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January
2013

Happy New Year from the Garden State
Girls  STEM Collaborative (GSGSC)

The Garden State Girls STEM Collaborative is the New Jersey initiative of the National Girls Collaborative Project, a program focused on providing high quality STEM activities to girls. Our primary goal is to strengthen the capacity of girl-serving STEM programs to effectively reach and serve underrepresented girls in STEM by sharing promising practice research and program models, outcomes, products and by connecting   formal and informal educators, business and industry in order to maximize the resources that can positively influence our girls.
As always, this newsletter is for you as members of the Collaborative. It can serve as a forum to promote events, and to highlight the good work that you all do, so please let me know what is going on so we can include your program in upcoming issues.

Mike MacEwan
Collaborative Lead, Garden State Girls STEM Collaborative
 
Statewide Afterschool Networks

Anita Krishnamurthi wants you to know about the following:

 

Hi everyone,


I am delighted to announce that our study report on "Defining Youth Outcomes for STEM Learning in Afterschool" was released today. The report is available online at: http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/STEM_Outcomes_2013.pdf 

 

We hope that you will use this in your work and also share it widely with your colleagues and networks.  (A blog post on it is on our Afterschool Snack site [bit.ly/10wfBow] if you think folks might prefer to read a short a description of it before diving into the larger document.)

 

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Anita

 
NASA and PBS offer free professional development in STEM Education and Climate Change
 

NASA and PBS have partnered up to offer professional development opportunities to middle school and high school teachers. Launching the "Global Climate Change Modules" on their pbs.org website, they have developed an online STEM Education Resource Center, offering free resources on climate change education. Each module covers various aspects of global warming including the coastal consequences of rising sea levels, the warming arctic and even some STEM career preparation. 

 

This professional development experience was funded by NASA's Global Climate Change Education initiative and was designed to improve the quality of the nation's STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education and enhance students' and teachers' literacy about global climate and Earth system change from elementary grades to lifelong learners.

 

Click here for more information and to get started!


The Program Directory:
Is your program listed?
 
The Program Directory  (at no fee) lists organizations and programs that focus on motivating girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The purpose of this Directory is to help organizations and individuals network, share resources, and collaborate on STEM-related projects for girls.

 

The Directory contains program descriptions, resources available within each organization, Program and/or organization needs, and contact information. Submitted entries undergo review and verification prior to publication.

 

 

 
From the Afterschool Alliance

This was developed by the Afterschool Alliance in partnership with the 
Finance Project and was supported by funding from the Noyce Foundation.