Request STEM Professionals for Classrooms & Programs!
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School is starting back up! Make sure to get your requests in for the 2019-2020 school year!
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.
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2019 MWM-TX Stand Up for STEM Awards Nominations Open
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Award Classifications and Criteria for Nominations:
- Stand Up for STEM Mentor Award
- Stand Up for STEM Educator Award
- Stand Up for STEM Collegiate Award
- Stand Up for STEM High School Award
- Stand Up for STEM Corporate Award
- Stand Up for STEM Educational Organization Award
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SAVE THE DATE
Friday, December 6, 2019, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Engineering Education & Research Center
The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Join the Texas Girls Collaborative Project for our 2nd 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.
This event is hosted during Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek), held in recognition of the birthday of computing pioneer Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906), and is one of the many events or programs joining in the Greater Austin STEM Ecosystem's CSEdWeek amplification.
CALL FOR PRESENTERS!
Share best practices, highlight promising practices, lead workshops or facilitate discussions. Anticipated tracks include male advocacy/allies, general inclusion and diversity, volunteering and mentoring, pre-K / elementary school engagement, middle school engagement, high school engagement, college engagement, workforce engagement / corporate women in STEM/tech affinity groups. Accepted presenters will receive a discounted registration rate of $40.
Submit your proposal online by September 30
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Educator Resources: All Educators
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August 8th, 5 - 7:30 p.m.
San Antonio, TX
You are cordially invited to participate in an informal science/ STEM resource showcase for teachers at the Tripoint Event Center. Called A Taste of STEM, this showcase has a bit of a twist. Participants can “snack” their way through the showcase while learning about the many STEM resources in our community! It will be our own version of A Taste of New Orleans! There will even be a STEM Bar complete with fun science mock cocktails and a bartender! Registration is limited so don’t miss out! Feel free to pass this invitation along to any other teachers that you think might be interested.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is now accepting applications for the 2020 Texas Environmental Excellence awards, including the Environmental Educator of the Year award. This award comes with a cash donation of $2,500 to the educator's school or designated nonprofit.
The application deadline is September 27, 2019.
The Laboratory Safety Institute has a workshop scheduled for August 6-8, 2019, at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.
The 38th Annual Texas Association for Environmental Education conference will take place on Galveston Island on September 27- 28, 2019. The tentative
schedule is available, and educators may now register. Workshop sessions, events, and topics include the following: Roseate Spoonbills at Galveston Island State Park, Electronic Bat Detection, Ready-to-use Curriculum, Lionfish Dissections, Pocket Prairie Creation
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PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED OPPORTUNITIES
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Educator Resources: Elementary School
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PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED OPPORTUNITIES
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Educator Resources: Middle School
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PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED OPPORTUNITIES
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Educator Resources: High School
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PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED OPPORTUNITIES
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Get Connected: STEM Email Groups, Volunteers, Mentors
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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).
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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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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