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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April 02, 2018
youngscientistlab.com
Funding & Recognition
Competition Using Science to Solve Everyday Problems
The Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge invites students in grades 5–8 to create a one- to two-minute video that offers a unique solution to an everyday problem.
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triseum.com
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Game to Develop Understanding of Calculus Concepts
Created by the game developer
Triseum, which grew out of the
LIVE Lab at
Texas A&M University, the learning game
Variant: Limits is designed to assist high school and college students with the intuitive understanding of calculus concepts, which they must apply to save a planet from powerful geomagnetic storms.
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Professional Growth
Graduate Program Applying Design Thinking to Teaching and Learning
Penn State World Campus has partnered with Penn State’s College of Education to offer a Master of Education in Learning, Design, and Technology—completely online. Participants in the program will expand their skills in instructional design and learn to evaluate the impact of technology on learning. Penn State World Campus also offers the following graduate certificates that can be applied to the master’s degree: e-Learning Design; Educational Technology Integration; Teaching and Learning Online in K–12 Settings. Applications for 2018–2019 are now being accepted.
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waterbotics.org
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Underwater Robotics Curriculum
WaterBotics, from the
Stevens Institute of Technology, is an innovative, underwater
robotics curriculum that can be used in traditional classroom settings or in afterschool and summer camp programs.
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Social Media
Tool for Organizing Digital Content
Wakelet lets students save and organize online content in any way they want. They can easily embed articles, videos, Tweets, podcasts, images, and anything with a URL into a Wakelet collection.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Augmented Reality Word Game
With
Catchy Words, an
interactive augmented reality word game, students create specific words with 3D letters that float around the room. Students can engage in the immersive experience without touching the screen of their mobile device.
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siemensstemday.com
Funding & Recognition
Sweepstakes for a “Fab Lab” Makeover
Through
Siemens STEM Day, schools have an opportunity to promote STEM activities among teachers and students by entering the
Possibility Grant Sweepstakes.
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libertyellisfoundation.org
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Firsthand Recollections of Immigrants
From 1892 to 1954, more than 12 million immigrants entered the United States through the portal of Ellis Island, a small island in New York Harbor within the shadow of the Statue of Liberty. The
Ellis Island Oral History project is dedicated to preserving the firsthand recollections of immigrants who passed through the Ellis Island immigration station during that period and the employees who worked there.
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teach.kqed.org
Professional Growth
Course on Techniques for Making a “Mental Movie”
KQED Teach offers a
free interactive course entitled “
Making Interactive Maps.”
The course has
three modules: five lessons on how to make a basic interactive map; seven lessons about adding layers to maps; and three to practice making interactive maps.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Curriculum Fostering Entrepreneurship
MAD-learn, a
web-based curriculum program for K–12 students, inspires creativity and fosters entrepreneurship through
Mobile Application Development (MAD). The program, developed by
embr, allows students and teachers to learn and execute the fundamentals of mobile apps, including ideation, planning, design, creation, development, marketing, launch, and maintenance.
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Social Media
Platform for Creating Podcasts
On the
Anchor.fm platform, students can quickly and easily create their own podcasts—
free of charge. They can capture all of their audio with the
Anchor mobile app (
iOS or
Android) or upload the audio from their dashboard at anchor.fm.
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projectparadigm.org
Funding & Recognition
Challenge to Reduce Waste by Applying STEM Skills
Sponsored by
Project Paradigm and the
American Red Cross, the
Paradigm Challenge is intended to inspire youth to use STEM skills, as well as kindness, creativity, and collaboration, to make a difference. The challenge is to generate new ideas to reduce waste in homes, schools, communities, and around the world.
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Social Media
App for Real-Time Communication
Voxer is a “push-to-talk” app for
iOS,
Android, and the
web, which educators can use to have conversations about shared interests. The conversations are safe and secure: data is sent through encrypted connections and stored in a secure cloud.
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youngzine.org
Digital Learning • Learning Support
Community of Globally Aware Young People
Youngzine is a website where children can learn about
current news and
events shaping their world—in a simple, engaging, and interactive way. The goal is to help parents and educators create a vibrant community of globally aware young citizens in an increasingly connected world.
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Funding & Recognition
Grants for Enhancing Project-based Learning
Toshiba America Foundation accepts applications for
grants from teachers of grades 6–12 who are passionate about making science and mathematics more engaging for their students through
project-based learning.
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okgosandbox.org
STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Rock Videos with Underlying STREAM Concepts
Some teachers are using videos created by the rock band
OK Go to teach art, math, and science. The band collaborated with the
Playful Learning Lab at the
University of St. Thomas in Minnesota to create a
free website for educators called
OK Go Sandbox.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Interactives Based on the Work of Stephen Hawking
Students can rocket through space with Einstein and drop a bowling ball off Mount Everest in this dazzling exploration of the world of physics. With Stephen Hawking as their teacher, students of any age will enjoy
ten interactive lessons that make complex concepts fun and easy to understand.
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