Sisters in Science is a hands-on, learn by doing, afterschool program centered around middle school girls. This video highlights 5th and 6th grade female students in the San Diego area who are building alternative forms of energy like solar panels and air meters. CBS News 8 - San Diego, CA News Station - KFMB Channel 8
On Tuesday, March 28, STELAR explored the use of digital badges in two ITEST projects.
SciGirls Strategies is a National Science Foundation–funded project led by Twin Cities PBS (TPT) in partnership with St. Catherine University, the National Girls Collaborative, and XSci (The Experiential Science Education Research Collaborative) at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Center for STEM Learning. This three-year initiative aims to increase the number of high school girls recruited to and retained in fields where females are traditionally underrepresented: technical science, engineering, technology, and math (STEM) pathways. We seek to accomplish this goal by providing career and
STELAR congratulates ITEST PI Rita Karl and project staff members Bradley McLain and Alicia Santiago of SciGirls Strategies: Gender Equitable Teaching Practices in Career and Technical Education Pathways for High School Girls for their recent publication in Connected Science Learning! The project is featured in the second issue of the journal, which is focued on professional development experiences. SciGirls Strategies appears as an "Emerging
Dr. Lauren Birney and staff of the ITEST project "Curriculum and Community Enterprise for New York Harbor Restoration in New York City Public Schools" were recently featured on the National Science Foundation's Science Nation online magazine, in the article "Hands-on learning research that benefits the economy, environment."Click here to read the full article on NSF's website, or view the video below.
ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES: Investigate the ways that engineers help scientists explore and measure the atmosphere, and ways the atmosphere influences engineering designs. Includes activities in which students learn to fly UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or "drones"). The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) is a consortium of universities and colleges offering degrees in the atmospheric sciences and operates the National Center for Atmospheric Research. The UCAR Center for Science Education is comprised of staff with expertise in the atmospheric and related sciences and science
A Seminar at the National Science Teachers Association Introducing the new NSTA Journal Connected Science Learning to be held:
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
3:00 – 4:30 PM EST (attend in-person or stream)
1840 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington VA 22201
Please RSVP by Feb. 18 for in-person or online participation (you will receive a link with information for streaming): https://goo.gl/forms/ycsBaPMYs7GuY9mf1
Green Ninja is a San Jose State educational initiative that develops engaging middle school science curriculum using research-based approaches. Adventures of the Green Ninja – a superhero – are told in a youth-oriented and humorous way, but grounded in science and data. Green Ninja videos are popular on YouTube with a current viewership of over 2 million. Green Ninja curriculum is designed from the ground up using the Next Generation Science Standards, and teacher professional development videos and workshops aim to support teachers with content knowledge and teaching practice. Members of the
STELAR congratulates ITEST collaborative research project, Creating a STEM Pipeline for Low Income and Immigrant Youth, also known as STUDIO: Build Our World, for receiving a silver medal in the 2017 Council for the Advancement and Support of Education District VIII Communication Awards for the project video appearing below. STUDIO: Build Our World is an after-school STEM mentoring partnership between the University of Washington (UW) 3DL
STELAR released the following publications featuring the work of the ITEST community in 2016: Next Generation STEM Learning for All: Envisioning Advances Based on NSF Supported Research: a report on the one-day NSF-supported Forum, organized by EDC and SRI International. ITEST Syntheses: four reports that synthesize findings from ITEST projects over 13 years. STEM Learning Games and Game Design in ITEST Projects highlights 12 projects that