The website also challenges parents, after-school program administrators and community members to pledge to connect children in their lives with the wonders of science and math.

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When NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis takes off for the International Space Station, a University of Colorado at Bolder butterfly experiment will be aboard, monitored from Earth by thousands of K-12 students.

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The Sooner Elementary Science and Engineering (SeeS) program at the University of Oklahoma inspires schoolchildren in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade to explore the ways engineering, science, and mathematics make a difference and improve our world. By leading hands-on science, mathematics, and engineering investigations, undergraduates from the University of Oklahoma and particularly the College of Engineering are kindling an excitement for creatively solving the world’s problems within a new cadre of engineers and scientists from the Sooner State.

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The National Defense Education Program (NDEP) is building a foundation for the future workforce needs of the Department of Defense (DoD) by supporting science and math programs at the pre-college, undergraduate/graduate, and faculty/post-doctoral levels.

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Hurricane season is here, reminding us that accurate weather forecasts can be a matter of life and death in vulnerable coastal areas of the country. Even inland, severe thunderstorms play havoc with late-summer travel, and tornadoes threaten lives and property. In this lesson for grades 6 to 8, students begin by considering how weather forecasting plays an important part in their daily lives. They learn about the history of weather forecasting — from old weather proverbs to modern forecasting equipment — and how improvements in weather technology have saved lives by providing advance warning of natural disasters.

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Tags: Environmental Engineering, Research on Learning, Technology for Learning, Wind Technology

SCCMS, South Carolina’s Coalition for Mathematics and Science brings together advocates from business/industry, education, government and community organizations who seek constancy and quality in the state’s approach to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. Though our name is new, our history and our impact on instructional improvement date back to the South Carolina Statewide Systemic Initiative (SSI) and Leadership and Assistance for Science Education Reform (LASER) partnership forged in 1998. SCCMS is a member of the National Alliance of State Science and Mathematics Coalitions (NASSMC).

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Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (Girl Day) is celebrated internationally during Engineers Week each year. Families and educators are encouraged to join their students at UT for an afternoon of engineering fun. Girl Day gives 1st through 8th grade students a chance to:

– have fun doing grade-specific, hands-on engineering activities
– meet students, professors and engineers from industry
– see what it’s like to be an engineer

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The ITL K-12 Engineering Education program offers academic year and summer enginering programs for K-12 students and teachers. Aimed at increasing the number of underrepresented students who enter the engineering pipeline, the ITL Program offers hands-on — and minds-on — opportutnies for students of all ages.

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Science and Engineering Precollege Programs at Oregon State University.

Oregon State University
350 Batcheller Hall
Corvallis
OR, 97331

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