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VSTE partners with Big Deal Media to bring you carefully curated resources designed for K-12 educators. Grants, competitions, web-based and mobile resources and more. We select our favorites from each newsletter but be sure to scroll down and click to the whole newsletter. And, since not all the Big Deal Book resources are time sensitive, we provide an archive for you to browse.

This newsletter will help you with resources to Integrate Coding & Literacy, Examine Propaganda, Simulate Investing & More.

Web-based Competition to Increase STEM Literacy

Are you enthusiastic about STEM? eCYBERMISSION, an Army Educational Outreach Program, is a free web-based STEM competition for students in grades 6–9. The program is committed to answering the nation’s need for increased national STEM literacy and expanding STEM education opportunities across the country to open doors to new career paths for American students that lead to a brighter tomorrow. eCYBERMISSION is looking for educators interested in STEM to create teams of students. Register and complete your teams by November 21, and your students will receive a FREE STEM Kit. Visit ecybermission.com to learn more and register today.

Lessons for Analyzing Contemporary Propaganda

The Mind Over Media web platform provides an opportunity for students aged 13 and up to explore the subject of contemporary propaganda by hosting thousands of examples of 21st-century propaganda from around the world.

Scientific and Information Literacy Developed Through Gameplay

Vital Signs is a story-based literacy game from Classroom, Inc. that has students take on the role of a medical director at a family clinic. Students contend with the daily challenges of a doctor: seeing patients, staying on top of community issues, and running an office.

November 1st 2018 Newsletter

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VSTE partners with Big Deal Media to bring you carefully curated resources designed for K-12 educators. Grants, competitions, web-based and mobile resources and more. We select our favorites from each newsletter but be sure to scroll down and click to the whole newsletter. And, since not all the Big Deal Book resources are time sensitive, we provide an archive for you to browse.

This newsletter will help you with resources for  STEM Literacy.

 

Online Coding and Robotics Tournament

In October the Intelitek STEM and CTE Education Foundation (ISCEF) kicks off the 2018 Cyber Robotics Coding Competitions (CRCCs) in 14 states and the District of Columbia. The CRCCs are the first-of-its-kind, free-to-participate, online coding and robotics tournament for students in grades 5–9 that enables schools and districts to engage students in STEM learning by using game-based competitions that are both safe and fun.

Visible Learning for Science

Based on the renowned research of John Hattie, Visible Learning for Science reveals the precise instructional approach to use at each phase of the learning cycle—surface, deep, and transfer—for maximum-impact science teaching. Take a sneak peek with these hugging and bridging transfer methods.

Innovative Interactions to Improve STEM Learning

The Kids Ahead program is designed to inspire young people to learn about STEM through innovative interactions in the physical and virtual worlds. The program is part of a larger national initiative led by Southern Methodist University to improve STEM skills in young people.

Big Book Deal, October 15th

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VSTE partners with Big Deal Media to bring you carefully curated resources designed for K-12 educators. Grants, competitions, web-based and mobile resources and more. We select our favorites from each newsletter but be sure to scroll down and click to the whole newsletter. And, since not all the Big Deal Book resources are time sensitive, we provide an archive for you to browse.

This newsletter will help you Celebrate Hispanic Heritage, Support Argument Writing, Learn in AR & More.

AR and VR Activities for eLearning Courses

Step into the Screen: AR/VR Technology’s Role in the Future of eLearning is a free downloadable ebook by eLearning Industry that helps educators navigate the potential benefits of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) in online professional development courses.

Histories, Cultures, and Contributions of Hispanic Americans

To help teachers and their students celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month(September 15–October 15), ¡Colorín Colorado! features free research-based information, resources, and tools for teaching English language learners (ELLs).

Social Studies Argument Writing

Read.Inquire.Write. is a research-based curriculum from The University of Michigan School of Education that creates a process to support middle school students’ argument writing through reading of sources and analysis of complex social and historical issues. Across investigations, students write increasingly complex forms of argument—from interpretations to critiques to counterarguments—with support from disciplinary literacy tools.

Big Deal Book, October 1, 2018

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VSTE partners with Big Deal Media to bring you carefully curated resources designed for K-12 educators. Grants, competitions, web-based and mobile resources and more. We select our favorites from each newsletter but be sure to scroll down and click to the whole newsletter. And, since not all the Big Deal Book resources are time sensitive, we provide an archive for you to browse.

This newsletter will help you Get Coding and Moving, Create Autism Awareness, Make 3D Models & More.

Photography Contest Inspired by Earth

The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is sponsoring a photography contest to celebrate Earth Science Week, October 14–20, 2018. The photography theme for this year is “Inspired by Earth.

Tools and Training That Address Diversity and Bias

The Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) mission is to end discrimination and fight for equity for all people. As part of this mission, ADL offers resources for teachers to address wide-ranging issues that touch on the topics of diversity and bias, such as bigotry, net neutrality, DACA and immigration, and conversations about race in a mostly white classroom

Guidance for Beginning or Continuing a Makerspace Journey

Makerspace for Education offers educators a hands-on, creative, user-friendly, “anytime, anyplace” professional development resource that they can tap into as part of a community of practice.

Big Deal Book, September 17, 2018

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VSTE partners with Big Deal Media to bring you carefully curated resources designed for K-12 educators. Grants, competitions, web-based and mobile resources and more. We select our favorites from each newsletter but be sure to scroll down and view the whole newsletter. And, since not all the Big Deal Book resources are time sensitive, we provide an archive for you to browse.

This newsletter will help you Prepare for Constitution Day, Integrate Coding and Making & More.

Grants for Tools to Implement Innovative STEM Projects

The application period for Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant program is now open. The program will award classroom grants of $2,000 to $5,000 to as many as 1,000 schools and parent–teacher organizations.

Inquiry-based Learning Experiences Focusing on Sustainability

Smithsonian Science for Global Goals is a new, freely available curriculum that uses the United Nations’ Global Goals for Sustainable Development as a framework to focus on sustainable actions to local problems, defined and implemented by students

Interdisciplinary Curriculum on Heritage and Identity

A project of the Brooklyn Historical Society, Voices of Mixed Heritage: Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations is a free interdisciplinary curriculum designed for grades 6–12. Students and educators are invited to engage with the topic of mixed heritage and identity in the United States from the mid-nineteenth century to the present

Big Deal Book, September 5, 2018

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