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ITEST Conference Symposia for 2015
NewsSTELAR collaborated with ITEST projects on a number of conference symposium proposals during 2014 for the 2015 conference year. We are thrilled that these three proposals have been selected so far. Learn more about the two presentations we will be leading at AERA and the one planned for NARST.NARST 2015 in Chicago:"Designing Programs that Engage, Motivate, and Interest Youth to Pursue STEM Careers across the NSF Funded ITEST program" with ITEST
December 2014 Newsletter
NewsletterMentoring 2015
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A look at mentoring projects and resources from 2015.
Project Spotlight: GUTS: Growing Up Thinking Scientifically
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STELAR recently caught up with Irene Lee about her work on Project GUTS: Growing Up Thinking Scientifically. Code.org has entered into a partnership with Irene Lee to roll out Project GUTS across the nation as part of their middle school computer science training.
Serious about STEM
NewsITEST project Smart Clothing, Smart Girls is one of the features of this Cornell University, College of Human Ecology publication.
Project Spotlight: Bits-2-Bites
Blog![Joseph Adamji and Anika Ward](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/blogs/14808/Anika%20and%20Joe2.jpg?itok=_Pntvse6)
STELAR recently had the opportunity to interview Anika Ward and Joseph Adamji (in photo) along with their team members Oanh Vu and Roi Ward from the Kitty Andersen Youth Science Center (KAYSC) at the Science Museum of Minnesota. This team leads the ITEST Project Bits-2-Bites, equipping young leaders in urban communities with skills and experience to understand and use STEM as a vehicle for creating solutions to social injustice. Anika and Joseph
Teams finish global underwater robot competition at Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
NewsHosted by ITEST project Using MATE's ROV Competitions..., the 13th Marine Advanced Technology Education Remotely Operated Vehicle International Competition ended Saturday at Michigan's Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Teams worked with robots in a large tank while judges evaluated their performance along with engineering and communication.
Marine sanctuary hosts underwater robot event
NewsThe 13th annual Marine Advanced Technology Education Remotely Operated Vehicle International Competition takes place Thursday through Saturday. Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary will host more than 60 teams this week from 18 states and 13 countries for an underwater robot competition hosted by ITEST project Using MATE's ROV Competitions...Teams will work with their robots in a large tank and judges will be evaluating their performance along
Changing the world one network at a time
NewsIn collaboration with Cisco CSR, The New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) and colleagues at Binghamton University, Boston University and the Network Science Center at West Point are working to expand ITEST project Network Science for the Next Generation to bring powerful, but hitherto elite network science ideas into the lives of high school teachers and students for preparing the next generation of scientists and policymakers to solve humanity's
Network science in high school
NewsThe Network Science Center has been working with New York Hall of Science (NYSCI), Boston University, Binghamton University, and local schools on a project called NetSci High (also known as ITEST project Network Science for the Next Generation) to bring the study of networks to high school students. The goal of this effort is to prepare the next generation of scientists and policymakers to understand and solve some of the world's most complex