Join us on Thursday, April 9th from 1pm-2pm EST for a webinar on Tinkering and the Intersection of Formal and Informal Learning. Grab a 12″ x 12″ piece of tinfoil and be ready to explore how tinkering (“making”) is fast becoming a transformative learning opportunity, a platform to reinforce and measure 21st century skills and a powerful means for collaboration across (more…)
Planning STEM Learning Experiences Community partners can play an important role in your program. Learn how to utilize industry and community partners to extend and strenthen STEM programming. Click2Science and the National Girls Collaborative Project are partnering to help you determine best practices for building partnerships using the Click2Science skill Connecting with Community Partners. Learn (more…)
All students deserve opportunities for rigorous and meaningful STEM learning, regardless of race or ethnicity, culture, gender, socioeconomic status, language, or disability status. It’s not enough to just provide increased access—we must think carefully about how we design programs, choose curriculum or projects, and interact with youth to best support their success in STEM. So, (more…)
Budding farmers and chefs ages 6-11 will spend the week at Tucson Village Farm Camp this summer experiencing a full seed-to table curriculum. Campers will plant, harvest, and learn cooking techniques while preparing their own farm-fresh lunch every day using the produce they’ve harvested that morning during Farm Chores. From feeding the Tucson Village Farm chickens, seeing a (more…)
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Address:Check out these two exciting STEM programs for middle and high school girls in Phoenix this summer: CompuGirls for 9th-12th graders June 1 – 16, 2015, 12:15 PM – 4 PM, Monday – Thursday Location: Central High School, Phoenix Think like a Programmer. Design like a Change Agent-Developing computational thinking skills’ program participants develop a basic understanding of programming (more…)
STEM involves the integration of Science, Technology, Engineering, Math into our daily life. STEM careers include engineers, health care professionals, scientists, architects, computer programmers and many more! At Grand Canyon University’s STEM Summer Camps, students can spend four days and three nights on our beautiful Phoenix campus while experiencing fun and hands-on activities which explore a (more…)
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Teens are invited to join the Digital Culture program at ASU’s Tempe campus this summer and challenge both their artistic and technical sides in a series of short, project-focused modules ranging from producing digital music to computational imaging to programming and projection mapping. Modules range from How to Code to Animation to Music Production, and are open to (more…)
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Phoenix Zoo and the Arizona Game and Fish Department have partnered to offer a new educator professional development opportunity for educators of all grade levels. This summer they will explore how Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) are used in wildlife management and conservation. This problem-based workshop takes place over five days and consists of two parts to (more…)
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Join the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 from 10-11 AM, when they talk with some of the authors of their FINE Newsletter, Engaging Students in Afterschool Learning about ways to promote youth and family engagement in afterschool spaces. Panelists include: M. Elena Lopez, Associate Director, Harvard Family Research Project, and author of Leave Them (more…)
Afterschool Leaders: Learn to be a CryptoClub leader! Cryptography, the science of secret messages, is an intriguing STEM topic and an important application of mathematics. Leaders need not be mathematics teachers, just enthusiastic about math. No prior cryptography experience required. About CryptoClub: A typical CryptoClub program lasts about 16-20 sessions and uses games, treasure hunts, and other informal (more…)
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