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March 01, 2018
Funding & Recognition
Grant for Hands-on Technology Tools
The
Goldenrod Research Corporation supports hands-on technology in the classroom through its
YouthTouch STEM Grant. Hands-on technology education tools bring mathematics and science to life for schools that then become pilot or referral sites for YouthTouch.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Books Read by America’s Founders
City Readers is the
New York Society Library’s
database of
historic records,
books, and
readers. The Library’s online
visualization tools support the discovery and analysis of more than 100,000 biographic, bibliographic, and transaction data derived from digitized content from the Library’s archives.
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Professional Growth
Harvard Summer Institute for K–12 Educators
Experience and learn how to create the conditions for deep and powerful learning that prepares all students for the demands of the 21st century. Find details on this highly interactive on-campus program here.
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mbadika.org
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
3D Modeling Inspired by a Science Fiction Film
Netia McCray, an educator and founder of the nonprofit
Mbadika (meaning “Ideas” in Kimbundu), has released a
YouTube series for educators to share tips about incorporating the
film Black Panther into their lesson plans.
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grassrootscommunityfoundation.org
Social Media
Campaign Inspiring Inclusion of Black Girls in Books
At 10 years old, Marley Dias loved to read but hardly ever came across protagonists who looked like her, so she decided to do something about it. In November 2015, Dias launched the
#1000BlackGirlBooks campaign to raise awareness about the lack of black girl characters and inspire young people to take action.
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demcointeriors.com
Professional Growth
Webinar on Creating Active, Innovative Learning Spaces
Creating modern and innovative learning environments is top of mind for most educators, but what factors should be addressed while ensuring that the learning environment remains the central focus? On
March 13, 2018, from
4:00 p.m. to
5:00 p.m. (
ET), the
Amazing Resources for Educators community on
edWeb.net will host an
Edwebinar entitled “
Creating Modern Learning Environments” for K–12 educators.
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jkcf.org
Funding & Recognition
Academic Support for Underserved Students
The
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation is in search of high-achieving seventh-grade students to become
Cooke Young Scholars.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Digital Collection of Ulysses S. Grant’s Papers
In October 2017, the
Library of Congress put the
papers of Ulysses S. Grant online for the first time in their original format. The papers contain approximately 50,000 items dating from 1819–1974, with the bulk falling in the period 1843–1885.
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guitarbuilding.org
Professional Growth
Summer STEM Design-and-Build Institute
The
National Science Foundation’s
STEM Guitar Building Institute provides innovative professional development to teams of high school and community college faculty to take part in an intense, five-day guitar design-and-build project. Each faculty member will build a custom electric guitar and will engage in student-centered learning activities that relate the guitar design to specific math, science, and engineering topics.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Videos That Convey Scientific Thinking
iBiology’s
open-access videos convey the excitement of modern biology and the process by which scientific discoveries are made. Through the videos, students meet the leading scientists in biology and find out how these biologists think about scientific questions and conduct their research, while getting a sense of their personalities, opinions, and perspectives.
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americasfarmers.com
Funding & Recognition
Grant to Enhance STEM Education in Rural Schools
America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education program, sponsored by the
Monsanto Fund, allows eligible farmers to nominate their local public school district for grants to help enhance education in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
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pbs.org
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Collection of Films and Documents on the American Presidency
On the
American Experience website, students can explore PBS’s award-winning collection of documentaries, biographies, interviews, articles, image galleries, and more for an in-depth look at the
history of the American presidency. Among the special features is an article on how the strategies of those campaigning for the presidency have changed dramatically since the country’s first presidential election in 1788.
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nmaahc.si.edu
Mobile Learning
Multimedia Stories of African American History and Culture
The
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture has created a
free app for
iOS and
Android as a way to discover some of the many stories found in the museum’s collection.
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zookazam.com
Mobile Learning
3D Animals That Jump Off the Page
Imagine watching a giraffe towering over a computer keyboard or a horse galloping on top of a newspaper.
ZooKazam, an
augmented reality (AR)
app for
iOS and
Android, includes more than 40
holographic animals—from the esteemed bald eagle to the mysterious Tyrannosaurus rex—along with information about them.
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Funding & Recognition
Grant in Support of a Community-based STEM Project
The
United States Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP) is offering
The eCYBERMISSION Mini-Grant in an effort to support teachers and program leaders as they implement the
eCYBERMISSION program in the 2018–2019 academic year.
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Professional Growth
Training to Prepare for a Disaster
With active shooting situations in schools no longer uncommon, the
US Department of Homeland Security is offering
free online training for educators and first responders to prepare for such a disaster—right on their computers. The training is explained in “
Enhanced Dynamic Geo-Social Environment (EDGE) Virtual Training Revisited,” a video on the department’s website.
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cyark.org
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Cross-Curricular Lessons Exploring Cultural Heritage
CyArk is building an
online library of
3D models of the
world’s cultural heritage sites, accompanied by a collection of
free cross-curricular lesson plans. For example, Lesson 1 in the CyArk collection engages students in using 3D archaeological data to build scale models of a
Mayan pyramid with sugar cubes.
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Social Media
Movement Raising Awareness of Sexual Assault and Harassment
To raise awareness about sexual assault and harassment, a new organization called
Stop Sexual Assault in Schools has launched
#MeTooK12. The goal is to bring attention to the problem in the school environment in the same way the “Me Too” movement has exposed sexual misconduct in the professional and political realms.
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npg.si.edu
Professional Growth
Summer Institute on Connecting Art with History
Integrating portraiture into the classroom provides exciting opportunities to connect students with history, biography, visual art, and many other subjects. The
National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, is offering two opportunities to attend a
summer institute in 2018:
June 25–29 or
July 9–13.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Virtual Chemistry Labs
Chem Collective is a project designed and maintained by
Carnegie Mellon University’s chemistry department and the
National Science Digital Library. The Chem Collective website includes
virtual labs for
chemistry experiments,
simulations,
visualizations,
tutorials, and automatically graded
problems.
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story-fab.com
Mobile Learning
Virtual Actors in Augmented Reality Stories
With
Storyfab, all the world’s a stage. Using this
augmented reality (AR)
app, students can transform their classroom, schoolyard, or backyard into a movie set. They can customize virtual actors, enhance their set with props, and add special effects.
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