STEM Saturdays
July 11 - 15, 2022
National Summer Learning Week
National Summer Learning Week is a celebration dedicated to elevating the importance of keeping kids learning, safe, and healthy every summer, ensuring they return to school ready to succeed in the year.

Here are 7 ways to spark a child's imagination and interest in STEM during #SummerLearningWeek!

And check out the National Summer Learning Association's new tool, Discover Summer, which connects families and educators with learning resources and programming during the summer.


MAKER CHALLENGE
Stay Cool! Design Your Own Water Cooler
In this activity, students design a cooler and monitor the effectiveness of its ability to keep a bottle of ice water cold in comparison to a bottle of ice water left at room temperature. They work through the engineering design process. 
"I Am a Scientist"
Resources for Educators
I Am a Scientist is a collection of open source, multimedia & story-driven resources designed to make STEM more inspiring and inclusive for students and the public.

Not every student wants or needs to pursue a career in STEM. However - should they choose to - demographics, interests, personality, and socio-economic status should never get in their way. “I Am A Scientist” is a resource for educators to make STE(A)M careers technically and psychologically accessible to all students.
Tucson.com
Three TUSD schools get free internet connections, STEM resources

Three Tucson Unified schools will be participating in Verizon Innovative Learning, a program that equips every student and teacher with devices with a four-year data plan, as well as STEM-focused resources to teach to students.
Education Week
Want to Get Girls Interested in STEM Careers? Try Minecraft

To get girls interested in STEM careers, two teachers in a Louisiana school district decided to start their own after-school club called Girls Who Game. “Computer science is very, very under-taught,” said Allyson Turner, one of the teachers who sponsor the club, during a session at the 2022 International Society for Technology in Education conference in New Orleans.
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