Special Issue - Virtual Teaching & Professional Learning Links - May 2020
Don't miss out on these fast-approaching opportunities to take your teaching to the next level!
The USA Science & Engineering Festival's popular X-STEM presentations have moved online, featuring free, livestream discussions with inspiring engineers, explorers, and researchers - including a special guest appearance by Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease specialist. Perfect for engaging your STEM students at home!

Sessions run May 13-18 from 1-2 p.m. EDT. Click HERE for agenda and to register.

Join Us Online for ASEE's "At Home with Engineering Educ ation"
ASEE's Pre-College Engineering Education (PCEE) division invites teachers to participate in high-quality professional development on integrating engineering into their classrooms at ASEE's first-ever Virtual Conference: "At Home WIth Engineering Education."

The PCEE will cover both ASEE and division dues for the first 35 non-member teachers who register and pay for the June 22-26 conference.

The Society for Science & the Public, which runs the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, invites the public to celebrate STEM virtually with top-tier researchers speaking on topics ranging from COVID-19 to entrepreneuship to being a woman in STEM. 

 Register and see the featured speakers for the May 18-22 event .   

ASEE's Pre-College Engineering Education Division ( PCEE) offers grants of up to $800 to support PreK-12 teachers who seek to implement an engineering project in their classroom in the 2020-21 academic year. Teachers must be affiliated with the PCEE division. APPLY by July 1, 2020 .

Tufts University's Teacher Engineering Education Program is accepting applications from current K-12 teachers for its Fall 2020 cohort. Focused on engineering, the online graduate program engages participants in hands-on projects and pedagogical exercises to help them inspire the next generation of innovators in their classrooms.

Virtual Open House May 14 @ 4:30 p.m. EDT
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Teach reading through STEM? A new book from Tufts and NSTA shows how: Novel Engineering, K–8: An Integra ted Approach to Engineering and Literacy
COVID-19 Minecraft and designing a prostehtic hand are among the engineering challenges posted daily on the ASEE P-12 Instructors and Parents Facenbook community page. Perfect for at home STEM learning!


Check out ASEE-eGFI's list of resources for STEM learning at home , including the SCOPES Digital Fabrication UnPluuged lesson library.


The Thinkery, an Austin-based STEM museum and learning center, has assembled fun, hands-on STEAM activities, videos, and other resources for STEM learning at home. It's also hosting live activities on @TheThinkery Facebook page:  
Live Design Challenges : Each Tuesday and Thursday. One prompt per day, 5-10 minute videos. Adults can share photos and videos of their learners with Thinkery in the comments.
  • 11am: Design Challenge Prompt
  • 4pm: Show-n-Tel
  • Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.
  • Wednesdays at 10 a.m. will be a live Spanish-language story time, with a recorded bilingual story time on Sundays
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