Greetings!
TxGCP is back in action. Expect the eNewsletter monthly in your inbox to learn about science, technology, engineering and math resources, educational opportunities and more around Texas and beyond! Don't miss out on mini-grants or underwater LEGO robotics camp training or other fantastic opportunities to engage girls and all K-12 students in STEM. |
| Regional K-12 STEM Outreach Listservs | |
To help create a community of K-12 STEM Outreach providers, supporters, educators and organizations, regional listservs have been created. These groups are all about sharing resources, information, events, volunteers, needs, and more with others reaching out to K12 students aiming to excite them about science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Join whichever group(s) make sense for you and start collaborating, connecting, communicating and sharing!
More groups to come! Contact Tricia Berry for any specific regional requests or questions. |
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Water Works Underwater LEGO� Robotics | |
Water Works educator training is scheduled for January 9-12, 2012. Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to excite kids (girls in particular) about robotics and to gain access to full kits to run your summer camp. Applications will open in July.
This past January 2011, 31 educators from 17 organizations across Texas were trained on the high school camp curriculum. Camps are being offered this summer - check the website for sites and dates around the state. Opportunities are still available for high school students to participate.
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Are You Listed in the Program Directory? | |
Gain access to mini-grants and have the first shot at opportunities such as the Water Works camp curriculum, role model training and other curriculum and resource dissemination across Texas! Sign up your program, organization and/or event in the National Girls Collaborative Project Program Directory. Join over 170 listings from across Texas and find collaborators and other STEM educators in your area. Registration is free...can't get better than that!
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| Elementary Wind & Solar Power Video | |
Texas original Enzoology is seeking feedback on a new video about wind and solar power. The video targets grades 3, 4 and 5 and is intended to align with TEKS. Find the video in the featured video section at www.enzoology.com. Feedback may be directed to [email protected].
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| Conferences, Reports, Articles, Resources | |
The Tesla Project, celebrating all things Tesla - July 9, 2011, Austin, TX
National Afterschool Association 2012 Conference coming to Dallas - April 2-4, 2012, Gaylord Texan hotel, Grapevine, TX
NCWIT Computer Science-in-a-Box: Unplug Your Curriculum
NCWIT Programs-in-a-Box are comprehensive resources for accomplishing a parity goal. Computer Science-in-a-Box: Unplug Your Curriculum introduces youth ages 9 - 14 to the fundamental building blocks of computer science -- without using computers. Lessons address critical mathematics and science concepts such as number systems, algorithms, and manipulating variables and logic. http://www.ncwit.org/unplugged
2011 Daytime Emmy Award Recipient SciGirls has great resources: The SciGirls television series, Web site, and outreach initiatives emphasize current research on strategies to increase girls' engagement in STEM. New educational resources, created with national standards in mind, are now available for download. Resources include: question cards and instructions for the popular game brainSTEM, a gender equity handbook: The SciGirls Seven: How to Engage Girls in STEM, and four inquiry-based activity guides: SciGirls Engineer It, SciGirls Get Tech, SciGirls Live Healthy, and SciGirls Go Green. Download: http://www.pbskidsgo.org/scigirls
NASA Website Celebrates Women's Contributions To Science And Exploration: NASA has created a website featuring the women of NASA telling their stories in their own words. Video interviews with women of diverse backgrounds offers encouragement to women and girls considering technical careers. http://women.nasa.gov
TEDxHouston 2011: STEM-Tastic Women You Should Know: Check out this great blog highlighting some amazing Texas women in STEM fields.
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The TxGCP eNewsletter is distributed approximately once a month. Visit the TxGCP web site for additional updates on upcoming events, resources and mini-grant information. |
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| How to Smile | |
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From HowToSmile.org: Come to SMILE for science and math activities that you and the kids in your life will love. But come, too, for the community. We are encouraging educators to both use and contribute to the growing SMILE collection. People like you will make SMILE a meeting place for educators excited about what they do and ready to talk about how they do it. |
| About TxGCP | |
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The Texas Girls Collaborative Project (TxGCP) connects organizations and individuals across Texas committed to informing and motivating girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The TxGCP is excited to provide opportunities across Texas for collaboration, networking, sharing of best practices, and leveraging of resources through in-person forums, email listservs and mini-grants.
Led by the Women in Engineering Program (WEP) at The University of Texas at Austin along with a dynamic Leadership Team and Champions Board, the TxGCP brings together advocates and leaders from non-profits, K-12 schools, higher education institutions, companies and organizations across the state of Texas. |
| About NGCP | |
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The vision of the National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) is to bring together organizations throughout the United States and Puerto Rico that are committed to informing and encouraging girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). |
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