Save the Date! STEM Resource Fair for Educators is May 21 at BSU

STEM Webzine is Live

Don't miss the latest edition of the online webzine, "STEM Matters," featuring content all about water. An online publication of the NE Regional STEM Pipeline Network, the current edition contains content created and compiled by our own SEMA STEM Network members. Click here to view the webzine.

275+ Attend STEM Regional Meetings 

Practical, engaging and inspiring were just some of the adjectives used to describe the 2014 SEMA STEM Regional meetings. More than 275 STEM stakeholders shared effective STEM practices and programs during spring meetings at Cape Cod Community College, Weymouth High School, Jordan Jackson Elementary School (Mansfield), and Old Rochester Regional High School (Mattapoisett).

Attendees visited exhibitors and learned about business and school partnerships, integrating STEM across the curriculum in music and art, federal and state legislative STEM initiatives, after- and out-of-school STEM programs, and use of digital technology to personalize STEM learning.

Presenters included kindergarten students from Weymouth's Academy Avenue School who joined more than 30 million students around the world and across the U.S. in an "Hour of Code," learning the importance of coding and computer science.

Innovative STEM programs in early childhood were highlighted. Markman Children's Programs in Attleboro and the Children's Museum of Greater Fall River focused on preparing students for the 2010 workplace and emphasized the critical role of early childhood educators in introducing STEM language and concepts.

Businesses, including AccuRounds of Avon, emphasized the need for new employees to have STEM and creative problem solving skills. School district presentations showed strategies they're using to align workforce and education. Initiatives included Mansfield's STEM Literacy Team, ORR's Science Vertical Team, Bourne's Evolving STEM Plan, and CCCC's work on developing a Cape Cod Regional STEM Plan.

Saturday, April 5: Science & Literature Connections - Elementary Educators, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 10: Follow-Up Session, 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Gain experience using children's fiction to introduce and reinforce science concepts. This hands-on workshop covers a variety of science topics including biodiversity, interactions and interdependent relationships among plants and animals, analyzing and interpreting data, energy cycles and food webs and working with dichotomous keys. Participants are required to attend a follow-up session to share their classroom experience using lesson plans created with materials from the full-day sessions, as well as evaluations and students work. 10 PDPs.

Reservations are now being taken on a first come basis for Grades PreK-4 Science Discovery Kits. Homeschool families, daycare centers, preschools, and public or private elementary schools are eligible to borrow any of the following wheeled trunk kits: Birds * Honeybees * Rocks & Minerals * Dinosaurs & Fossils * Mammals * Reptiles & Amphibians * Endangered Species * Plants * Seashore Life. Pictures of each kit are available here and the loan period is for 2 weeks. Contact teacher/naturalist Andrea Harrington at 508.888.6870 ext. 21 or vie email - Andrea@ThorntonBurgess.org.