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| Lewis Howard Latimer |
1) Lewis Howard Latimer - Though Thomas Edison is recognized as the inventor of the light bulb, African-American inventor Lewis Latimer played an important role in its development. In 1881, Latimer patented a method for making carbon filaments, allowing light bulbs to burn for hours instead of minutes.
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| Dr. Jane Cook Wright |
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| Ray Gilstrap - Electrical Engineer |
3) Ray Gilstrap - An electrical engineer at NASA Ames Research Center. He has helped set up an maintain satellite internet services for different scientific expeditions. His work has taken him all over the world, including to an island in the Arctic where he helped with communications at a climate change research station.
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| Nancy Douyon - Human Factors Engineer |
Here are some STEM / Black History Month Resources for you and your staff:
a) Build a Light Bulb - Circuits Activity
b) Engineering Activities
c) 28 Ways to Celebrate Black History Month (Scholastic Activities)
d) Black History Month Lessons and Resources (National Education Association)
e) 28 Days of Art Activities for Black History Month (Creative Child)
f) PBS Learning Media Black History Month Resources (PBS)
g) Black History Month Celebration (Crocker Art Museum)
(Date: February 18, 2018) (Time: 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm)
h) CSUS Black History Month Events (CSUS)
i) U.C. Davis Calendar of Events (U.C. Davis)
j) Famous Black Engineers Throughout History (How Stuff Works)
k) 12 Women Whose Names You Should Know (Refinery 29)
Now let us check-in on Region 3 Expanded Learning Programs and see what STEM / STEAM activities they have been engaging youth in:
Name of Expanded Learning Program Provider:
Sacramento Chinese Community Service Center
Name of District: Twin Rivers Unified School District
School Site: Frontier Elementary School
Grade Level of Activity: 5th and 6th Grade
Number of Students who took part in the activity: 21
Type of Activity: "Inspire Tree"
Learning Outcomes - Students were able to:
- Work collaboratively to engineer an "Inspire Tree" from scratch using basic office supplies
- Practice SEL themes of Social Awareness and Relationship Skills by writing inspiring statements on a paper leaf for the Inspire Tree
- Construct an art piece, using their creativity and talents; and learn that art can serve a meaningful purpose through which they can express their thoughts and feelings
For more information on this project please feel free to contact Lily Nedeoglo
at lily@sccsc.org.
Name of Expanded Learning Program Provider:
Name of District: Twin Rivers Unified School District
School Site: Madison Elementary
Grade Level of Activity: Grades K-6
Number of students who took part in the activity: 23
Type of Activity: STEAM
Learning Outcomes - Students were able to:
- Create a design for a foosball, football, hockey table
- Problem Solve any issues that arose during the construction process
- Use random materials to create their foosball, football, hockey prototype
- Use the Engineering Design Process to create their foosball, football, hockey table
- Create a functioning foosball, football, hockey table
- Reflect on how they would improve upon their design
For more information on this project please contact Jafahri McCrimon at jafahri@sccsc.org.
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| Expanded learning students testing their foosball tables. |
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| Expanded learning students testing out their football board game. |
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| Expanded learning students testing out their hockey board game. |
Name of Expanded Learning Program Provider:
Name of District: Twin Rivers Unified School District
School Site: Harmon Johnson Elementary
Grade Level of Activity: Grades 3-6
Type of Activity: STEAM Club
Learning Outcomes - Students were able to:
- Work collaboratively
- Understand the importance of communication
- Understand that they all have strengths and that they can use these strengths to solve problems
- Understand how to work together while given certain barriers (such as pretending they didn't speak the same language, only being able to use one arm each, etc.)
- Engineer the tallest structure using pipe cleaners
For more information on this activity please feel free to contact Tanya Velasquez at tanya@sccsc.org.
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| Expanded learning students showing off their tower. |
1) The Importance of Collaboration in STEM
(LIAS Blog Post by Sam Piha January 10, 2018)
2) Education Week STEM Spotlight
(Education Week January 6, 2018)
3) Most Americans evaluate STEM education as middling compared
with other developed nations
(Pew Research Center article by Cary Funk and Kim Parker January 9, 2018)
4) How many Grace Hoppers have been lost from the innovation pipeline?
(Brookings article by Jay Shambaugh and Becca Portman January 8, 2018)
5) Leveraging the Power of Partnerships to Impact Environmental Education at Scale
(NTA article by Laura Herszenhorn, Katie Levedahl, and
Suzi Taylor January 16, 2018)
6) What Do Asthma, Heart Disease and Cancer Have in Common?
Maybe Childhood Trauma
(NPR Education article by Cory Turner January 23, 2018)
7) America's SchoolsAre "Profoundly Unequal," Says U.S. Civil Rights Commission
(NPR Education article by Cory Turner January 11, 2018)
8) 5 Things To Know About Screen Time Right Now
(NPR Education article by Anya Kamenetz January 3, 2018)
9) How One District Cut Student Homelessness by 25 Percent
(Education Week article by Kerry Wrenick January 10, 2018)
10) Can Afterschool with a Foundation in SEL Help Disrupt the
School - to - Prison Pipeline?
(LIAS Blog Post by Sam Piha January 17, 2018)
STEM / STEAM / DACA / Educational etc. Resources:
1) Discover Engineering Website Activities (Grades 2-8)
2) Sci Girls Citizen Science Projects (Grades 6-9)
3) Sci Girls Real World Female Scientist Videos (Grades 6-9)
4) Building Fun: 5 Civil Engineering Activities for the Classroom (Grades 9-12)
5) Hands-on Engineering Activities for Your Classroom (Grades K-12)
6) Take Learning from STEM to STEAM (Grades 2-6)
7) Diversity Lesson Plans and Activities from Around the Web (Grades K-8)
8) Team Building Physical Educational Games (Grades K-8)
9) Resources to Help You Protect Immigrants
10) Guide for Teachers Helping Dreamers
11) The WEL -World of Expanded Learning (Videos)
12) PBS Learning Media Webinars (Free)
STEM / Non-STEM Grants:
1) The Big List of Educational Grants (Updated on January 3, 2018)
2) Bank of The West Grants (Grant Page)
3) Wells Fargo Community Grants (Grants Page)
4) CAN Grants Page (Grants Page)
5) The Impact Foundry (Grants Page)
Professional Learning Sessions / Contest / Conferences / etc.
1) Region 3 Expanded Learning Winter Conference
(Date: February 6, 2018) (Fee: Free)
2) STEM Through the Lens of Quality Standards
(Date: February 26, 2018) (Fee: Free)
3) Solar Schoolhouse Solar Primer (SMUD Workshop)
(Date: March 10, 2018) (Fee: Free)
4) Abstract Art Exploration (Crocker Art Workshop)
(Date: March 20, 2018) (Fee: Free)
5) State Parks in Your Classroom (SMUD: Grades K-12)
(Date: April 4, 2018) (Fee: Free)
6) Expanded Learning Through Improv (B Street Theatre)
(Date: April 12, 2018) (Fee: Free)
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
