Educators

The d.loft STEM curriculum units provide an integrated approach to building STEM knowledge and skills while engaging students in both identifying and solving real-world problems using a design thinking approach.

These files contain background information relevant to the genome annotation project as well as detailed instructions for each module (updated March 2, 2015).

This is a site for teachers to share and browse lesson ideas that will bring relevance and applicability into the classroom. The ideas and lessons on this site are the product of teacher-externs of the Real World Externships program, often based on their summer experience working in local businesses and industries.

ITEST project STEM Digital shares its summer institute and seminar materials. These include PowerPoint presentations, lesson plans, student worksheets, and teacher notes for doing projects with high school and middle school students.

CryptoClub.org is the official webpage of ITEST project The CryptoClub. It contains many activities for learning and enjoying cryptography: ciphers, challenges, games, and comics.

The Center for 21st Century Skills at EDUCATION CONNECTION Learning Management System is the online learning space for the Connecticut Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences ITEST project. This space is designed to support the delivery of the courses and programs developed to Connecticut High Schools. The site is powered by an open-source course management system, Moodle. While a user name and password are required access the courses listed, news posted on the front page of the site and some of the course materials can be viewed by guests.

The Cosmic Ray Observation Project (CROP) Curriculum, created as part of ITEST project Action at a Distance, provides information and resources to its school and staff participants to meet two goals: first, to study the patterns of arriving cosmic particles, and second, to interest high school students in careers in science (especially Physics). Through the use of detection equipment, CROP allows high schools to produce research quality data in a program that prepares their students for college level science and research. Provided on the CROP website are resources divided by school and staff

Through their focus on integrating computing and robotics into regular STEM classroom with hands-on project-based learning, the C-STEM Center, part of ITEST project Co-Robots for STEM Education in the 21st Century, has developed innovative teaching strategies, textbooks, and courseware.

GEAR-Tech-21, based on ITEST project National Robotics in 4-H: Workforce Skills for the 21st Century, teaches robotics, GPS, and GIS technologies to middle school youth through building and programming a robot, navigation, and mapmaking activities. The linked website provides step-by-step guides and resources and access to an innovative curriculum and educator’s guide for 300 instruction hours set over a two-year period. Additionally, those who sign up can gain access to GEAR-Tech-21 equipment rental.

NetSci High, also known as ITEST project Network Science for the Next Generation, shares its resources used as part of the project on its webpage. Resources include a "Rookie's Guide to Network Science," a number of interactive online visualizations, articles and publications, and NetLogo and Network Interactives downloads.