This Is STEM!
April 12, 2019
Welcome to "This Is STEM!"
This newsletter will be published twice a month on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays. It will be your source for STEM-related news, resources, tips and tricks all designed to help teachers to include engaging and educational activities in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, but also Digital Literacy, Computer Science and Computational Thinking.
Be sure that you don't miss an issue by heading over to the new STEM page on the Madison County Schools website at https://bigtech.me/ThisIsSTEM and add your name to the newsletter list!
Get $1400 in support to launch Elementary Robotics Team!
The Southeastern Center of Robotics Education (SCORE) at Auburn University is recruiting 200 elementary and middle schools for VEX-IQ next year with Mission 200!
If a school already has a VEX elementary team, they don’t qualify for Mission 200. However, SCORE is expanding into middle school this round, so if you have a K-8 school that has an elementary team [but not a middle school team], they may qualify to start a middle school team for Mission 200.
See the flyer below for more info and go here to apply!
Cybersecurity Summer Camp for Teachers
U.S. Cyber Camp- Opportunity for H.S. Students
MCSS Celebrates Robotics Week
Did you know?
Teaching Computational Thinking helps all students!
Upcoming Events
- Earth Day- April 22, 2019- https://www.earthday.org/earthday/
- Astronomy Day- May 11, 2019- https://www.astroleague.org/al/astroday/astrodayform.html
- Alabama Educational Technology Conference (Mobile, AL) June 12-14, 2019- http://www.alabamaetc.com/
- Cybersecurity Camp for Teachers at UAH- June 14-17 or June 17-21, 2019- https://www.uah.edu/ccre/camps
- E3 Summer Training (Computer Science) at Decatur High School- July 9-12, 2019 https://aplusala.org/college-ready/event/e3-summer-training-at-decatur-high-school/
- Alabama Dept. of Education MEGA Conference (Mobile, AL)- July 15-19, 2019 http://lpzv4x8.attendify.io/
STEM Specialist
Email: kgeorge@mcssk12.org
Website: https://bigtech.me/ThisIsSTEM
Location: 1275 Jordan Road, Huntsville, AL, USA
Phone: 256.852.2557
Facebook: facebook.com/BigTechCoach
Twitter: @bigtechcoach