July is for Summer Learning

During summer, students with the greatest need fall further behind. Summer learning loss, or summer slide, is responsible for as much as two-thirds of the ninth grade achievement gap. Every year a child that does not participate in a summer learning opportunity puts them at risk for summer learning loss, weight gain, and unhealthy eating.

Summer learning provides uniquely innovative opportunities for learning and enrichment. Field trips, projects, and camp-like activities provide meaningful and engaging learning experiences. Unlike a remedial or mandatory summer school, high quality summer programs make learning meaningful and engaging.

For resources in regards to the following summer learning topics, please click on the following links:

1) Reports on the benefits of summer learning

2) Summer learning tools

3) Summer learning videos

4) National Summer Learning Association resources




STEM / Expanded Learning and Other Pertinent Articles:

1) There's Something Missing From STEM Learning
    (Education Week article by Susan Riley; October 2, 2017)

2) Students of Color Face Persistent Disparities in Access to Advanced
    STEM Courses
    (Education Week article by Stephen Sawchuk; April 24, 2018)

3) How to build an equitable learning community in your science classroom
    (STEM Teaching Tools article)

4) The Next Generation in Learning
    (The Signal article by Brennon Dixson; June 20, 2018)

5) San Francisco school finds key to raising math scores: Teacher Training
    (EdSource article by Carolyn Jones; July 3, 2018)

6) What Families Need to Know About Screen Time This Summer
    (NPR article by Anya Kamenetz; July 9, 2018)

7) Raising Kids Who Want to Read - Even During the Summer
    (NPR article by Cory Turner; July 2, 2018)

8) At the Education Department, Student Artworks Explore Tolerance and Racism
    (NPR article by La Johnsonr; June 29, 2018)

9) 17 Ways to Help Students with ADHD Concentrate
    (Edutopia article by Youki Terada; June 28, 2018)

10) Connecting Learning With Emotions
      (Edutopia article by Harry O'Malley; June 25, 2018)



STEM (other core content) Activities / Websites / Podcast:

1) Helping Children Identify as Readers - Starting with a Haircut
   (NPR podcast by Cory Turner; July 3, 2018)

2) Teaching Parents of Kids with Disabilities to Fight Back
    (NPR podcast by Joseph Shapiro; June 29, 2018)

3) Summer STEM Activities - 20 STEM Challenges For Summer Fun
    (STEAM Powered Family Blog: Grades 3-6)

4) 24 STEM Learning Activities for Summer STEM
    (A Dab of Glue Will Do Blog: Grades K-3)

5) STEM Learning Activities for Middle School Students
    (Illinois Valley Community College: Grades 6-8)

6) STEM Activities for Middle School Students
    (STEM Activities for Kids: Grades 6-8)

7) Expanded Learning Time in After School and Summer Enrichment Programs
   (CSU Long Beach: Grades 6-12)

8) STEM Activities and Resources for K-12 Educators
    (NSF: Grades K-12)

9) After School Technology Tool Kit
    (National After School Alliance: Grades K-12


STEM / Educational Grants:

1) CAN Funding Opportunities Webpage

2) The Impact Foundry Grant Page

3) Afterschool Alliance Webpage

4) Bank of The West Grant Page



STEAM / Miscellaneous Professional Learning Sessions / Contest / Events:

1) Science Action Club Opportunity
    (Fee: Free) (Date: Submit application by July 31,2018)

2) California Expanded Learning Summit #1 Oakland California 
    (Fee: Free) (Date: August 16, 2018)

3) California STEAM Symposium
    (Fee: $350) (Dates: October 28-29, 2018)

4) How Kids Learn Conference
    (Fee: $125) (Date: December 6, 2018)


Thanks again for all that you do in the field. Please keep us posted about STEM 
events / activities in your area. Please feel free to contact us at any time.

Monica Gonzalez-Williams (SCOE: Region 3: After School Regional Lead):
mgonzalez@scoe.net

Phil Romig (SCOE: Science Curriculum Specialist): promig@scoe.net

Mark Drewes (SCOE: Project Specialist II: Expanded Learning) mdrewes@scoe.net

April is Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month

April marks a time to increase the understanding and appreciation of mathematics and statistics. Why? Both subjects play a significant role in addressing many real-world problems-- internet security, sustainability, disease, climate change, the data deluge, and much more. Research in these and other areas is ongoing, revealing new results and applications every day in fields such as medicine, manufacturing, energy, biotechnology, and business. Mathematics and statistics are important drivers of innovation in our technological world, in which new systems and methodologies continue to become more complex.

Mathematics Awareness Month began in 1986 as Mathematics Awareness Week with a proclamation by President Ronald Regan, who said in part:

"Despite the increasing importance of mathematics to the progress of our economy and society, enrollment in mathematics programs has been declining at all levels of the American educational system. Yet the application of mathematics is indispensable in such diverse fields as medicine, computer sciences, space exploration, the skilled trades, business, defense, and government. To help encourage the study and utilization of mathematics, it is appropriate that all Americans be reminded of the importance of this basic branch of science to our daily lives."

Here are a couple of current day Mathematical Pioneers:

1) Maryam Mirzakhani - She became the first woman to win the Fields Medal, one of
    the most prestigious awards in the mathematics community. She is also the first
    Iranian to receive this honor. "Math is the Aha moment, the excitement of discovery
    and enjoyment of understanding something new - the feeling of being on top of a hill
    and having a clear view."

Maryam Mirzakhani Stanford University Mathematics Professor

2) Katherine Adebola Okikiolu - In 1997, Okikiolubecame the first black recipient of a
    Sloan Research Fellowship. She was also awarded a Presidential Early Career 
    Award for Scientists and Engineers for both her mathematical research and her
    development of mathematics curricula for inner-city school children.

Katherine Adebola Okikiolu Mathematician at Johns Hopkins University. 

Click here for a list of grade level math activities to engage your expanded learning students in.

Now let's take a look and see how many Region 3 Grant Managers, Expanded Learning Program Providers, Expanded Learning community members, and business partners came together to help host year six of the Region 3 Expanded Learning Math Tournament.

Name of Expanded Learning Program Provider(s): City of West Sacramento KidZone, 

Sacramento Chinese Community Service Center, Sacramento START, 

Name of District(s): Elk Grove Unified School District, Sacramento City Unified School 

District, Twin Rivers Unified School District, Washington Unified School District

Name of Business(es): Broderick , Wilson Trophy Company,  Sacramento Riverboats, 

Nugget Markets, Chick-fil-A, Round Table, Leatherby's, Color Me Mine, 

Golf Land Sunsplash, Jamba Juice, Gunther's Ice Cream, In and Out, Vic's Ice Cream,

Starbuck's Coffee, Sacramento Republic, Target, Giants Community Fund, Scandia, 

Walmart, Safeway, Dos Coyotes, Sacramento Kings

Other Expanded Learning Community Partners: California Department of Education / 

Expanded Learning Division, Sacramento County Office of Education / Expanded Learning 

Office

Grade Level of Activity: 4th through 8th Grade

Number of Students who took part in Activity: 110

Type of Activity: Action Math Baseball Tournament

Day of Event: April 1, 2017

Learning Outcomes: Students were able to deepening their understanding of: 

• computing percentages
• comparing ratios
• creating a ranking system
• evaluating formulas
• interpreting data
• using probability to make decisions

A photo of how this was truly a collaborative effort.

A photo of one of our many expanded learning teams deep in thought.

A trophy for the division winners.

Pony Express Elementary for the Win!!!!

STEM / Expanded Learning and Other Pertinent Articles:

1) New science standards raise hopes for narrowing achievement gap
    (EdSource article by Carolyn Jones April 13, 2017)

2) Letters send wave of after school support to Capitol Hill
    (Afterschool Alliance article by Jullian Luchner April 13, 2017)

3) Having Just One Black Teacher Can Keep Black Kids in School
    (NPR article by Anya Kamenetz April 10, 2017)

4) A Surprising Explanation For Why Some Immigrants Excel in Science
    (NPR article by Anya Kamenetz March 30, 2017)

5) Kids Who Suffer Hunger In First Years Lag Behind Their Peers in School 

     (NPR article by Rhitu Chatterjee March 23, 2017)

6) How Empathy Is Important For Parents and Teens When Things Get Stressful
    (Mind/Shift article by Juli Fraga April 16, 2017)

7) How Play is At The Heart of Many World-Changing Inventions

     (Mind/Shift article by Katrina Schwartz April 13, 2017)

8) Why Giving Effective Feedback Is Trickier Than It Seems
    (Mind/Shift article by Katrina Schwartz April 12, 2017)

9) All Students Can Find Power In Thinking Like Computer Scientist
    (Mind/Shift article by Katrina Schwartz April 7, 2017)

10) Five Ways To Shift Teaching Practice So Students Feel Less Math Anxious
      (Mind/Shift article by Katrina Schwartz April 5, 2017)

11) 13 Magic Spells for Quieting a Noisy Class
      (Fusion Yearbooks article February 13, 2017)


STEM (and other interdisciplinary core content) Activities / Videos / Websites:

1) Resources for Advocacy in the Expanded Learning Field
    (VLOG by Bruno Marchesi / Strive)

2) Art Activities for Grades K-12 (SEDL Expanded Learning Activities Page)

3 Literacy Activities for Grades K-12  (SEDL Expanded Learning Activities Page)

4) Science Activities for Grades K-12 (SEDL Expanded Learning Activities Page)

5) Technology Activities for Grades K-12 (SEDL Expanded Learning Activities Page)

6) KQED Lesson Plans for Subject Grade Level Activities (KQED Lesson Plans)

7) Students From Different Cultures Collaborate To Communicate With Each Other
    (NPR Podcast by Katrina Schwartz April 9, 2017)

8) Fighting Hate in Schools (NPR Podcast by Tovia Smith April 5, 2017)

9) Google Hopes To Hire More Black Engineers By Bringing Students To Silicon Valley
    (NPR Podcast by Queena Kim March 28, 2017)

10) Howard University Aims To Build Silicon Valley Pipeline of Black Software
       Engineers
     (NPR Podcast by Queena Kim March 25, 2017)

11) A High School's Lesson For Helping English Language Learners Get To College
      (NPR Podcast by Claire McInerny March 25, 2017)


STEM Educational Grants: 

1) The Big List Of Educational Grants and Resources
   (Edutopia Grant Page Updated April 12, 2017)

2) California After School Network Funding Opportunities (CAN Grant Page)

3) After School Funding Database (Afterschool Alliance Grant Page)

4) Grant Funding Opportunities (The Impact Foundry Grant Page)

5) Bank of The West (Grant Opportunity)

6) Application for Free Computers (RRR Computers)


STEM / Misc. Professional Learning Sessions / Contest / Events:

1) Ali Prose Poetry Contest
    (Deadline: April 28, 2017)

2) SCOE Mindful Educators Round Table Session 
    (Free: May 11, 2017 10:00 am to 12:00 pm)

3) SCOE Kidz Science: Alternative Energy Workshop
     (Free: May 19, 2017 9:00 am to 12:00 pm)

4) SCOE One Day Art Projects Workshop
    (Free: May 23, 2017 9:00 am to 12:00 pm)

5) SCOE College and Career Readiness Workshop
     (Free: May 31, 2017 9:00 am to 12:00 pm)



Thanks again for all that you do in the field. Please keep us posted about STEM 
events / activities in your area. Please feel free to contact us at any time.

Monica Gonzalez-Williams (SCOE: Region 3: After School Regional Lead):
mgonzalez@scoe.net

Phil Romig (SCOE: Science Curriculum Specialist): promig@scoe.net

Mark Drewes (SCOE: Project Specialist II: Expanded Learning) mdrewes@scoe.net

Women's History Month: STEM-azing Facts about Ellen Ochoa

March is Women's History Month and as we celebrate the achievements that female STEM pioneers have engineered for us to make our lives easier, we here in Region 3 have decided to highlight the achievements of Ellen Ochoa (a space lover) in this month's Region 3 Blog Post. It also seems fitting that we highlight Ellen Ochoa and her accomplishments as the US enters its fifth decade in Space Exploration and understanding our complex universe.

Ellen Lauri Ochoa (born May 10, 1958) is a former astronaut and current Director of the Johnson Space Center. Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman in the world to go into space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the shuttle Discovery in 1993.

Here are a few other STEM-azing facts about Ellen Ochoa:

1) Ellen Ochoa received a bachelor of science in physics from San Diego State
    University in 1980 and a master of science degree and doctorate in electrical
    engineering from Stanford University in 1981 and 1985, respectively.

2) Ellen Ochoa is a co-inventor on three patents for an optical inspection system, an
    optical object recognition method, and a method for noise removal in images.

3) Ellen Ochoa is a veteran of four space flights, logging more than 950 hours in
    space.

4) Ellen Ochoa's technical assignments have included flight software and computer
    hardware and robotics development, testing and training.

5) Ellen Ochoa was a crew member of STS-96 Discovery (May 27th to June 6, 1999),
    which was a 10-day mission during which the crew performed the first docking to the
    International Space Station.

For more information on Ellen Ochoa and her career, please click here.


Now lets take a closer look at and see how the students in expanded learning program 
have been engaged in STEM activities during the month of February.



Name of Expanded Learning Program Provider: Sacramento Chinese Community 
Service Center

Name of District(s): Sacramento City Unified School District

Name of School Site: Burbank High School 

Grade Level of Activity: 9th and 10th

Number of Students Who Took Part in The Activity: 20 students

Type of Activity: Computer Robotics and Programming (C-STEM Center UC Davis)

Learning Objectives of C-STEM Day:

C-STEM Day is organized to build public awareness and advocate for Integrated Computing and STEM education. The C-STEM Center and our partners organize curriculum-based RoboPlay Competitions in various regions on C-STEM Day at the end of May each year to further engage students in project-based team activities and to showcase their accomplishments and creativity not only in math and engineering, but also in writing, art, music, and film production.

Luther Burbank ASSETs students engaging in C-STEM activities.

For more information on the above STEM activities please contact Linda Vongthongkham at

linda@sccsc.org.


Name of Expanded Learning Program Provider: Sacramento Chinese Community 
Service Center

Name of District(s): Sacramento City Unified School District

Name of School Site: Rosemont High School 

Grade Level of Activity: 9th and 10th

Number of Students Who Took Part in The Activity: 20 students

Type of Activity: First Robotics


Learning Objectives of First Robotics: The mission of First is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting Mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership. 

Rosemont HS ASSETs students working on their First Robotics robot.

For more information on the above STEM activities please contact Brandon Alvarez at

brandon@sccsc.org.

STEM / Expanded Learning Program and Other Pertinent Educational Articles:

1) We Must Continue to Invest In After School Programs
    (Carlos Rojas, OC Register, March 5, 2016)

2) Why Students Should Take the Lead in Parent-Teacher Conferences (KQED, 2014)

3) Students Who Learn About Famous Scientists' Struggles Do Better In School 
    (Allison Eck, PBS, March 2,  2016)

4) Why Teaching Poetry is So Important
   (Andrew Simmons, The Atlantic, April 8, 2014)

5) Afterschool Special: Sacramento Youth Learn Food Literacy
    (Annamarie Sysling, Feedstock, March 3, 2016)

6) 5 Words and Phrases That Can Transform Your Work Life
   (Michael Grothaus, Fast Company, March 2, 2016)

7) Arts Integration Allows Students to Engage Abstract Concepts in New Ways
    (KQED, March 1, 2016)

8) State of Summer Learning (National Summer Learning Association)

9) 5 Questions to Ask Yourself About Your Unmotivated Students
   (Jennifer Gonzalez, Cult of Pedagogy, February 20, 2016)

10) The Wrong Way to Teach Math (Andrew Hacker, NY Times, February 27, 2016)

11) Research Shows Diverse Classrooms Improve Learning For Everyone
      (Anya Kamenetz, KQED, February 29, 2016)

12) How Poor Science Education in Kindergarten Harms Kids
      (Lydia Lum, The Atlantic, February 27, 2015)

13) Acting Ed. Secretary John B. King says he's a believer in after school
      (Jillian Luchner, Afterschool Alliance, February 25, 2016)

14) Understanding Gender Identity in Young People (LIAS Blog March 2016)



STEM (and other interdisciplinary core content) Activities / Videos / Websites:

1) Teach girls bravery, not perfection (TED Talk Video)

2) Elementary teacher creates "Gentleman's Club" to teach students life lessons
    (The Southern Weekend Video)

3) Sacramento Teen Wins CA Poetry Out Loud Competition (NPR Podcast)

4) How to Create a Culture of Trust (ALEX Kajitani Video)

5) Monroe Howard, SCUSD and Summer Learning (Sacramento and Co. Video)

6) 5 Books Guaranteed to Make Kids Love Science (Science Friday Book List)

7) PBL in the Arts Resource Guide (Education Closet- Free Resource)

8) Measurement - Monster Math Mix Up (Pinterest Resource)

9) Anti-Racism Activity: The Sneetches (Teaching Tolerance Activity)

10) Sci Girls STEM Activities (PBS Activities)

11) Great Video Resources for Teaching Math (Edutopia)

12) 10 Simple Interactive Whiteboard Tricks (Scholastic)

13) Resources for Filmmaking in the Classroom (Edutopia Resources)



STEM / Educational Grants:

1) National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM): Enhancing Student 
    Mathematics Learning Through the Use of Tools and Technology  
    ($3,000 grants are available)
    (Deadline: May 6, 2016)

2) Math Moves U: Math Hero Award (Math hero receives a $2,500 grant and school 
    receives a matching award) (Deadline: Applications open Spring of 2016)

3) Youth Service America (Grant Database) (Currently no grants available at 
    this time, but a great site to add to your "History" bar. )

4) Best Satellite Providers: Technology Grants for Educators 
    17 Resources for Future Proof Kids

    (Deadline: Varies by Grant Opportunity)

5) California Regional Environmental Education Community (Grant Database)

6) The Big List of Educational Grants and Resources (Edutopia List of Grants)

    (This webpage has been updated since January and offers new grants)

STEM / Misc. Professional Development / Contest / Events:

1) Enter the Cypher: Hip Hop Education Series - A three session workshop

    series focused around the best practices to empower Expanded Learning 

    Practitioners to use Hip Hop as an engaging and exciting tool within their 

    program. Presented by the Low End Theory Collaborative

    (Dates: March 15, and April 12) 

    (Fee: $22.00 per session)

2)  Energenius: Out of School Time Pilot Program Session II

    (Free) (March 23, 2016)

3) Santa Clara County Office of Education's 1st STEAM Conference

    ($150 per participant) (April 22, 2016)

4) CA STEM Symposium 2016 (October 9-11, 2016: Fee: $285 per participant 

     before April 30, 2016)

Thanks again for all that you do in the field. Please keep us posted about STEM events/activities in your area. Please feel free to contact us at any time.

Monica Gonzalez-Williams (SCOE: Region 3: After School Regional Lead):
mgonzalez@scoe.net

Phil Romig (SCOE: Science Curriculum Specialist): promig@scoe.net

Mark Drewes (SCOE: Project Specialist II: After School) mdrewes@scoe.net

     

Back to School with STEM

NGSS Things to Know for August

1) Active Engagement in the Practices: The science and engineering practices
    (i.e., "practices") allow students to make their thinking visible. The Framework 
    for K-12 Science Education identified eight important practices that are essential
    for all students to learn and discuss how those practices look different over time
    from Kindergarten to grade 12 (see Appendix F: Science and Engineering Practices 
    in the NGSS for summaries of what students should be able to do by the end of
    each grade band for each practice and see the appendix of the Evidence 
    Statements for a description of each part of each practice).

2) Hard copies of the NGSS are available from www.nap.edu/ngss. If you choose to
    print them on your own, you can find PDFs arranged in two ways online here. One
    arrangement shows the performance expectations listed by topic, and the other lists
    them by disciplinary core idea.

3) RVCC prepares teachers for science standards
    (Raritan Valley Community College; July 27, 2015)

4) Building an Investigation, NGSS-style 
    (by Tom Hathorn, CORElaborate; July 6, 2015)

Now lets take a closer look at and see how the students and expanded learning program practitioners  have been engaged in STEM activities during the month(s) of July and August.

Name of Out-of-School-Time Provider: Sacramento Chinese Community Service 
Center and Sacramento START

Name of District: Sacramento City Unified School District

Grade Level of Activity: 3rd thru 4th

Number of Students who Took Part in the Activity:  60 per 3 hour session

Type of Activity: River Bend Outdoor Education Summer Program

Learner Outcomes - Students will:

• Learn about the history of the American River Parkway
• Learn about the importance of being stewards of the environment
• Learn about the various habitats and organisms that call the River Bend area home
• Take part in an Engineering Design Process Challenge
• Conduct a bioassessment of a stream by sampling aquatic macro invertebrates
• Identify different macro invertebrates that they discover in the American River
• Take a nature hike through River Bend Park

A Mule deer greets the students as they arrive at River Bend.

Ranger Joe greets the Sacramento Chinese Community Service Center students.

START Students identify the local aquatic macro-invertebrates.

Name of District(s): Elk Grove Unified School District, San Juan Unified School District,
and Twin Rivers Unified School District

Grade Level of Activities: K thru 12th (Taught to the frontline practitioners who work with these students)

Number of Expanded Learning Program Practitioners who took part in the activities: 252

Type of Activity: STEM Professional Development for Expanded Learning Program
Practitioners

Learner Outcomes: Participants will:

• Learn about the importance of engaging youth in high-quality STEM learning activities
• Learn how to incorporate the 5 LIAS Principles into a learning activity
• Learn skills and strategies for materials management, grouping, facilitating inquiry, and accounting for different learning modalities
• Learn about the Engineering Design Process (NGSS) and how to engage our youth in STEM learning activities  that utilize the Engineering Design Process
• Learn how to engage students in and facilitate (from the side) low cost, high-quality, open design, hands on NGSS aligned (specifically the Engineering Design Process) STEM learning activities
• Learn about and practice debriefing strategies that will allow us to deepen our students' understanding and check for understanding
• Discuss not only how to modify these STEM learning activities to fit the age / need of their students, but also how to make them interdisciplinary

TRUSD Expanded Learning Practitioners learning about air resistance.

SJUSD Expanded Learning Practitioners working on meeting the criteria and constraints of the Tower of Power Challenge.

Anna Kirchgater (EGUSD) expanded learning practitioners create their own anti-gravity string inventions.

STEM / Expanded Learning / and Other Pertinent Educational Articles

1) California Furlough Bill Would Provide Relief for Cash-Strapped After School 
    Programs (Kathryn Baron, Education Week, July 27, 2015)

2) Summer school: Oasis in East San Jose, San Ramon, Oakland
    (Sharon Noguchi, Mercury News, July 20, 2015)

3) 8 Ways to Make Students Feel Welcome on First Day of School
    (Chad Donohue, neaToday, August 5, 2015)

4) 12 Things Students Remember Most About Good Teachers
     (Saga Briggs, informED, June 28, 2015)

5) New Teachers: Designing Learning Environments
    (Edutopia, May 7, 2015)

6) 3 Strategies to Improve Student Writing Instantly
    (Ali Parrish, Edutopia, October 27, 2014)

7) Teacher Shortages Spur a Nationwide Hiring Scramble 
    (Credentials Optional) (Motoko Rich, NY Times, August 9, 2015)

8) Creative Destruction in Teaching (and the Ongoing Relevance of Teachers)
    (Don Wettrick, Edutopia, June 22, 2015)

9) What do Students Lose by Being Perfect? Valuable Failure
    (Holly Korbey, KQED News, August 12, 2015)

10) Many Students Lack Access to Computer Science Learning
      (Brandon Busteed and Susan Sorenson, Gallup Blog, August 20, 2015)

11) How The Common Core Will Help The United States Bring Up Its Grade
      On Mathematics Education
      (Max Marchitello and Catherine Brown, EdBrief, August 20, 2015)

12) Federal Decision Limits California's Local Control Over Programs to 
      Help Low-Income Students
      (EdBrief August 20, 2015)

13) New Universal Meal Service Option Now Available for High-Proverty School
      Districts
      (EdBrief August 20, 2015) 

14) Creative Ways To Solicit Youth Input
      (Public Profit)

15) New Report: What Cities Have Learned About Building After School Systems
      (Wallace Foundation, July 2015)

16) Newly Released State of the State of Expanded Learning in CA 2014-2015
      (California After School Network)



STEM (and other interdisciplinary core content) Activities / Videos / Websites /
Podcast

1) Why Study Math? Because It's Forever.
    (TED Talk, Eduardo Saenz de Cabezon)

2) Should students learn coding? Students, schools disagree, poll finds
    (CBS News, Video)

3) Teacher Shortage? Or Teacher Pipeline Problem
     (Eric Westervelt, NPR, August, 19, 2015) (Podcast)

4) Disrupting Tech's Diversity Problem With A Code Camp
    For Girls of Color
    (Eric Westervelt, NPR, August 17, 2015) (Podcast)

5) Study Finds Education Does Not Close Racial Wealth Gap
    (Brakkton Booker, NPR, August 17, 2015) (Podcast)

6) When A Budget Motel Is Home, There's Little Room For Childhood
     (Tess Vigeland, NPR, August 16, 2015) (Podcast)

7) STEM Teaching Tools Website (Resources)
     
8) 20 Skills that Make STEM Click (Resource: Click2Science PD)

9) STEM Activities (Click2Science PD)

10) Engineering Adventures Activities (Grades 3-5: Free Activities)

11) Engineering Everywhere Activities (Grades 6-8: Free Activities)

12) K-3 STEM Class Lessons (Free Activities)

13) Integrated STEM Activities for Middle and High School Students
      (Free Activities)



STEM / Educational Grants

1) The Big List of Educational Grants and Resources (Edutopia)

2) Field Trip Grants from Target (Deadline: 12:00 PM CST September 30, 2015)

3) Grant Wrangler: STEM Grants (Rolling Dates)

4) CREEC Grant Data Base  (Rolling Dates)

5) California After School Network Funding Opportunities (Rolling Dates)


STEM / Other Content Area Professional Development / Misc. / Events / Contest

1) Adolescent Learning Symposium - Los Angeles (September 21, 2015)

2) 2015 California STEM Symposium (October 28 - 30, 2015)

3) Electricity Fair (Grades Pre K-12) (September 12, 2015) (Free)

4) Project WET and EEI (Grades K-12) (September 26, 2015) (Free)

5) Solar School House (Grades K-12) (October 3, 2015) (Free)

6) GEMS Dry Ice Investigations (Grades 5-12) (October 29, 2015) (Free)

7) GEMS Electric Circuits (Grades 3-9) (November 7, 2015) (Free)

8) Code.org Workshops (Numerous upcoming dates)


Thanks again for all that you do in the field. Please keep us posted about STEM events/activities in your area. Please feel free to contact us at any time.

Monica Gonzalez-Williams (SCOE: Region 3: After School Regional Lead):
mgonzalez@scoe.net

Phil Romig (SCOE: Science Curriculum Specialist): promig@scoe.net

Mark Drewes (SCOE: Project Specialist II: After School) mdrewes@scoe.net