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Jeff Beneke
Northeast Regional
STEM Manager
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Upcoming Events
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February 13
February 21
February 22-23
February
March 4
Scale-up Application will close
April 5
Cedar Falls
April 6
Dubuque
April 11
Cresco
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Northeast Region
of the Iowa
Governor's STEM Advisory Council
Advisory Board
Jane Bradley
Hawkeye Community College
Sue Burrack
Upper Iowa University
Lisa Chizek
North Tama County Community School District
Kendra Crooks
Chickasaw County Extension and Outreach
Kelly Cooper
Dubuque Area
Labor-Management Council
Erin Dragotto
National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium
Larry Escalada
University of
Northern Iowa
Doreen Hayek
University of
Northern Iowa
Ellen Heuer
Martin Brothers Distributing
Bill Holland
JB Holland Construction
Mason Kuhn
University of
Northern Iowa
Jason Martin-Hiner
Keystone Area
Education Agency
Kim Miller
TDS Automation
Anderson Sainci
City of Dubuque
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 Scale-Up Program Application is Open
The Iowa Governor's STEM Advisory Council released the menu for next year's STEM Scale-Up programs.
The application is now open for educators across the state interested in implementing these programs in the classroom and out-of-school.
Selected applicants will be notified of their award beginning in early April.
The ten programs available on the STEM Scale-Up Program menu include:
CASE - Food Science and Safety
Grade Level: 9-12
Setting: In school
Computer Science Discoveries
Grade Level: 6-10
Setting:
In school
Computer Science Fundamentals
Grade Level: K-5
Setting:
In school and out of School
Computer Science Principles
Grade Level: 9-12
Setting:
In school
Engineer Your World
Grade Level: 9-12
Setting: In school
Light and Shadow
Grade Level:
preK-2
Setting: In school and out of school
Making STEM Connections
Grade Level: K-8
Setting: In school and out of school
Pint Size Science
Grade Level:
PreK-2
Setting: In school and out of school
STEM in Action
Grade Level: PreK-5
Setting: In school and out of school
STEM Innovator
Grade Level:
6-12
Setting: In school and out of school
Deadline to apply is March 4.
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Request for STEM Festival Exhibitors!!
Join us in sharing the excitement of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) by exhibiting at:
The STEM festivals are family oriented events attracting kids of all ages.
Who is Invited to Exhibit!
- Business and industry
- Institutions of higher education
- Non-profit organizations
- K-12 schools
- Other
There are endless possibilities of what the students and families could do at your booth including:
- Conducting an experiment
- Playing a game
- Participating in an interactive demonstration
- For examples, please visit the Northeast STEM Hub website
Click on an icon below to register to exhibit at a festival.
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Ann Gritzner receives the Northeast I.O.W.A. STEM Teacher Award
The Iowa Governor's STEM Advisory Council and Kemin Industries have announced the recipients of the 2019 I.O.W.A. (Innovative, Outstanding, Worldly and Academic) STEM Teacher Award sponsored by Kemin Industries.
The Northeast STEM region's honoree is Ann Gritzner, a 9-12th grade science/biology teacher and Project Based Learning teacher leader at Central High School in Elkader. Mrs. Gritzner has been in education for 25 years. Before teaching, she was a camp counselor at a youth camp that fueled her love of teaching environmental science and land stewardship.
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Pictured from left to right: Aaron Reinhart (Principal), Shallee Keenan (Kemin Industries), Ann Gritzner, Jeff Beneke (Northeast Iowa STEM Hub), and Nick Trenkamp (Superintendent)
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Mrs. Gritzner's Global Science and Environmental Project Monitoring (EPM) class has worked on several projects over the last 5 years. She paired her students with a local consignment shop that benefits people with disabilities, where the students collected unsellable clothes and repurposed them into other products for the store.
Her students are also working with neighborhood districts, local producers and the Central High School kitchen staff to increase fresh foods served. Perhaps this course's most success project is their ongoing compost project that was started in May 2014. Students researched, designed, tested and re-designed a composting system that was easy to use and diverted the school's waste from the landfill. This project received an Iowa Governor's Environmental Excellence Award and drastically impacted Mrs. Gritzner's students to "never look at waste the same again." One of her former students even continued this project to his college cafeteria!
Gritzner and the other five recipients will be recognized at STEM Day at the Capitol, with Governor and STEM Council Co-Chair Kim Reynolds and a representative from Kemin Industries on Wednesday, February 13.
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Sainci Appointed to Northeast STEM Board
Governor Kim Reynolds has appointed Anderson Sainci to the Governor's Northeast Regional STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Advisory Board.
Sainci is on the Dubuque Community School Board and will serve as the school board member on the Northeast Regional STEM Advisory Board.
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Apply Now for Computer Science is Elementary Project Planning Grant
The Governor's STEM Advisory Council and the Iowa Department of Education are partnering with business and industry on the project to transform six high-poverty elementary schools across Iowa into models of innovative computer science instruction. Six schools will be selected - one in each of the six STEM Council regions. This will offer their students opportunities to learn a new basic skill. The six also will serve as a statewide resource for teaching computer science in early grades, building on the work that has already started in some elementary schools.
The Computer Science is Elementary project is inviting eligible Iowa schools to apply by March 29, 2019, for $50,000 one-time planning grants.
To be eligible, school districts and nonpublic school systems must have at least one elementary building with at least 40 percent of students taking free- or reduced-price lunch. Stand-alone nonpublic schools may also apply.
Awards will be announced by summer 2019 for implementation by the 2020-2021 school year.
INFORMATIONAL WEBINARS
The Iowa Governor's STEM Advisory Council and Iowa Department of Education will be hosting an informational webinar about the Computer Science is Elementary pilot project, including an overview, review of application and rubric, tips, benefits and deadlines.
Dates:
February 18 at 3:30 p.m.
or
February 26 at 8:00 a.m.
Webinar Registration Link:
HELPFUL LINKS
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