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STEM for All Multiplex - Indigenous Ways of Learning

Event

This Theme of the Month and expert panel webinar will highlight processes involved in Indigenous ways of learning — learning by collaboration, making a difference/giving back, intergenerational connection, responsibility, and respect. Three teams that study learning and how to foster it in Indigenous communities discuss what can be learned from Indigenous ways of learning, for Indigenous peoples and the world at large.

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NSF - Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program): NSF 22-611

Opportunities

The goals of the HSI program are to enhance the quality of undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and to increase the recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of students pursuing associate's or baccalaureate degrees in STEM.

NSF Arecibo Center for STEM Education and Research (ACSER)

Opportunities

The National Science Foundation (NSF) hereby solicits proposals for the establishment of the Arecibo Center for STEM Education and Research (ACSER) at the original site of the Arecibo Observatory (AO). NSF seeks to evaluate proposals that would transition the existing AO site to the new ACSER, shifting the disciplinary focus from primarily on the astronomical sciences to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and research more broadly ^[1].

STELAR Webinar - Developing the Next Generation of Talent: Perspectives from the Field on Equity and the Future of Work

Video

On June 30th STELAR introduced an informative report that extends prior reports on the Future of Work to address issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in light of recent historical events. Read the report here View webinar slides here

K-8 STEM Career Competencies: Developing Foundational Skills for the Future of Work Webinar #2

Video

On November 17, 2021, STELAR held a Q&A Webinar Session to engage in a discussion of the K-8 STEM Career Competencies Framework. Authors responded to inquires about use and best practices, and participants shared their own resources and perspectives.Webinar slides: hereResources from STELAR’s K-8

K–8 STEM Career Competencies:  Developing Foundational Skills for the Future of Work  Q&A Session Webinar #2

Event

OLPA’s Distinguished Lecture: Burgeoning Opportunities: Attracting and Retaining More Latinx Researchers to STEM

Event

Join NSF on Thursday, October 7th from 11:30am to 1:00pm ET, The panel will discuss pathways to STEM, what’s attracting and retaining Latinx researchers to STEM careers and how America can better tap the talent and help develop the research potential of this growing population.

When: Thursday, October 7 11:30 - 1:00pm ET

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STEM for All Multiplex: September Theme of the Month - Partnering Culturally Responsive teaching and Place-Based Science Education

Event

Creating STEM Pathways at Detroit's Aquarium

Video

Welcome to Detroit and the Belle Isle Aquarium, where students come to see fish, turtles, and frogs and leave with learning and excitement about what they, too, could be doing in the world of science. This project starts with teacher professional development to enhance their knowledge of biology and

Virtual Field Trip and Ecology Lesson at the Belle Isle Aquarium

Curricular Materials

“Promoting Student Interest in Science and Science Careers through a Scalable Place-based Environmental Educational Program at a Public Aquarium,” is an NSF project that will work with 90 Detroit Public School Community District (DPSCD) fifth grade teachers in biological STEM areas related to fisheries, wildlife, conservation and aquatic sciences. More than 2,300 fifth grade students from DPSCD are expected to participate in field trips to the Belle Isle Aquarium and follow-up activities.The COVID-19 epidemic has caused the Aquarium to be closed temporarily and our program of fifth grade field

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