Marmots and other Mammal Madness
Marmots and other Mammal Madness
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The week before school let out for spring break in 2020 I wore a referee jersey to school. Now, for many of you that wouldn't seem odd, BUT, for me sports ball is not really in my wheel house. I made a B in middle school PE. I purchased and wore the jersey to kick off one of the most epic mammal meet-ups of all time... March Mammal Madness. I wore the jersey, I blared Space Jam music and I may or may not have utilized a very loud whistle. After the long winter, March was the moment something in the air shifted. It was a moment when I began to think "I've really bonded with this group and I'm going to miss them". Oh how little did I know... and I still miss them every single day. I hope you find that type of moment this March friends. I hope you get to embrace your inner Frizzle, go stand in the sun and pretend to photosynthesize, and play. I'm thankful for you and the role you get to play in this journey for your students.
-Meg
Upcoming Professional Development
Upcoming Professional Development
Collaboration Meetings (NOTE DIFFERENT DATES!)
Collaboration Meetings (NOTE DIFFERENT DATES!)
Science Curriculum Leaders Collaboration
March 22nd , 4pm (Zoom Registration Link)Science Teacher Collaboration,
March 23rd, 4pm (Zoom Registration Link)
Resource Spotlights
Resource Spotlights
STEMM Fire
STEMM Fire is a Kansas based non-profit looking to connect STEMM professionals with classrooms. Students will get to listen to a “day in the life” of Science, Technology, Engineering, Math & Medical professionals, hear about their educational paths, get hands on with objects from those fields. This resource spotlight will feature ways to connect your classroom with this resource.March 28th, 3:30 pm (Zoom Registration Link)
Kansas Corn Association
Have you heard about the amazing free kits and resources from the Kansas Corn Grower's Association? Join us on April 12th to learn about ways to incorporate these in your classroom and connect with this great local resource!April 12th, 4:00 pm (Zoom Registration Link)
Did you know monthly PD sessions are recorded? Find recordings here: (Link)
KSDE Summer Academies
KSDE Summer Academies
Each workshop will focus on content-specific standards and innovative instructional practices to help address learning loss, including: high-leverage teaching practices, personalized learning, real-world application (competencies) and leading change.
Dates and locations
June 7 & 8 in Manhattan June 21 & 22 in Goddard
July 12 & 13 in Garden City July 19 & 20 is Virtual
Registration information coming soon!!!
Spring Virtual PLCs (No Cost to Participate, PD Points Available)
Spring Virtual PLCs (No Cost to Participate, PD Points Available)
These Professional Learning Communities are open to anyone who is interested in learning more about how to best implement the NGSS routines. Come once, or come every month.
Biology: (Register Here) Chemistry: (Register Here)
Physics: (Register Here) New Teacher: (Register Here)
State Assessment
CALL FOR REVIEWERS
State Assessment
CALL FOR REVIEWERS
Have you ever been curious how assessment items are developed? Have you ever wondered how you might help make sure they are aligned? THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY!
This paid opportunity, the KAP External Review of Items and Passages for Science is planned to be a live event held in July 25-29 in Lawrence.
We are looking for participants who
have experience working with a wide variety of students and student needs.
are current practicing educators, former educators, community members, scholars, or professional representatives of diverse populations.
We want to ensure we have
representation from each of the 10 Kansas educational districts.
a mix of urban and rural districts represented.
a demographically diverse group of participants.
·a cadre of educators with experience teaching science content, as well as educators with experience teaching EL students, students with disabilities, and students with diverse experiences.
If you are interested in participating in one or more of these events, select the following link to complete the interest survey by Friday, April 15, 2022.
2022 KAP Summer Interest Survey
Once we have collected information from interested individuals, KSDE staff will select participants and KAP staff will notify you by email using the kap@ku.edu email account. Thank you for your interest in KAP events!
Email kap@ku.edu if you have any questions.
Best regards,
KAP Staff
785-864-006
The approved Kansas State Plan for Career and Technical Education (CTE) includes a Perkins Secondary Reserve Fund, established to provide support for innovative CTE programs, program delivery and/or CTE program expansion to meet critical workforce development needs. Reserve funds are distributed through a competitive grant process, with the total amount available for FY 2022 at approximately $22,000 and must be expended by June 30, 2022, Applications are due by 5 p.m. on March 31, 2022.
KSDE STEM Grants
KSDE STEM Grants
Middle School Perkins Reserve Grant: Searching Career Opportunities through Research and Exploration (SCORE) Grant #06080
This grant will provide funds ($22,000) for the specified teacher groups to develop course STEM based unit supports that align, integrate and elevate multiple career pathways and work based connections. A total of 10 districts will develop 3 units a piece with the intent of making 30 STEM units widely available for statewide use at the completion of the projects.
Link to Grant Application / Information (Link)
Information Webinar Links:
March 9th, 3pm-4pm: (Registration Link)
March 24th, 3pm-4pm: (Registration Link)
KATS Kamp
KATS Kamp
Save the date and mark your calendars- KATS Kamp will be IN PERSON this year! The KATS board has been working so hard to bring the best conference to Kansas Science teachers possible and we look forward to celebrating science together!
Have you been doing cool things in your classroom this season that you would like to share? Consider submitting a proposal here (Proposal Submission Link)
Kansas State
Science and Engineering Fair
Kansas State
Science and Engineering Fair
The Kansas State Science and Engineering Fair will take place on April 1st in Wichita. This opportunity is such an important experience for Kansas kids to celebrate their interest and achievement in Science. Please consider sharing this information with your networks. Want to learn more? Visit their website here (Link). Looking for a way to get involved? KSSEF is looking for interested board members for the 2023 fair year. Not ready to commit but want to get on the floor experience? Register to judge here: https://sites.google.com/view/kssef/judges-registration?authuser=0
Elementary Science
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Elementary Science
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STEMIE’s Guide to Crosscutting Concepts
STEMIE’s Guide to Crosscutting Concepts
(from NSTA Quick Bites) A child’s progression of learning—or how their STEM knowledge develops—is cultivated through their experiences, observations, guidance from or interactions with people in their environments. Crosscutting concepts are a set of overarching big ideas that look and behave similarly across all STEM domain areas. A Guide to Crosscutting Concepts, a PDF document from the STEM Innovation for Inclusion in Early Childhood Education (STEMIE), provides straightforward information about how the group defines and describes crosscutting concepts in STEM learning for all young children (ages 0–5), including children with disabilities. The seven-page publication presents definitions, examples, and learning progression steps of each crosscutting concept, including cause and effect, change and stability, compare and contrast, patterns, structure and function, and systems and their interactions.
Learn more here: (Link)
James Webb Space Telescope STEM Toolkit
(from NSTA Quick Bites) Now you can share mission highlights and discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope—NASA’s high-tech orbiting infrared observatory—with K–12 students. The powerful space telescope is designed to detect the universe’s first galaxies, as well as look inside dust clouds where stars and planetary systems are forming today. The online toolkit features resources including these:
Explanatory videos about the Webb telescope and how it works;
Space-themed lessons such as How Do Telescopes Work?, The Electromagnetic Spectrum, and What Is a Galaxy?;
Games and activities that are also appropriate for remote-learning settings, such as Color Your Universe coloring sheets (grades K–5), Make a Webb Telescope Flipbook (grades K–8), and Scope It Out! (grades 9–12), a game that teaches high school learners about telescopes;
Printable posters and infographics about the Webb telescope; and
A collection of telescope-related resources in Spanish.
Learn more here: (Link)
Kahoot! EDU Site License
Kahoot! EDU Site License
(from NSTA Quick Bites) To help elementary teachers worldwide keep students connected and engaged during ongoing learning disruptions caused by the pandemic, Kahoot! is offering a free 60-day site license to the learning platform. A Kahoot! license gives teachers access to ready-to-use content created by Kahoot-verified educators and partners, which can be useful in creating lessons for both in-person and virtual settings. Other benefits include providing an online workspace for teachers to share content libraries and lesson plans and offering teachers opportunities to connect with Kahoot! experts during weekly live office hours. To participate, school administrators must register their school.
Secondary Science
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Secondary Science
Click the Arrow on the Right to Access Information For Elementary Teachers and Classrooms
James Webb Space Telescope STEM Toolkit
(from NSTA Quick Bites) Now you can share mission highlights and discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope—NASA’s high-tech orbiting infrared observatory—with K–12 students. The powerful space telescope is designed to detect the universe’s first galaxies, as well as look inside dust clouds where stars and planetary systems are forming today. The online toolkit features resources including these:
Explanatory videos about the Webb telescope and how it works;
Space-themed lessons such as How Do Telescopes Work?, The Electromagnetic Spectrum, and What Is a Galaxy?;
Games and activities that are also appropriate for remote-learning settings, such as Color Your Universe coloring sheets (grades K–5), Make a Webb Telescope Flipbook (grades K–8), and Scope It Out! (grades 9–12), a game that teaches high school learners about telescopes;
Printable posters and infographics about the Webb telescope; and
A collection of telescope-related resources in Spanish.
Learn more here: (Link)
The Pemberton Mill Collapse and Engineering Design
The Pemberton Mill Collapse and Engineering Design
(from NSTA Quick Bites) An interdisciplinary activity involving studying the Pemberton Mill building collapse in 1860 provides opportunities for high school students to examine how engineering design mistakes led to disaster and what can be learned from the disaster to avoid design mistakes. In the activity, described in the blog Teaching With the Library of Congress (LOC), students examine a photograph of the rebuilt Pemberton Mill, which was constructed on the same site later in 1860, as well as the blueprint of the structure, to look for evidence that the new building is structurally sound. The initial activity helps develop students’ engineering academic vocabulary (e.g., What structural characteristics are visible in this building? What details in this photo suggest that this new building is structurally sound?), then extends learning to include an interdisciplinary social studies connection as students work in pairs to review historical newspaper articles and firsthand accounts from construction members to determine who or what they think is responsible for the building collapse.
Once students form their own opinions, you can share the actual verdict from the “Jury of Inquest of the Pemberton Mill” calamity with students and discuss it. Some students may be inspired to use the LOC’s resources to learn more about the Pemberton Mill disaster or investigate other structural engineering disasters of interest.
Learn more here: (Link)
Teach KELP Resource Bank
Teach KELP Resource Bank
The Knowles Teacher Initiative’s Teach KELP is a collection of lessons focusing on the Galápagos ecosystem for grades 9–12. The resources address topics in biology, chemistry, physics, environmental science, Earth science, and mathematics. For example, students explore the evolutionary history of the Galápagos iguanas in the lesson Iguana Speciation and learn about the impact of citizen science on local communities in Citizen Science in the Galápagos. In another activity, Coral Reef Resilience in the Galápagos, students work cooperatively to analyze data, become experts, and jigsaw their learning with peers. Each Google-formatted lesson includes an Educators Guide featuring a lesson overview, background information, and teaching tips, as well as any student worksheets, reading materials, slides, or other items needed for the lesson.
Learn more here: (Link)
DNA Day
DNA Day
(From Skype a Scientists) Each year, April 25th marks National DNA Day! It's a celebration of the successful completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA's double helix in 1953. April seems far away, but we wanted to make sure you were all aware of a FREE program through Illumina!
You can register to receive a free Strawberry DNA Extraction kit for your classroom! (Click here)
Option A: Contains materials for 32 experiments that can be done in a classroom or sent home for a distance learning environment
Option B: A single demo kit to do the experiment in front of your students
Supplies are limited, and we suggest teachers register as early as possible.
You can always request a geneticist (Link) to speak with your classroom through the "skype a scientist" matching program, or join in on the DNA day Livestream (Link).
EdReports- High School Science Reviews
EdReports is a non-profit organization with a mission to empower educators with independent, credible, evidence-rich information about instructional materials to ensure students have what they need to be college and career-ready. They are accepting applications for reviewers for inaugural high school science review beginning in early April 2022.
Who is EdReports looking for? EdReports is a by educator, for educator organization. Currently, classroom educators, district specialists, state specialists, non-formal educators, retired educators, and those pursuing advanced science education degrees participate in reviews. The profile of a science reviewer includes expertise in the Next Generation Science Standards and a commitment to quality instructional materials.
What can I expect if selected to be a reviewer? EdReports plans to review five biology NGSS programs in the inaugural review. If selected, you will sit on a team of five reviewers who will be examining one set of materials with the support of EdReports’ science team. Reviewers can expect the following:
New teams will begin with an in-depth training in April
Each reviewer spends about 5-10 hours per week throughout the process, including attending a one-hour virtual call with their team
A second event may be scheduled approximately halfway through the review to continue calibration and to provide cross-review team support for the inaugural high school reviews
Reviews are expected to be completed late 2022
Reviewers receive a host of benefits including more than 25 hours of professional development, a stipend per series reviewed ranging from $1,750 - $2,500 depending on the role you play on a review team, opportunities to learn with national experts in the field, and much more.
How do I apply? Visit EdReports’ website to learn more about becoming a reviewer and complete an application. Once you apply, an application task will be sent requesting demonstration of your NGSS knowledge. Following receipt of the application task, EdReports will schedule a 30-minute interview to learn more about you and share more about the upcoming review.
Coffee Talk #3: Informal Ed Science Implementation
Wednesday, March 2 at 3PM ET
The third webinar in the series, moderated by Elizabeth Mulkerrin, will include panel discussion and interactive polls to consider the opportunities that exist within informal education spaces.
Coffee Talk #4: Instructional Shifts and Science Standards Implementation
Wednesday, March 16 at 6PM ET
This fourth webinar, moderated by K. Renae Pullen, will take a closer look at how teachers work to implement science and engineering in their classrooms. A panel discussion, small group think time banded by grade levels, and full group discussion will enable the field to consider and showcase best practices within the classroom.
Coffee Talk #5: Teacher Preparation Pathways and Science Standards Implementation
Wednesday, April 6 at 3PM ET
This final webinar in the series, moderated by Susan Gomez Zwiep, will consider the pathways for teacher preparation. Panel and small group think time are structures that will be implemented in this webinar as we reflect on and discuss as a community the preparation of our educators.
Additional Opportunities
Additional Opportunities
From Outside of KSDE
From Outside of KSDE
Astronomy Program for Educators
Astronomy Program for Educators
NITARP for 2022 is now available! It's available at our website: (Link)
NITARP, the NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program, gets teachers involved in authentic astronomical research. We partner small groups of educators with a mentor professional astronomer for an original research project. The educators incorporate the experience into their classrooms and share their experience with other teachers. The program runs January through January. Applications for the 2022 class of educators are available now and due on Monday, September 13, 2021. The program is funded completely via NASA ADAP, and is contingent on the availability of funding.
Some things that make our program different from many (if not most) other astronomy programs for educators: (1) Each team does original research using real astronomical data, not canned labs or reproductions of previously done research; (2) Each team writes up the results of their research and presents it in a science poster session at an American Astronomical Society meeting (the AAS is the professional organization for astronomers in the US). The posters are distributed throughout the meeting, in amongst other researchers' work; the participants are not "given a free pass" because they are educators and students. Each team also presents the educational results of their experience in the program. (3) The program runs over 13 months, not just a few days or weeks. (4) Teachers are encouraged to involve their students from the beginning of the program.
Most of our educators are high school classroom educators, but 8th grade, community college, and informal educators have participated as well. The kinds of educators we are looking for are those who already know the basics of astronomy, and are interested in learning exactly how astronomy research is conducted. All educators must be US-based.
This program involves three trips — to an American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting in January 2022, to Pasadena, CA in summer 2022, and to the AAS meeting in January 2023. The January 2021 meeting is in Salt Lake City, UT; the January 2022 meeting is in Seattle, WA.
While most of the work on these teams is done remotely using video conferencing and other online collaboration tools, the structure of the program heavily relies on three different face-to-face visits, necessarily requiring interstate travel and meeting in groups. If the January 2022 AAS meeting is held online because of the pandemic, we may not be able to have a NITARP class of 2022. We will monitor the situation closely and inform applicants of progress as decision points come up.
The application itself consists of short answers to a few questions. We release the questions in May so that you have time both to hear about the program and to get started writing; the website to which you need to upload your PDF answers will be available no later than early August. Please let us know if you wish to be explicitly notified via email when the site is open for submissions.
For more information, please see website ( Link ), or if you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at our central email, nitarp@ipac.caltech.edu.
Direct link to the PDF application instructions is here: (Link)
Call for EdReports Reviewers - High School Science
Call for EdReports Reviewers - High School Science
EdReports is a non-profit organization with a mission to empower educators with independent, credible, evidence-rich information about instructional materials to ensure students have what they need to be college and career-ready. They are accepting applications for reviewers for inaugural high school science review beginning in early April 2022.
Who is EdReports looking for? EdReports is a by educator, for educator organization. Currently, classroom educators, district specialists, state specialists, non-formal educators, retired educators, and those pursuing advanced science education degrees participate in reviews. The profile of a science reviewer includes expertise in the Next Generation Science Standards and a commitment to quality instructional materials.
What can I expect if selected to be a reviewer? EdReports plans to review five biology NGSS programs in the inaugural review. If selected, you will sit on a team of five reviewers who will be examining one set of materials with the support of EdReports’ science team. Reviewers can expect the following:
New teams will begin with an in-depth training in April
Each reviewer spends about 5-10 hours per week throughout the process, including attending a one-hour virtual call with their team
A second event may be scheduled approximately halfway through the review to continue calibration and to provide cross-review team support for the inaugural high school reviews
Reviews are expected to be completed late 2022
Reviewers receive a host of benefits including more than 25 hours of professional development, a stipend per series reviewed ranging from $1,750 - $2,500 depending on the role you play on a review team, opportunities to learn with national experts in the field, and much more.
How do I apply? Visit EdReports’ website to learn more about becoming a reviewer and complete an application or apply now [HERE]. Once you apply, an application task will be sent requesting demonstration of your NGSS knowledge. Following receipt of the application task, EdReports will schedule a 30-minute interview to learn more about you and share more about the upcoming review.
Distance learning - Yellowstone National Park
Distance learning - Yellowstone National Park
Teachers, even if you are too far to bring students on a field trip to Yellowstone, we can help you use the world’s first national park to bring science, math, and social studies to life!
Classrooms can connect with a Yellowstone National Park ranger to learn more about geology (geysers, hot springs, volcanoes), ecology (wildlife, predator/prey, fire, habitats, adaptations), or cultural history, and the National Park Service mission of preservation. Your class can learn about careers by interviewing a park ranger or solve a geography challenge to determine where the park ranger works by participating in a “Mystery” meeting. We work with teachers to offer a 20-40 minute live program that meets your needs.
If you have a group of ten or more youth and want to participate, you will need a computer, tablet, or device with webcam, internet connection, and access to a video conference platform.
To schedule a Yellowstone distance learning program, contact us with information about your group and a proposed date and time (converted to MOUNTAIN Time). MOUNTAIN Time is two hours behind Eastern, one hour behind Central, and one hour ahead of Pacific.
Yellowstone rangers have much to share with students around the U.S. and world and look forward to connecting with your class.
Learn more here: (Link)
Spring Semester 2022 -
Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education eeCourses and eeCredentials
Spring Semester 2022 -
Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education eeCourses and eeCredentials
Feb 7 - Apr 15 eeDoubleCourse $100 ~ 1 graduate credit hour available (additional $85) ~ approximately 4 hrs per week ~ receive PLT, WILD, WET, WILD Aquatic, and either LEP or GUW & PLT Early Childhood
Feb 7 - Apr 15 Kansas Green School Leader eeCredential $125 ~ 1 graduate credit hour available (additional $85) ~ receive PLT, WILD, WET, WILD Aquatic, and either LEP or GUW & PLT Early Childhood
Feb 7 - Feb 25 Project Learning Tree & Project WILD eeCourse $50 ~ approximately 4 hrs per week~ receive PLT and WILD
Feb 28 - Mar 28 Project WET & Project WILD Aquatic eeCourse $50 ~ approximately 3 hrs per week ~ receive WET and WILD Aquatic
Mar 28 - Apr 15 Leopold Education Project eeCourse $50 ~ approximately 4 hrs per week ~ receive LEP
Mar 28 - Apr 15 Growing Up WILD & PLT Early Childhood eeCourse $50 ~ approximately 4 hrs per week ~ receive GUW & PLT Early Childhood
Questions? Contact Ashlyn Kite-Hartwich at akite@kacee.org 785-889-4384
Click HERE to register and for more details on each eeCourse and eeCredential
Kid Wind Competitions
Kid Wind Competitions
The KidWind Challenge, which officially kicked off in 2009, is an annual event that allows students to explore the power of wind by building and testing their own wind turbines and then competing against other teams in their age division (4th-8th or 9th-12th). The top two winners in each age division from each of the regional challenges move on to compete at the statewide competition. Winning teams at the statewide KidWind Challenge are invited to the National KidWind Challenge. For 2022, there will be six regional challenges in Kansas, as listed below. If you have any questions, please reach out to us at ksenergyprog@ksu.edu.
South West Regional - Tuesday, March 1, 2022 - Dodge City, KS (Link)
North West Regional - Thursday, March 3, 2022 - Oakley, KS (Link)
North Central Regional - Wednesday, March 9, 2022 - Manhattan, KS (Link)
South East Regional - March 11, 2022 - Burlington, KS (Link)
Learn more at: https://kansasenergyprogram.org/kidwindchallenge
National STEM Scholar Program (For Teachers)
National STEM Scholar Program (For Teachers)
The National STEM Scholar Program is Seeking middle school science teachers who:
enjoy the creativity in teaching
are eager to share ideas with colleagues
are excited about networking with peers from across the U.S.
would like financial and academic support for great ideas
The National STEM Scholar Program works to inspire the creativity and passion of middle school science teachers, ten of whom will be selected for this prestigious program. The next set of Scholars will be hosted by The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science and The Center for Gifted Studies from May 29 - June 4, 2022 at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Scholars will engage in hands-on, minds-on science activities; connect with speakers and thought leaders in STEM education; learn with skilled science educators; and develop a creative Challenge Project for classroom implementation. Each Scholar will receive a Chromebook and funding for Challenge Project supplies and materials.
National STEM Scholars will share midpoint progress with their colleagues while attending the National Science Teachers Association annual meeting in April 2023. Mentoring will be provided throughout the year by Western Kentucky University faculty.
All expenses, including travel costs, materials, mentoring and Challenge Project supplies will be covered by a grant from the National Stem Cell Foundation.
If you have questions, please call 270-745-6323 or email gifted@wku.edu.
Learn more and apply at: wku.edu/gifted/nss
Present at NSTA - Send a Poster with a Kansas Leader!
Present at NSTA - Send a Poster with a Kansas Leader!
Are you looking for a great, relaxed way to present (in person or asynchronously)?
Share your activities, projects, best practices with other high school science teachers in Houston at the NSTA National Conference. The event is the High School Share-a-Thon on April 2nd 12:30 – 1:30 and presenters will share their awesome ideas in an informal setting as guests make their way around the room.
Not going to Houston. You can be a virtual presenter and do not need to be online during the event. Virtual presenters will be given a template to submit their presentation. These will be printed for guests to see at the Share-a-Thon.
Please fill out this form by March 15th. If your presentation is accepted one of the NSTA high school committee members will contact, you with more information.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask (bwalsh@edenpr.org).
Prophet Aquatic Center in Emporia (ESU)
Prophet Aquatic Center in Emporia (ESU)
The Prophet Aquatic Research and Outreach Center (PAROC) is built on the shores of ESU's King Lake. With three laboratories, a large flexible-use outreach classroom and live animal exhibits featuring aquatic species native to our region, this facility allows you to get hands-on research experience at the undergraduate level. In addition, the Neosho River and a variety of outdoor learning spaces can be easily accessed via the Dale Griener Nature Trail that winds through the ESU Campus Woods.
Learn more and apply at: https://www.esuvirtualtour.com/paroc
STOCKHOLM JUNIOR WATER PRIZE Seeking Kansas Students Interested in Water Research
STOCKHOLM JUNIOR WATER PRIZE Seeking Kansas Students Interested in Water Research
The Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) is the most prestigious youth award in the world for a water-related science project. The prize taps into the unlimited potential of today’s high school students as they seek to address our water challenges. The competition is open to any high school student in grades 9-12 who are 15 years of age by August 1st of the competition year. All research papers must be uploaded online no later than April 15th of each year to compete in their state’s competition. All state winners will receive an all-expenses paid trip to the SJWP National Competition. The national winner will receive $10,000 and an all-expenses paid trip to Stockholm, Sweden to participate in the SJWP International Competition
The U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize competition, which is celebrating its 25th year in 2022, is made possible through a collaborative effort between the Water Environment Federation and its local Member Associations (MAs) across the country. Each state competition is sponsored by an MA and has a designated state organizer. Each state identifies and sends a winner (or winning team) to the U.S. national competition which is currently held the second week of June at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Do you have a high school student that would like to participate in this competition and have a chance to win a trip to North Carolina next summer? Please have them contact Becky Lewis for paper ideas and more information. For more information about the Stockholm Junior Water Prize, go the website: http://www.wef.org/SJWP/ or contact Becky Lewis – 316-303-8702 or rlewis@wichita.gov.
STEMM Fire - Mentors and Job Shadowing Opportunities
STEMM Fire - Mentors and Job Shadowing Opportunities
6th-12th Grade Rural Educators
6th-12th Grade Rural Educators
Check out this opportunity for your STEMM classes and students! Add to your STEMM curriculum by bringing a group of STEMM professionals out to your school or class to speak and interact with your students. They will get to listen to a “day in the life” of Science, Technology, Engineering, Math & Medical professionals, hear about their educational paths, get hands on with objects from those fields and be able to get individualized education/career advice from the speakers. Mentoring & job shadowing opportunities are also available through our group along with other STEMM resources.
This is a completely free resource provided by STEMM FIRE! STEMM FIRE is an organization made up of STEMM professionals from all over Kansas, volunteering their time to support and encourage rural and small town students. Special effort is made to highlight local STEMM job opportunities and encourage students to consider future work in rural areas. Please reach out with any questions or to see how your school or organization can get involved at director@stemmfire.org. Learn more at www.stemmfire.org.
Are you following the new KSDE Twitter Account highlighting best practice?
Are you following the new KSDE Twitter Account highlighting best practice?
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