STEAM Newsletter – Flying High with Innovation!
May 16, 2023
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPI Heritage Month)! This year’s theme for AAPI Heritage Month is Advancing Leaders Through Opportunity. The Million Girls Moonshot and all of its partners will be celebrating the successes of innovative AAPI computer scientists, engineers, and other STEM professionals.
Explore some of the amazing work that has been contributed to the field of STEM by exploring this month’s IF/THEN ambassadors down below!
If you would like to learn more about the Million Girls Moonshot and their initiatives, you can visit their website.
In This Newsletter:
STEAM Symposium Registration is Now Open!
February 9-10, 2024
The Californians Dedicated to Education Foundation, in collaboration with the California Department of Education and the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, are pleased to invite STEAM enthusiasts to attend the 11th annual California STEAM Symposium. The symposium will feature breakout and keynote sessions that will focus on nurturing student agency, identity, and inclusion and strengthening the educator workforce, emphasizing the importance of promoting equity in STEAM education.
- Date: February 9-10, 2024
- Location: Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center
Math Foundations For All
Thursday, May 25, 2023; 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM PST
Join Education Week’s K-12 Essentials Forum on Math Foundations for All! Hear from both math practitioners and researchers on identifying strategies which give all students a solid foundation in math. This interactive session gives the opportunity to engage in real-time with colleagues during the interactive session on the misperceptions about early math development!
ACRES Training Cohort: Facilitating Science Practices
Wednesdays: 05/31/2023, 06/14/2023, 06/28/2023 12:30-2:30 PM PST
How can we make sure that our ‘hands on’ science experiences for youth are also ‘minds on?’ In this module, participants learn how to support youth as they engage in science practices to learn science ideas, including planning and conducting investigations around testable questions. They’ll talk about the similarities and differences between questioning in science versus questioning in engineering contexts.
REGISTER HERE Code: AC225SP
Afterschool Math Plus Curriculum Training
Thursdays: June 20, July 18, August 15, September 19, October 17, and November 28, 2023 10:00-11:00 AM PST
Join Million Girls Moonshot for their upcoming Afterschool Math Plus Curriculum Training webinar series! Explore 8 different sessions that explore strategies to support a positive Math identity:
Brokering Youth Pathways: A Toolkit for Connecting Youth to Future Opportunity
STEM Transitions, Handoffs, and Coordination
Hive Research Network has published a toolkit entitled: Brokering Youth Pathways: A Toolkit for Connecting Youth to Future Opportunity. This toolkit shares ways in which various out-of-school educators and professionals have approached the challenge of brokering. We provide a framework, practice briefs and reports that focus on a particular issue or challenge and provide concrete examples, as well as illustrate how our partners worked through designing new brokering routines in partnership with our research team.
Smithsonian Science for Makerspaces
Engineering Mindset
Smithsonian Science for Makerspaces – This series of free engineering design challenges engage youth in emerging technologies through hands-on learning. Inspired by Smithsonian Science for the Classroom, these activities bridge formal science education and the makerspace movement by helping educators and teachers engage with digital and physical technologies within the context of STEAM by asking them to make something new.
State of Girls and Women in STEM
Equity & Inclusion
State of Girls and Women in STEM – This updated NGCP resource presents a high-level summary of the most compelling statistics and research on the state of girls and women in STEM, focused on K-12 Education, Higher Education, and the STEM Workforce. The report highlights the impacts of intersectional inequalities, as Latina, Black, and Indigenous women represent less than 10% of the STEM workforce.
Activity Playlist
Looking for a sequence of activities you can implement in your afterschool program today? Say goodbye to googling or searching on Pinterest. Use the following activities in sequence to support youth in building an engineering mindset.
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Environmental Science Playlist
- Activities: A list of dozens of activities on climate change with descriptions, age level, everything you need to know.
- Role Models: List of 13 inspiring examples of young environmentalists making a difference
Grow Your Inventor’s Toolbox
Lemelson-MIT's Four Webinars
Get ready to pump up your inventor’s toolbox with Lemelson-MIT’s four webinars! These webinars featured SolidWorks, On Shape, and Slyngshot, as they shared their knowledge on sustainability, 3D modeling, and entrepreneurship.
If you’re an inventor looking to up your game, check out their resource week page to see the full recordings as well as other valuable resources available!
Mentors Matter!
Recruit STEM Experts as Volunteers
Less than 50% of high school girls know a woman in a STEM career. Let’s change that – recruit STEM professionals to support the youth you serve today!
The Moonshot helps to connect STEM experts with OST programs! Share your program’s volunteer opportunities for STEM experts to work with your youth today! Register here to find role models and mentors in STEM.
Check Out CAN’s Other Newsletters!
Access the CAN newsletter archives to view past newsletters today! You may be interested in some of our other newsletters as well: