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SciGirls Educator Workshop
September 17, 9am - 4pm - Waco, TX
There is no fee to attend this training. SciGirls is an Emmy-award winning PBS KIDS television series and website dedicated to changing the way millions of girls think about STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). Educators are invited to participate in a hands-on, minds-on Professional Development. We welcome you to practice proven strategies for engaging girls in STEM while building a device to measure wind speed, lighting up a room with dough creatures, and much more!
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September 21, 4:30 - 6:30pm - Austin, TX
Network with STEM-engaged organizations from across the area and learn about the resources available to assist you in your efforts. Hear updates from the Greater Austin STEM Ecosystem, launched at the White House in November 2015 as one of 27 Ecosystems in the country, and the only one in Texas. Learn about statewide STEM out of school time system building led by TXPOST. And explore resources of the Texas Girls Collaborative Project including role model workshops, a new Texas skills-based STEM volunteer matching system, hands-on STEM curriculum and more. Connect with programs across the area and hear about upcoming STEM events. And share what you and/or your organization are doing to excited kids about STEM.
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November 11-13 - San Antonio, TX
Look for TxGCP in your agenda for the Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching this year! We will be presenting on STEM role models, What TxGCP can do for you, TEKS-aligned hands-on activities, and more! Come out to one of our sessions!
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NGCP Webinar: The Importance of a Growth Mindset: Action Steps for Educators
September 21, 12 - 1pm - Virtual
Having a growth mindset can lead to big changes in our educational system. Access to education for everyone depends on the shift from a fixed to a growth mindset. In this conversation, we will discuss the effects that micromessages can have on underrepresented youth mindset and talk about steps we can take to be more inclusive in STEM education and careers.
Programming Volunteers Requested!
September 24, 1 - 4pm - San Antonio, TX
Mark your calendar for Youth Code Jam's community-wide free event for kids ages 7 to 17 and their parents at ESC Region 20, 1314 Hines, San Antonio. We've got tons of awesome coding stations already planned and are currently looking for volunteer programmers. We are especially looking for folks fluent in Python, C, Scratch and who know how to program with Finch robots and/or arduino.
October 1, 7am - 4pm - San Juan, Texas
The Rio Grande Valley Science Association (RGVSA) is getting ready to host the 29th Annual Science Conference on Saturday, October 1st at PSJA High School in Pharr, Texas. Based on last year's attendance, we expect to have approximately 350 K-12 science educators. Early registration ends 9/9!
The NSADay of Cyber, powered by LifeJourney, is a free, interactive, online career simulation and exploration platform that allows students to test-drive and experience a day in the life of our nation's cyber professionals. The platform provides approximately 2-3 hours of content where students have the opportunity to interact virtually with the NSA cyber mentors, explore each respective journey, and take a seat beside the mentors in the NSA Cyber Threat Center in solving exciting “cyber situations”, intriguing crypto puzzles and other real-life cyber scenarios
Advocates for high-quality afterschool programming in STEM will find useful tools to make the case for expanding and supporting innovative and engaging informal STEM learning. The themes represented in the talking points and other advocacy materials are based on careful communications research—so advocates can have confidence that they are reliable, tested ways of positioning afterschool STEM.
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Educator Resources by Grade
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Thinkery Guided Tours and Focused Field Trips
Austin, TX
Come and explore Thinkery with your students this upcoming school year. We're now accepting requests for Guided Tours and Focused Field Trips for the 2016–2017 school year!
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Guided Tours are available for Pre-K–5th grade, 120 students max.
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Focused Field Trips are available for 3rd–5th grade, 25 students max
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SciGirls Middle School Educator Hands-on Activity Resources
Virtual
SciGirls has made a commitment to providing quality, gender-equitable, inquiry-based STEM activities that are fun for all! Check out the activities under the following topic areas:
- Earth & Space
- Engineering
- Health
- Life & Environmental
- Physics & Chemistry
- Technology
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Nominations Due September 5, 2016
ChickTech is a non-profit organization dedicated to getting more girls and women into technology through hands-on events. We would appreciate nominations of up to 15 8th to 12th grade girls from your school/program who have an above-average aptitude for math or science, along with creativity and willingness to learn new things. These girls would probably not consider a tech career without extra encouragement and most likely haven’t participated in a technology project or camp before due to lack of interest and/or financial resources.
September 20, 2016
The 2016 Siemens Competition is now open, with the chance to win college scholarships up to $100,000! Eligible high school students can submit to the nation’s premier high school science research competition until September 20th, 2016. The Competition website now features a new Resources page, complete with personalized student and partner toolkits designed to demystify the entry process and encourage the sharing of information.
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Join our K-12 STEM Outreach Google Groups! These groups 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 | 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.
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Let other know about the great programs you run! To find STEM programs across the country or to list your own, please visit
The Connectory
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Find fabulous STEM role models in your area to show virtually or connect with in-person on the
FabFems site!
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The
Texas Girls Collaborative Project (TxGCP) connects organizations and individuals across Texas committed to informing and motivating girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math. The TxGCP is excited to provide opportunities across Texas for collaboration, networking, sharing of best practices, and leveraging of resources through in-person forums, listservs and mini-grants.
Led by the
Women in Engineering Program (WEP) at The University of Texas at Austin along with a Leadership Team and Champions Board, the TxGCP brings together advocates and leaders from non-profits, K-12 schools, higher education institutions, companies and organizations across Texas.
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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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The TxGCP eNewsletter is distributed approximately once a month. Visit the
TxGCP web site for additional updates on upcoming events, resources and mini-grant information.
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