8th, 5 - 7:30 p.m. San Antonio, TX You are cordially invited to participate in an informal science/ STEM resource showcase for teachers at the Tripoint Event Center. Called A Taste of STEM, this showcase has a bit of a twist. Participants can “snack” their way through the showcase while learning about the many STEM resources in our community! It will be our own version of A Taste of New Orleans! There will even be a STEM Bar complete with fun science mock cocktails and a bartender! Registration is limited so don’t miss out! Feel free to pass this invitation along to any other teachers that you think might be interested.  *NEW* Applications Open for the 2020 Texas Environmental Excellence Awards The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is now accepting applications for the 2020 Texas Environmental Excellence awards, including the Environmental Educator of the Year award. This award comes with a cash donation of $2,500 to the educator's school or designated nonprofit.  The application deadline is September 27, 2019. *NEW* Laboratory Safety Workshop The Laboratory Safety Institute has a workshop scheduled for August 6-8, 2019, at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. *NEW* Annual Texas Association for Environmental Education Conference The 38th Annual Texas Association for Environmental Education conference will take place on Galveston Island on September 27- 28, 2019. The tentative schedule is available, and educators may now register. Workshop sessions, events, and topics include the following: Roseate Spoonbills at Galveston Island State Park, Electronic Bat Detection, Ready-to-use Curriculum, Lionfish Dissections, Pocket Prairie Creation

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED OPPORTUNITIES Dell Medical's Call for Ideas Saxena Family Foundation Grants STEM Education Outreach Grants Classroom Challenge on Solutions to Climate Change Humans in Space Art Energy Literacy for Our Youth Afterschool STEM 101 STEM Moments from TXPOST National AfterSchool Association FREE Tech Toolkit FREE STEM Female Role Models Book "Smithsonian Science How" Webcasts Hill Country Science Mill EcoRise - Environmental Sustainability Curriculum

Educator Resources: Elementary School

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED OPPORTUNITIES Free Code.org Educator Computer Science Fundamentals Workshop Elementary STEM Lesson Plans: Peanuts and NASA TCI: ForesTREE Experience Summer K-8 Teacher Workshop Open OutDoors/Every Kid in a Park Program Design Squad Global Free Resources Dumpster 101 Science Curriculum Thinkery Guided Tours and Focused Field Trips

Educator Resources: Middle School

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED OPPORTUNITIES Parallax Shield bot and Cyber bot PD Workshops NASA WEAR Challenge Free Registration for the Future City Competition Aquatic Ecosystems: Austin's Natural Laboratories Future Engineers Bright Art Challenge TCI: ForesTREE Experience Summer K-8 Teacher Workshop PlantingScience Free Resources Design Squad Global Free Resources Free Opportunity for Connecting and Collaborating on STEM Solutions New Activities on SciGirls CONNECT! Dumpster 101 Science Curriculum Activity: Citizen Science SciGirls Middle School Educator Hands-on Activity Resources

Educator Resources: High School

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED OPPORTUNITIES Parallax Shield bot and Cyber bot PD Workshops NASA WEAR Challenge Aquatic Ecosystems: Austin's Natural Laboratories UTeach STEM Educators Conference Code.org's Computer Science Principles Workshop Future Engineers Bright Art Challenge Rice Tapia Center EDUCATOR CAMP PlantingScience Free Resources Accelerating Women's Success and Mastery (AWSM) in Computer Science Project Free Opportunity for Connecting and Collaborating on STEM Solutions Design, Build, and Learn: The Fluid Power Challenge Science News Journal - Free Sign-up for High Schools Engineer Your World Engineering Go For It!

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Get Connected: STEM Email Groups, Volunteers, Mentors

Join our K-12 STEM Outreach Google Groups! These email groups (open and moderated listservs) 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 |  Waco |  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.

About TxGCP & NGCP

Led by the Women in Engineering Program (WEP) at The University of Texas at Austin along with a Leadership Team and Champions Board, the Texas Girls Collaborative Project (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).

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