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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Toolkit Exploring the Process of a Space Mission—From Idea to Flight
Set to launch in the summer of 2022, NASA’s Psyche mission will be the first to explore a world likely made largely of metal. Scientists hope that studying asteroid Psyche will give insights into how Earth’s core and the cores of the other terrestrial planets came to be.
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Funding & Recognition
Problem-Solving Challenge Encouraging Career Exploration
The nonprofit organization American Student Assistance (ASA), in partnership with the Association of Middle Level Education (AMLE), has launched the “ASA Solve Together: Tomorrow’s Leaders Tackling Today’s Challenges.”
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Approaching Math Concepts with a Growth Mindset
Memorizing math content as a checklist or set of skills is not how the brain actually learns. Research from the MIND Research Institute shows there is a better way. Several programs for prekindergarten through grade 8 are available for supplemental use, homeschool, and even summer school. After successful implementation, students will develop a deep conceptual understanding and be able to approach new concepts with confidence and a growth mindset. Get started today and change your math culture.
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Professional Growth
SEL Skills That Matter for Academic Success
Curiosity and persistence are the strongest predictors of academic success in math and reading, according to a study of students in 11 countries, including the United States. The study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is the first major global assessment of students’ social and emotional skills.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
STEM Curriculum Centered on Student Ideas
Smithsonian Science for the Classroom is setting the standard for 3D learning and 3D assessment. Developed by the Smithsonian Science Education Center, this integrated STEM curriculum is designed to engage students in grades 1–5 in phenomenon-based learning through coherent storylines that connect to the world around them.
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Funding & Recognition
Prestigious Award for Exemplary STEM Teaching
For nearly 40 years, the White House Office of Science and Technology has honored STEM teachers nationwide for both their deep content knowledge and their ability to motivate students. The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) are the highest honors bestowed by the United States government on K–6 STEM educators. Anyone can nominate a STEM teacher at the K–6 level. Teachers can also directly apply at paemst.org. Awardees will receive a certificate signed by the President; a $10,000 award from the National Science Foundation; an expenses-paid trip to Washington, DC; and access to a nationwide cohort of award-winning teachers.
Deadlines: Nominations are due by January 7, 2022; applications are due by February 6, 2022.
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Funding & Recognition
Problem-Solving Challenge Encouraging Career Exploration
The nonprofit organization American Student Assistance (ASA), in partnership with the Association of Middle Level Education (AMLE), has launched the “ASA Solve Together: Tomorrow’s Leaders Tackling Today’s Challenges.”
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Mobile Learning
Guide to the World of Robots
The Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE) presents the world’s coolest robots, all in one place. Users of IEEE’s iPad app can learn all about robots—how they work and how they are changing the world.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
History and Culture Through an African American Lens
The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, which features ten floors of Black history from the fifteenth century to the present day, has digitized some of its exhibits so that museumgoers from anywhere can experience the content.
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Funding & Recognition
Challenge to Create a Podcast Telling Compelling Stories
Students are encouraged to put on their headphones and get ready to hit record in NPR’s Student Podcast Challenge. Students from around the country are invited to create a podcast—on any subject—and compete for a chance to have their work featured on NPR.
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Funding & Recognition
Funding That’s Right for Your Needs
GetEdFunding is a grant-finding resource sponsored by CDW•G that is dedicated to helping educators, schools, and other institutions identify the funding they need in budget-tight times.
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Professional Growth
Strategies for Addressing Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Health
An initiative within Boston Children’s Hospital, the Training and Access Project (TAP) offers free TAP Online courses on social–emotional learning and behavioral health in schools.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Multimedia Collection Deepening Knowledge of Asian Art and Culture
The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco hosts the best of Asian art for use in the classroom or at home. The museum’s educational website offers 91 lessons and activities, 326 videos, images of 257 pieces of art, and many more resources for educators and students.
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Mobile Learning
App Exploring the World of Music
Mussila Music School is an award-winning music learning app developed by Mussila ehf for iOS and Android devices. Children can explore the world of music on their own and gain knowledge without continuous external help.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Culturally Responsive Cryptology and Cybersecurity Curriculum
An innovative blend of a comic book and technology-based and unplugged activities, CryptoComics engages children aged 7–11 in making and breaking codes, developing symbolic systems awareness, and learning about cryptology careers.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Digital Exchange Program in a Borderless World
Project Exchange brings together high school and college students from around the globe to talk about culture, promote mutual understanding, and prepare youth to tackle critical global issues through cross-cultural communication.
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Funding & Recognition
Grants to Support Visual Arts Education in Underserved Communities
The Windgate Foundation awards grants to expand and strengthen the visual arts, art education, and effective instructional support for K–12.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Live Interactive Classes on the US Constitution
Teachers can bring constitutional conversations into their classroom with Scholar Exchanges from the National Constitution Center. Part lecture and part lively conversation, weekly 30- to 45-minute classes are accessible to the public so that students, teachers, and parents can join in a constitutional discussion with National Constitution Center scholars.
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