tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13761341537026823612024-03-05T12:13:05.369-08:00STEM (RET) Teacher ResourcesResearch Experience For Teachers(RET) Participants are invited to post lessons, resources, and share their experiences.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger163125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376134153702682361.post-68031972453812676822013-04-29T08:16:00.000-07:002013-04-29T08:16:07.248-07:00MITS 2013 Summer Professional Development Institutes! For Elementary, Middle and High School Educators.
Spring is here, and Summer is just around the corner! Join
us this June and July for the MITS 2013 Summer Professional Development
Institutes! For Elementary, Middle and High School Educators.
Educational
Crossroads: Science, Technology and Engineering Meet Literacy and Social
Science
The 2013 MITS Summer Institutes offer you an opportunity to experience
cross-disciplinary investigations Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376134153702682361.post-79317968147823189032013-04-26T05:32:00.003-07:002013-04-26T05:32:42.434-07:00What if math???
What if Math announces $1,000 in prizes to be given out
to the best Spreadsheet Math Experiments
on sustainability. The contest is open
to all K-12 students in the United States. What if Math is a revolutionary math program built by students
for students using
spreadsheet-based-projects to help students learn math. We treat spreadsheets as laboratories to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376134153702682361.post-88544463175495694962013-04-25T06:44:00.001-07:002013-04-25T06:44:22.445-07:00New England Resource Directoryhttp://www.bscp.org/resourceDirectory.asp
The New England Resource Directory provides information to students, advisors and administrators on outreach efforts, internships and science-related programs at New England educational institutions, and biomedical and biotechnology organizations. The directory describes non-degree programs sponsored by high schools, colleges, universities, professionalUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376134153702682361.post-81407488260104666272013-04-24T09:09:00.003-07:002013-04-24T09:09:57.984-07:00
Computer Science
Teachers Association Conference July
15th & 16th, Boston Marriott Quincy, MA We would like to
make you aware of this summer's highlight, our
National CSTA Annual Conference below. We are really
looking forward to seeing as many members as possible at the CSTA Conference that will be held in
Quincy, MA. We have an outstanding Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376134153702682361.post-52487343931582968512013-04-16T07:16:00.000-07:002013-04-16T07:16:02.983-07:00Project Lead The Way - Information Sessions
Project Lead The Way (PLTW) comprehensive STEM (science,
technology, engineering, mathematics)
programs were endorsed by the Massachusetts
Governor's STEM Advisory Council. PLTW curricula are
collaboratively designed by K-12
teachers, university educators, engineering and
biomedical professionals, and school administrators to promote critical thinking, creativity, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376134153702682361.post-43231729510831959662013-02-04T09:06:00.002-08:002013-02-04T09:06:24.797-08:00The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachershttp://www.nist.gov/iaao/teachlearn/index.cfm
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers is a two-week workshop for middle school science teachers featuring hands-on activities, lectures, tours, and visits with NIST scientists and engineers in their laboratories.
Teachers who participate in the NIST Summer Institute gain:
•Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376134153702682361.post-32729487018086860932013-01-30T11:17:00.001-08:002013-01-30T11:17:14.976-08:00GoFundMe is empowering Makers
GoFundMe is empowering Makers to turn their passion into profit. Never before has it been easier to share your project with the world and generate money for your idea. At GoFundMe, we realize that evolving your idea doesn't have to mean launching a huge business. GoFundMe's crowdfunding options are perfect for all stages of any project. http://www.gofundme.com/makeathon?pc=make2
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376134153702682361.post-24368123171377048962013-01-22T04:58:00.004-08:002013-01-22T04:58:51.918-08:00Meeting - New England Association of Chemistry Teachers - March 16th - UMASS Dartmouth The New England Association of Chemistry Teachers (NEACT) will host its March meeting at UMass Dartmouth, Saturday morning March 16, 2013. The meeting begins at 9AM with registration at 8:30.
We are delighted to have speakers from UMass (Dartmouth, MA) and The Chemical Heritage Foundation (Philadelphia, PA) on the agenda.
Professor Alan Hirshfeld, physics professor and author of numerous Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376134153702682361.post-57673472197442987512013-01-15T05:25:00.001-08:002013-01-15T05:25:24.931-08:00Gordon-CenSSIS - Video seriesNortheastern University's GORDON-CENSSIS and ALERT RELATED NEWS
NEW!!! Introducing ALERT Video Series - ALERT 101: Airport Screening Technologies - We invite you to watch the first episode of ALERT 101, which focuses on the applications of Millimeter Wave Scanning and Backscatter X-ray in airport security screening. Inspired by the success of TED (www.ted.com) and other educational media forums,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376134153702682361.post-9946632333067491022012-12-11T10:42:00.004-08:002012-12-11T10:42:40.131-08:00Interested in Digital Fabrication? MakeToLearn.orghttp://maketolearn.org/explore/
MakeToLearn.org provides an online space where teachers and students can come together virtually to explore digital fabrication, discuss it with like-minded colleagues, learn core academic content through lessons and curricular units, and discover new tools to facilitate digital fabrication in the classroom.
Additionally, MakeToLearn.org will be the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376134153702682361.post-30449477846166142412012-10-30T13:06:00.001-07:002012-10-30T13:06:15.532-07:00Free CAD SoftwareFree CAD Software »Looking for free tools to teach engineering design? Energy3D Version 1.0 is now available. Funded by the National Science Foundation as part of our Engineering Energy Efficiency project, Energy3D is a computer-aided design and fabrication tool. Your students can easily design a dream home on the computer, then print and assemble a real model.- http://energy.concord.org/energy3dUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376134153702682361.post-12958441289289052452012-10-30T06:13:00.005-07:002012-10-30T06:13:45.698-07:00Free Resource about the Common Core - Library of CongressThe Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is here and teachers are trying to figure out how to best integrate it into their tried-and-true lessons. They’re struggling to integrate technology to best augment CCSS. They are in desperate need of classroom materials that they can trust.
The U.S. Library of Congress has just unveiled an enormous new (and free!) resource that’s all about the Common Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376134153702682361.post-13790074901617005252012-10-22T06:07:00.002-07:002012-10-22T06:07:37.982-07:00Interesting article - One Size Does Not Fit All: A Student’s Assessment of School,The following is an excerpt of One Size Does Not Fit All: A Student’s Assessment of School, by 17-year-old Nikhil Goyal, a senior at Syosset High School in Woodbury, New York.
Can creativity be taught? Absolutely. The real question is: “How do we teach it?” In school, instead of crossing subjects and classes, we teach them in a very rigid manner. Very rarely do you witness math and science Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376134153702682361.post-2409794832653140002012-10-22T05:58:00.002-07:002012-10-22T05:58:16.614-07:00MIT BLOSSOMS “Back-to-School” Lesson ContestMIT BLOSSOMS “Back-to-School” Lesson Contest
http://blossoms.mit.edu/home
High school level teachers are invited to submit their lesson designs for a new MIT BLOSSOMS lesson in Mathematics, Science or Engineering. We are looking for a lesson that you have taught successfully and that you think would work well with the MIT BLOSSOMS “Teaching Duet” pedagogy. We are also looking for lessons that Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376134153702682361.post-56455438915079260602012-09-21T06:44:00.000-07:002012-09-21T06:44:53.953-07:00Siemens Competition and Resourceshttp://www.siemensstemacademy.com/
STEM Academy -Teacher Resources
Join your fellow educators by sharing your favorite lesson plans, tips, tricks, ideas, presentations, websites, videos and other STEM related resources that may prove useful for others who want to expand their classroom materials. Looking to grow your own library of resources to inspire your students? Browse this intriguing andUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376134153702682361.post-69302556698830493992012-09-17T09:15:00.002-07:002012-09-17T09:15:14.468-07:00Cubist Science Education Leadership AwardCubist Science Education Leadership Award
Cubist is once again seeking nominations for the Science Education Leadership Award program, which honors innovative science teachers in middle and high schools in New England. This is the fourth straight year that Cubist has teamed up with the New England Patriots Radio Network, 98.5 The Sports Hub, and its 36-station radio network to recognize science Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376134153702682361.post-34686414207132601552012-09-17T06:28:00.002-07:002012-09-17T06:28:31.312-07:00OpenCourseWare brings reality TV to OpenCourseWareStep into my lab: MIT OpenCourseWare brings reality TV to OpenCourseWare
A new series of videos to be published this fall follow fourteen MIT freshmen through their introduction to hands-on science.
Each year, groups of MIT freshmen are introduced to MITs laboratory environment through a four-week January course called 5.301 Introductory Lab Techniques. The stakes are high—students who pass Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376134153702682361.post-35819106753446467022012-09-12T07:25:00.002-07:002012-09-12T07:25:50.722-07:00MIT BLOSSOMS Announces Lesson Contest for High School TeachersMIT BLOSSOMS Announces Lesson Contest for High School Teachers
With school opening for the 2012/2013 academic year, BLOSSOMS is inviting high school teachers to submit lessons in Mathematics, Science or Engineering that they believe would make excellent video lessons. Submissions are due by Monday, December 3rd, 2012, and winners will be announced by Monday, February 4thth, 2013. Winning Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376134153702682361.post-16056754911419814872012-07-31T11:37:00.000-07:002012-07-31T11:37:51.471-07:00101 Websites for Science Teachers101 Science Web sites you might find of interest
Posted by Erik Schreefel in Educational Technology, Web 2.0 Tools on Jul 25, 2012. 2 Comments
Boldly go where no science teacher has gone before!
Your continuing mission: to discover useful new sites, to integrate them into your lesson plans and to giggle at this corny Star Trek reference.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376134153702682361.post-40440667467730882052012-06-27T08:35:00.002-07:002012-06-27T08:35:26.650-07:00FREE STEM Sunday Family Event at Northeastern July 8
Join us for CMMI's FREE family day at Northeastern University on July 8, 2012.
Families of K-8 students will have the opportunity to participate in fun interactive demonstrations and science and engineering activities at Northeastern's Cabot Phyiscal Education Center (building 41 on the Campus Map) .
Participants will have the opportunity to build a city of the future, draw a Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08170354965848657238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376134153702682361.post-48451271063840939722012-05-09T13:35:00.004-07:002012-05-09T13:35:55.116-07:00LEGO@ DNA Learning Center - Masterin Molecular Biology - May 15th - Registration required
Please email Bob Rochlin at rrochlin@comcast.net if you are interested in attending.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376134153702682361.post-5994575436550451852012-05-01T06:50:00.001-07:002012-05-01T06:50:05.031-07:00STEM Graduate Course OfferingsThis is a notice announcing the opening of registration of graduate-level courses for science and math teachers that will be offered this summer at no cost to teachers (with the exception of a $50 registration fee).
Course 1 - Earth Science II: Solid Earth
Dates: July 16th–July 27th Time: 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Location: Northeastern University
Instructor: Professor Malcolm Pringle and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376134153702682361.post-42241030917835224592012-04-09T06:40:00.001-07:002012-04-09T06:40:06.759-07:00Physics Summer Content InstitutesPhysics Summer Content Institutes
Sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
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Physics I: Mechanics and Energy
Physics II: E&M and Waves
- No Cost to Massachusetts Teachers
- Great Activities
- $500 Worth of Equipment
- 67 PDPs
- OptionalLaurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08170354965848657238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376134153702682361.post-44577817803915534902012-03-05T09:39:00.003-08:002012-03-05T09:39:43.295-08:002013 InvenTeamshttp://web.mit.edu/inventeams/apply.html Applications for the 2012-2013 InvenTeams are being accepted.All deadlines are 5:00 p.m. ET.
Apply for 2013 InvenTeamsProcess
Applying for an InvenTeam grant is a two-step process. The initial application is available online each fall and due in the spring (for grants awarded the following academic year).
Youth Involvement
Educators often begin the Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08170354965848657238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376134153702682361.post-3254206325515963242012-02-29T11:17:00.001-08:002012-02-29T11:17:43.998-08:00CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR THE KAVLI SCIENCE VIDEO CONTEST
Grades 6-12 students compete for the chance to win $2000 (first prize) and a travel stipend to Washington DC to attend the festival. The winners are also honored in an awards ceremony, hosted by Bill Nye, as part of the festival.
Our central theme, or driving question, is how to "Save the World through Science and Engineering". Students make a short video (:30-:90) that shows how scientific Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08170354965848657238noreply@blogger.com0