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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.

So we have signed the Paris Agreement and cheered about it. Now what?More than a year ago, I wrote a proposal to the National Science Foundation to test the feasibility of empowering students to help combat the energy issues of our nation. There are hundreds of millions of buildings in our country and some of them are pretty big energy losers. The home energy industry currently employs probably 100,000 people at most. It would take them a few

The annual yield and cost benefit analyses of rooftop solar panels based on sound scientific and engineering principles are critical steps to the financial success of building solarization. Google's Project Sunroof provides a way for millions of property owners to get recommendations for the right solar solutions.Another way to conduct accurate scientific analysis of solar panel outputs based on their layout on the rooftop is to use a computer

Solarize Mass is a program launched by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center that seeks to increase the adoption of small-scale solar electricity in participating communities. In 2016, the towns of Natick and Bolton were selected to pilot for Solarize Mass. According to the Town of Natick, "Solarize Mass Natick is a volunteer initiative run by Natick residents. Our goal is to make going solar simple and affordable for Natick residents and small

The free Solar Engineering Summer Camp offered by the Concord Consortium was an intensive week-long event that focused on learning and applying solar science, 3D modeling, and engineering design. It featured a solar engineer from a leading solar company as a guest speaker. The activities included hands-on and computer-based activities that were designed to inspire and empower children to solve real-world problems and become change makers who will

This was a blog and recruiting tool for the ITEAMS II project. They have rebranded from ITEAMS II to "YouthAstroNet"Help kids reach for the stars with YouthAstroNetBy Rachel Clark Written by Erika Wright, Science Education Specialist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.How do we translate young people’s intrinsic curiosity about space science into increased interest in STEM careers, particularly among girls and those from underserved

Their teachers learn about technology as well during software development in Design VillagesTo address the national need for greater numbers of students to enter STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields, Project AMP at Arizona State University is conducting a three-year program that taps into the tech interests and talents of students grades 9-11 as a way to increase their interest in STEM.Project AMP (App Maker Pro) — in

Cal State Fullerton students from the College of Engineering and Computer Science and the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics recently got a crash course in managing real-world projects.The students served as mentors for the “The Stem-Inc.: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mini-business Incubator” program, which aims to introduce science, engineering, technology and mathematics or STEM, to students in the Anaheim Union High School

After unleashing the power of geospatial technology to transform classroom learning, experts at Northern Arizona University are opening up the map to spread their ideas nationally.Lori Rubino-Hare, professional development coordinator at NAU’s Center for Science Teaching and Learning, and her team were recently awarded nearly $2 million by the National Science Foundation to scale up their success in the NSF-funded Power of Data project.The new