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STEM Educators Award 2021

Application materials must be received by September 1, 2021

The Delaware STEM Educator Awards recognize a teacher, or team of teachers at Elementary (K-5), Middle (6-8), and High School (9-12) levels that demonstrate STEM innovation and excellence through teaching, academic collaboration, and student engagement both inside and outside the classroom.

Winners at each level are eligible for a cash award up to $7,500 as a thank you for their commitment to STEM in Delaware and the success of our students. Winners will also be honored at the 7th Annual Delaware STEM Educator Awards Event, sponsored by Ashland, on November 4, 2021.

For more information and to download a full Application and Instructions, click here.

Do you do great STEM work in Delaware but aren't sure if you fit into the formal application?

The Community Awards are open at the K-5, Middle and High School levels to organizations that offer STEM activities for youth that typically, but not exclusively, take place outside the school environment.

For questions or to contact an Awards coordinator, please email DelawareSTEMawards@gmail.com.

Questions About the STEM Educators Award Application?

Join Our Information and Q&A Session

Wednesday, August 11 at 4 PM EDT

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email

containing information about joining the meeting.

Save the Date! November 4, 2021

7th Annual Delaware STEM Educator Awards

Live Zoom Event at Buena Vista Country Estate in New Castle, Delaware

The ceremony, in collaboration with our sponsors and all elected officials from the state,

will preside over awarding at least 3 unrestricted awards to winners

at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.

Click here for information and to download the full application.

DelawareStem.org

The Jon Manon 2021 STEAM Team Education Award

Problem Solving in the Real World

The Jon Manon STEAM Team Education Award is presented annually by DFSME to recognize a team of teachers who have collaborated within their school to achieve outstanding accomplishments, not possible without coordinated team planning and execution. The Award recognizes team collaboration within the school; administrative support for collective, interdisciplinary activities; and unique opportunities for students.

The Award recognizes the roles of the team members and provides a cash award of $1,000 for the team. This is to support projects – and publicizes to the school, district leadership, and the state the success of the team, and how the STEAM education of their students has been improved to make them more competitive in the future Delaware STEM workforce.

For more information about the submission or nomination of a project, please contact Randy Guschl guschlrj@gmail.com.

About the 2020 Jon Manon STEAM Team Education Award Winners

On March 4, 2020, during the STEM Educator Awards ceremony, the first-ever Jon Manon STEAM Team Education Award was given to an interdisciplinary team of seven teachers at William Penn High School consisting of Chris Wellborn, Megan Bone, Armando Caro, Kim Davis, Mark McKenzie, Lars Jensen, and Crystal Samuels.

The team wove various concepts from the sciences, mathematics, and art into a single synthesis.

The hallmark of their lessons was to create a tangible device that tied the concepts together and gave the students an opportunity for a hands-on experience. The project helped to lead the students to a better appreciation not only of the overarching concept but to the inter-connectedness of various STEAM fields of study as well.

Save the Date! October 8-9, 2021

Delaware Mathematics & STEM Equity Conferences

Two Powerful Days of Professional Learning Dedicated to Equity in Math & STEM

Conference sessions include a range of highly relevant topics: teaching for social justice, building a stronger and more inclusive STEM pipeline, STEM equity success stories, the role of data science in school mathematics, coaching for equity, math for social justice, leading school and district level equity-focused reform, promoting equitable classroom-level teaching practices, redefining students’ mathematical identities, building structures to promote deeper learning for all students, making the “M” in STEM count, and addressing systemic challenges of equity in education and the community.

Featured speakers for the October 8th Math Equity Conference include Dr. Michael Flynn

(Mt. Holyoke University), Dr. Nicol Lee Turner (Center for Technology Innovation), Dr. Ilana Horn (Vanderbilt University), Dr. Brian Lawler (Kennesaw State University), Kristin Gray (Math Minds), Berkeley Everett (VISUAL Math), and other highly respected mathematics education speakers.

Featured speakers for October 9th STEM Equity Conference include Dr. Basaam Shakhashiri (University of Wisconsin), Dr. Jo Boaler (Stanford University), STEM Queen Jackie Means (Wilmington Urban STEM Initiative), and other notable STEM leaders in Delaware and at the national level.

Please join hosts Delaware Mathematics Coalition, Delaware Department of Education, dfsme.org, Delaware Foundation for Science and Mathematics Education, Delaware STEM Council, and FAME for one or both sessions on October 8th and 9th!

For more details or to be an Event Sponsor, contact Dr. Jamila Riser at jqriser@gmail.com.

Learn How to Become a Nextgen Teacher

This course is a big hit! This pathway encourages K-12th grade science teachers to progress beyond simply “learning about” three-dimensional learning and helps them to work with resources critical to facilitating three-dimensional learning in their own classrooms. Participants engage as learners in modeling and constructing explanations of complex phenomena just as their students will. They also learn how to use classroom tools such as productive talk and planning whole group discussions to help create a classroom culture in which all students are supported to go public with their reasoning and build on the ideas of their classmates.

Middle and High School Teachers – NEW! Oceans, Climate Change, and Big Data Course

Designed to support middle and high school teachers in growing their knowledge about the critical interactions between oceans and climate and the role of big data in helping us understand these interactions. Teachers will use tools that scientists use in collecting data on the oceans, including satellite visualizations. This pathway of professional learning is appropriate for those who teach general science, earth science, chemistry, biology and physics as well as teachers who integrate mathematics and science into their course work. This is a course you won't want to miss!

For more information contact Tonyea Mead at tonyea.mead@doe.k12.de.us.

From STEMconnector and Million Women Mentors:

Shaping the Future of STEM

Building Equity through a High School STEM Internship Program

Join STEMconnector and STEMconnector member, Abbott,

for an engaging discussion

about Abbott’s High School STEM Internship.

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

3 - 4 PM ET

The internship demystifies what it means to work in STEM by giving students the opportunity to contribute to life-changing technologies alongside engineers and scientists who look like them.

Vildan Kehr, Divisional Vice President of HR, Rapid and Molecular Diagnostics at Abbott will provide an overview of the program, including how it became the first high school STEM internship to be recommended for college credit by the American Council on Education, and why the internship is so important to Abbott. She will also talk about Abbot's decision to create a Blueprint for other companies to follow. Current Abbott high school STEM interns will talk about their experiences in the program and how it has impacted their interest and ability to pursue, persist and succeed in STEM.

STEMconnector’s head of research, Abbey Myers will moderate the conversation and offer insight into the benefits of creating equitable work-based learning programs for building a diverse and robust STEM talent workforce.

FREE ToolKits are available for advance order!

Get Your Earth Science Week 2021 ToolKit Now

Teachers place your order for an Earth Science Week 2021 ToolKit now! The ToolKit contains everything you need to prepare for Earth Science Week (October 10-16, 2021), which celebrates the theme "Water Today and for the Future."

Earth Science Week ToolKit includes:

12-month school-year activity calendar, suitable for hanging
New Earth Science Week poster, including a learning activity
NASA materials on water science on Earth and in space
Geoscientists Without Borders® poster on water from SEG
National Park Service resource on fossils at natural landmarks
Flyer on resources from the Soil Science Society of America
Geologic Map Day poster dealing with the geoscience of water
Mineral Education Coalition material on aggregates
IRIS flyer dealing with seismology and earthquakes
AmericaView-NASA-USGS water board-game poster
Geothermal Rising poster on energy and water science
Association for Women Geoscientists geoscience flyer
Forest Service poster on groundwater-dependent ecosystems
Geologic time-scale material provided by AIPG
Flyer on curricula and more from Nutrients for Life Foundation
Water science activities material from NESTA
Bureau of Land Management dinosaur coloring page
National Science Foundation materials on water and careers
GemKids poster from Gemological Institute of America
Water Footprint Calculator information on water science
USGS, NOAA, UNAVCO, CLEAN, NSS, AMS items, and more

Order the Earth Science Week 2021 Toolkit today! The ToolKit is FREE! Only pay for shipping and handling. $8.50 s/h for the first ToolKit and $2.25 s/h for each additional ToolKit. See the AGI Store for special pricing on a multi-pack of three years' ToolKits addressing different topics.

For info on ordering, special shipping, and bulk orders, email Pubs@AmericanGeoSciences.org.

ToolKits will begin shipping in August 2021.