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October 2018

Request STEM Professionals for Classrooms & Programs!

Texas STEM Connections is a web-based tool that makes it easy for STEM professionals to connect with K-20 educators, classrooms, out of school time programs, and other volunteer opportunities. Professionals can share their skills and expertise to bring real-world, authentic learning opportunities to all our students helping to create the next generation of innovators. Through in-person matches and virtual sessions, professionals can help educators and program providers connect their students to the world of STEM. Together we can make a difference. Request a STEM Professional

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Texas Women and Girls in STEM Summit Friday, December 7, 2018 The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX Join the Texas Girls Collaborative Project for our second annual Texas Women and Girls in STEM Summit designed to share best practices, connect organizations and individuals, and showcase outstanding efforts to increase the number of girls in STEM and support the retention of women in STEM careers. STEM professionals and all who are engaged in education, outreach, recruitment, and/or retention of women and girls in STEM are invited to join in. Registration open. UT Austin STEM Professional Development Day to follow on December 8th. Stay tuned for more details! TxGCP will be offering a Science Action Club: Bug Safari workshop and a SciGirls workshop. Register

Educator Resources: All Educators

*NEW* Lights On! Fluor STEM Activity Challenge Grant Applications due October 24th TXPOST invites you to submit an application to the LOA Fluor STEM Activity Challenge grant - a project supported by Fluor. 5 Winners will be awarded a $2,000 grant. To be eligible for funding, you must meet these requirements: Complete and submit an application by Wednesday, October 24th, conduct one of the Fluor Engineering Challenges, celebrate Lights on Afterschool!, share your project progress and LOA activities on social media using the following hashtags: #LOAFlourEngineeringChallenge, #LightsonAfterschool, @tx_post *NEW* Learn All the Time Network Breakfast of Champions October 16th - Austin, TX Breakfast of Champions (BOC) is an annual event to raise awareness about the importance of high- quality out of school time learning and to honor the dedication and hard work of youth development professionals. BOC celebrates educators for their contribution to the community and the work they do to close achievement gaps and improve equitable access to learning for ALL Central Texas youth.  Keynote Speaker: Congressman Lloyd Doggett

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED OPPORTUNITIES Afterschool STEM 101 STEM Moments from TXPOST Making and Coding is All the R.A.G.E.! National AfterSchool Association FREE Tech Toolkit FREE STEM Female Role Models Book "Smithsonian Science How" Webcasts Hill Country Science Mill EcoRise - Environmental Sustainability Curriculum

Educator Resources: Elementary School Educators

*NEW* Code.org CS Fundamentals Elementary training October 27 - Austin, TX Are you an elementary school teacher in Central Texas who’s interested in adding computer science activities to your classroom, but needs some help getting started? Then join WeTeach_CS Project Director and veteran Code.org facilitator, Dr. Phillip Eaglin on Saturday, October 27th for a full day of Code.org CS Fundamentals training. No previous computer science experience necessary!

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED OPPORTUNITIES Dumpster 101 Science Curriculum Thinkery Guided Tours and Focused Field Trips

Educator Resources: Middle School Educators

*NEW* Biomimicry for Engaging, Hands on Instruction and Application October 25 - Austin, TX Join EcoRise, The Biomimicry Institute, and Austin Energy Science Fair representatives, to explore a hands-on, TEKS-aligned biomimicry lessons. Learn how to use biomimicry lessons and experiences to help students create authentic biomimicry based Science Fair Projects and potentially enter The Biomimicry Institute's Youth Design Challenge. Explore opportunities for hands on applications through biomimicry field trips to the Austin Zoo. This session is targeted towards middle and high school teachers but all are welcome.

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED OPPORTUNITIES New Activities on SciGirls CONNECT! Dumpster 101 Science Curriculum Activity: Citizen Science SciGirls Middle School Educator Hands-on Activity Resources

Educator Resources: High School Educators

*NEW* Biomimicry for Engaging, Hands on Instruction and Application October 25 - Austin, TX Join EcoRise, The Biomimicry Institute, and Austin Energy Science Fair representatives, to explore a hands-on, TEKS-aligned biomimicry lessons. Learn how to use biomimicry lessons and experiences to help students create authentic biomimicry based Science Fair Projects and potentially enter The Biomimicry Institute's Youth Design Challenge. Explore opportunities for hands on applications through biomimicry field trips to the Austin Zoo. This session is targeted towards middle and high school teachers but all are welcome.  *NEW* High School Aerospace Scholars Applications due October 22nd High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS) applications are now open! HAS is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for Texas high school juniors to explore careers at NASA, learn about what they might want to study in college, and unite with like-minded students across the state. Following a series of online lessons, the highest achieving students will be invited to an all-expenses-paid, week-long visit to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston during the summer. Selected participants will plan a mission to Mars while receiving guidance from NASA scientists and engineers. Both the online and onsite portions are free to participants. *NEW* NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing Applications due November 5th The NCWIT Award for AiC honors women in grades 9 through 12 who are active and interested in computing and technology, and encourages them to pursue their passions. The multi-tiered award structure includes winner, honorable mention, and certificate of distinction designations at national and regional levels, serving all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and all U.S. overseas military bases.

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED OPPORTUNITIES Regeneron Science Talent Search 2019 - HS Seniors Design, Build, and Learn: The Fluid Power Challenge Science News Journal - Free Sign-up for High Schools Engineer Your World Engineering Go For It!

Get Connected: STEM Email Groups, Volunteers, Mentors

Join our K-12 STEM Outreach Google Groups! These email groups (open and moderated listservs) are all about sharing resources, information, events, volunteers, needs, and more with others reaching out to K-12 students aiming to excite them about science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Central TX |  DFW |  East Texas |  El Paso |  Houston |  Laredo |  RGV |  San Antonio |  Waco |  West TX For those not in one of these areas who still want to receive information going out to all groups, join the  Texas K-12 STEM Outreach group.    Contact  Tricia Berry for any specific regional requests or questions.

About TxGCP & NGCP

Led by the Women in Engineering Program (WEP) at The University of Texas at Austin along with a Leadership Team and Champions Board, the Texas Girls Collaborative Project (TxGCP) brings together advocates and leaders from non-profits, K-12 schools, higher education institutions, companies and organizations across Texas. The vision of the National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) is to bring together organizations throughout the US and Puerto Rico that are committed to informing and encouraging girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

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