Celebrate the contributions of science and engineering on World Space Week October 4 to 10 with hands-on classroom activities and global events!

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The Knowles Teacher Initiative, an immersive professional learning community for P-12 STEM teachers, is offering free, short online courses throughout the school year. Register for the May 9. 19, and 26, 2022 courses.

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Kids love exploring the world around them, and Earth Day offers a great way to introduce them to environmental science and engineering. The following sampler includes activities, lessons, and resources that promote green engineering and science learning.

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Plant a tree. Calculate your carbon footprint. Organize a community cleanup. There are countless ways that individuals — including students and teachers — can celebrate Earth Day and have a positive impact on the planet all year. Check out these Earth Day events plus activities, energy challenges, teacher professional learning, and other ideas for making an environmental difference all year ’round,

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Having trouble finding quality materials to teach the open-ended investigations and crosscutting concepts envisioned by the Next Generation Science Standards? OpenSciEd has developed free, NGSS-aligned curricular units for middle schools (grades 6 to 8) along with teacher professional development.

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The Ohio Technology and Engineering Education Association hosts free monthly webinars for teachers. Next presentation: Monday, February 22 from 4 to 5 p.m. Eastern on the Standards for Technological and Engineering Literacy and a roadmap for teaching with ITEEA executive director Steve Barbato. See blog post for Zoom log in and link to standards.

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Join the University of St. Thomas’s Playful Learning Lab on January 29 and 30 for PLAYfest 2021, a two-day virtual festival of free, hands-on STEAM professional development and speakers from around the world.

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The second annual New York Times STEM Writing Contest invites middle and high school students around the world to choose an issue or question in science, technology, engineering, math, or health that fascinates them, then write an engaging 500-word explanation. Contest runs from January 19 until March 2, 2021.

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Want to involve your middle or high school STEM students in rigorous research and top-level competions but not sure how? Sign up to attend the Society for Science & the Public’s annual research teachers conference – all expenses paid! Lottery closes August 15, 2020 for the middle school virtual conference September 11-13 or high school conference October 2-4.

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