The STEM COLLECTIVE
November 13, 2018
A Season of Thanks
Student Spaceflight Experiment Showcase *TONIGHT*
If you are interested in starting an SSEP team at your school, please drop in to see the SSEP Showcase tonight!
See the experiment proposals written by Knox County 5th-12th graders. The top 3 proposals will be announced and one of these proposed experiments will be carried out on the International Space Station!
Tuesday
November 13, 2018
5-6:30 pm
L&N STEM Academy Commons
401 Henley Street
Knoxville, TN 37902
TSIN Announces Statewide Design Challenge!
The 2018-2019 Student Design Challenge encourages Tennessee students to promote sustainable development in our state through clean energy solutions. Students will work as a team to research sustainable growth strategies and design and prototype a solution to reduce pollution in our state through clean energy. Schools will conduct project expos and then select outstanding projects to participate in a Statewide Expo in Nashville in Spring 2019.
By registering for the Design Challenge, you will receive a complete Starter Kit to roll out the challenge at your school. Sign up for the challenge and get your kit at the Statewide Design Challenge site.
Shell Science Lab Challenge $20,000
The annual Shell Science Lab Challenge Competition recognizes outstanding middle and high school programs for their exemplary approaches to science lab instruction utilizing limited school and laboratory resources. The Challenge will showcase the work of teachers, representing their schools, who submit innovative, replicable strategies to deliver quality lab experiences with limited equipment/resources, and award teachers/schools with additional tools, resources, and rich professional development opportunities needed to support high-quality science teaching and strengthen their existing capabilities.
All entries must be received by 12 Noon EST on 2/4/2019, via online submission.
Code like a Champion with Scientists from ORNL
Team UT-Battelle and Oak Ridge National Lab are partnering together with national labs across the country to support the 2018 Hour of Code. Team UT-Battelle will be sending computational scientists to classrooms across the region to support local teachers in this exciting event.
Volunteers will give a brief introduction to the class about their work at ORNL and then spend up to two hours assisting the teacher as the students code.
If you would like to have a computational scientist come to your classrooms to help with the Hour of Code, please register online at schoolsignup.ornlhourofcode.org
by November 20, 2018.
Student Competition
VEX Robotics Competition
VEX Worlds
VEX IQ
VEX Robotics
Have a Dot and Dash Robot?
Research Experience for Teachers
Calling all FIRST Robotic Competition Teams!
Cool Resources
Micron Lesson Plans
Crash Course Engineering
Hacking STEM Library by Microsoft
Keep me updated!
Tweet the awesome stuff your kids are doing!
National STEM Day
Climbing Spiders
Growing Fungi!
Grant Opportunities
- Association of American Educators Grant: $500, Deadlines October 1st and March 1st. Classroom grants can be used for a variety of projects and materials, including but not limited to books, software, calculators, math manipulatives, art supplies, audio-visual equipment, and lab materials. Funds must be used within one year of the application deadline.
- First Energy Grant: Up to $1,000 for PreK-12th-grade teachers for projects and teacher professional development in the STEM disciplines!
- Toshiba: grants for 6-12 with the next deadline coming up December 1st
- Motorola Solutions: Up to $50,000 the deadline is February 1st.
- If you ever need help with grants, please consider contacting the STEM Coach if you need ideas on what to get with grants, or Dr. Laura Denton, the Grants Development Manager, for help writing it up. Dr. Denton is a wordsmith, and very willing to help you achieve your goals! Her email is laura.denton@knoxschools.org.
- Please let me know if you choose to pursue a grant, to help me know which items are of most interest to you! april.lamb@knoxschools.org.
KCS STEM
Email: april.lamb@knoxschools.org
Website: http://knoxschools.org/stem
Location: 912 South Gay Street, 10th Floor, Knoxville, TN, USA
Phone: 865-594-1576
Twitter: @kcs_stem