The Oldest River In North America
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Building Literacy Workshop
Time Sensitive: Open to those districts signing MOUs for 2025-26 (only 16 seats available)
“Building” Literacy: Integration of LEGO Spike Essentials with Reading Remediation
Who: 2nd-4th Grade teachers (in partnering LEAs) working with students in literacy/reading remediation (Led by early literacy expert: Mia Johnson!)
What: Participants will receive instruction and practice to integrate LEGO Essentials kits/engineering with Literacy
When: July 29th, 2025 9:00-4:00 (6 contact hours-with certificate)
Where: Hickory City Schools PD Lab– 151 25th Street SW, Hickory
Why:
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Students excel when engaged in learning! LEGOs can do that when text is related to builds and problem solving.
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Build a network of educators doing similar exciting work
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Each participant will receive 3 LEGO Spike Essentials kits (can be used with 6-12 students in small groups)
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Fully engage in PD
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Agree to implement at least 10 lessons in reading or reading remediation instruction.
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Complete survey at the end of year for feedback to improve programming and support.
Please complete this form to register! You will be notified the first of July upon acceptance.
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The Impact of the Rethink Education Grant
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Badged Facilitators increase academic achievement by using Blended Learning.
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FREE K – 8 Standards Aligned Content in ELA, Social Studies, Science, and Math available to all educators and includes:
- Parent Guides
- Teacher’s Guides including Differentiation
- Assessments
- Activities
- Videos
- Fully Accessible and Copyright friendly
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As of June 2025, 5 courses have received Quality Matters Certification with more in the process of this rigorous external evaluation process. Quality Matters is the global organization leading quality assurance in online and innovative digital teaching and learning environments.
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Polar STEAM Application Now Open
Polar STEAM is recruiting educators for 2026/27 collaborations with polar researchers in creating educational resources about polar regions and science. Applications are open for Arctic and Antarctic deployments as well as virtual collaborations in both regions. This opportunity is open to community college and minority serving institution faculty, middle and high school educators, and informal educators. Apply by August 8, 2025.
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| The Science Behind Kayaking |
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FREE WEBINAR: STRATEGIES FOR INTEGRATING ENTREPRENEURIAL THINKING!
VENTURELAB
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Join VentureLab and NC CAP for a “STEMinar” workshop and see how you AND your students are already thinking and acting like entrepreneurs. You’ll leave with a key strategy to integrate entrepreneurship into your existing programs and fun activities to use right away that bring STEM and career connected learning to life through an entrepreneurial lens.
When: Jul 31, 2025 10:00 AM
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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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This session will be lead by Scott Mann:
Scott is a lifelong learner. He graduated from Texas A&M University and served with Peace Corps Panama before returning to pursue a career as a bilingual educator both in rural and urban school districts. While teaching in public schools, Scott also led STEAM based summer camps, held community language classes, mentored university students, and delivered professional development to parents, community members, and other educators. As Director of Education for VentureLab, Scott has worked with educators, and institutions to bring entrepreneurial learning to their own practice and make an impact on the youth they serve.
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Free Resources from VentureLab
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VentureLab is a national education non-profit that focuses on creating fun, interactive, and hands-on learning resources that teach entrepreneurial thinking.
VentureLab’s programs teach entrepreneurial thinking and employability skills by:
- Providing opportunities for group work, prototyping, and hands-on learning.
- Demonstrating examples of real-world challenges and inspiring female role models tackling them.
- Creating opportunities for risk-taking and confidence-building.
- Helping instructors establish a safe (and brave) space for creativity and exploration.
Learn more about VentureLab HERE.
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Start planning ahead for the fall with our newest Purple Plow Challenge- Water Wise Farms: Gravity in Action!
Challenge: How can we design better irrigation systems to use water wisely?
You can run a challenge with our week-long guide or our multi-week guide. Either one you select, you can enter to win a prize!
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Did you know?
One acre of land can grow 50,000 pounds of strawberries!
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NGCP and Smart Girls HQ are recruiting STEM programs to participate in Brite 2025! Brite is an online STEAM program for self-identifying girls entering 7th-10th grade.
Dates and Times: Monday, July 21st through Friday, July 25th from: 9 AM -12 PM PT / 12-3 PM ET.
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We have received a generous grant to allow programs to participate at no cost! Participating programs will receive access to a customized online platform, educator guide and online training, Zoom meeting room, and a $100 gift card.
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The theme is Explore STEAM: Creativity and Curiosity. Girls will engage in icebreakers, hands-on activities, and meet four role fabulous models: Beata Mierzwa, Molecular Biologist and Science Artist; Caeley Looney, Aerospace Engineer and CEO & Editor in Chief, Reinvented Magazine; Safoura Seddighin, Co-Founder, Fabinnov FabLab, and Jessica Hua, Ecologist and Science Communicator. Brite will spark curiosity and creativity, all while having fun doing STEAM projects and meeting STEAM professionals
The Brite team will facilitate live role model talks and a project showcase on Zoom and provide platform and technical support. Educators from participating programs are responsible for facilitating icebreakers and hands-on activities for their group on Zoom or in person. (The program is designed to increase STEM interest for girls and boys are welcome.)
To learn more and sign up, email info@britesummer.org. Please share this opportunity with others.
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Biofuels connect students to deep science
Sustainable science drives innovation in renewable fuels, creating more affordable, cleaner alternatives to making energy. For students, biofuels mean learning science in a context that deeply matters to them, because having the fuel to get where you need to go impacts every career pathway.
Or more practically…because gas money.
Biofuels:
- extend the life of engines
- create valuable co-products
- lower greenhouse gas emissions
- burn more cleanly in cars and jets
- reduce dependence on imported energy
“One of the core values that we’re teaching students in my classroom is helping them understand how energy is used in their daily lives, whether it’s for food or fuel or for other ways in which they use energy.”
Caleb Miller
High school science teacher
Michigan
Get FREE science resources for teaching biofuels straight from the farmers that grow the corn and soybeans producing our planet’s food and fuel.
Grab our Biofuels and Bioproducts resources for grades 6–12:
- practical to implement
- fit into school day schedules
- use simple, accessible supplies
- provide students hands-on lab experience
- connect learners to the science producing their fuel
Get ready to give students science learning that directly impacts their daily lives.
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| Watch for more STEM opportunities in the STEM West Newsletter! |
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