Using a sensemaking framework to teach model rocketry can inspire students to pursue aerospace and STEM careers. This web seminar on November 9 will introduce teachers to the Exploration Generation materials, which provide equitable STEM experiences to students and increase educator confidence in teaching rocketry.
High school teachers, your students can learn to code their own space-themed Alexa skill in just one hour, with no Amazon account or Alexa device needed! Students will meet Amazon experts and discover the fundamental mechanics of artificial intelligence language systems. Teachers can get free lessons and professional learning units!
Heading to NSTA Atlanta23 in March? It’s time to reserve your hotel room. NSTA has arranged for special discounted room rates with 11 Atlanta hotels. Don’t wait until February to choose a hotel that will enhance your stay in Atlanta!
Critical consciousness is a powerful way to help classrooms and communities grasp the goals of justice-oriented STEM education, say the authors of a recent Connected Science Learning article. In this web seminar on November 14, find out how an Engineering for Sustainable Communities approach in the middle grades can foster critical consciousness.
Last month, a high school chemistry class had a methanol flame-jetting fire accident resulting from a science lab demonstration gone wrong. Learn why, and access a range of resources for preventing such accidents from ever happening.
More than half of the teachers in the US are seriously considering leaving the profession earlier than planned. A number of factors have led to this, including Covid-19 learning interruptions, lack of resources and support for teachers, and more.
