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Required: Whether this is your first time as part of STEM Educators Academy or you've been with us before, review program features and expectations in this course. Leave the session feeling empowered to take the next step to enhance STEM learning at your site.  

Sign up for the asynchronous session through Teachable: https://expandedschools.teachable.com/p/stem-educators-academy-stem101

Required: Looking to support learners in planning, building and testing their own designs? Join us to explore STEM facilitation techniques and activities focused on the engineering design process!

This course features the Spaghetti Marshmallow Design Challenge lesson plan.

Sign up for the asynchronous course through Teachable: https://expandedschools.teachable.com/p/stem-educators-academy-edp1  

Required: Jump into the flow of lesson planning and material gathering with our friends at the New York Hall of Science. Walk away with an understanding of how SEA lesson plans work and ideas you can use to organize, store and explore STEM materials with young people.  This course features the Edible Earth Model Making lesson plan. 

Sign up for the asynchronous session through Teachable: https://expandedschools.teachable.com/p/stem-lesson-plans-and-materials-procurement

Required: Learn alongside our ExpandED Schools team as we highlight examples of lessons that reflect a wide range of diverse people who have contributed to STEM and activities that are related to the lived experiences of the youth in our program. This course features the Earthquake Bridge Design Challenge lesson plan. 

Sign up for the asynchronous session through Teachable: https://expandedschools.teachable.com/p/culturally-relevant-stem-101 

Option 1:  Wondering how you can share decision-making power with youth in your STEM programming? In this session, we will explore techniques to support authentic collaborations with young people and strategies that make more space for youth voice and participation. 

Sign up for the asynchronous session through Teachable - https://expandedschools.teachable.com/courses/enrolled/1981636 

Option 2: Join in the conversation with STEM Educators Academy graduate coaches and our partners from the New York Hall of Science to explore how to make an existing lesson plan your own. Walk away with practice setting a STEM learning goal and ideas for how to customize activities to fit your teaching style. This course features the Slime Design Challenge lesson plan.

Sign up for the asynchronous session through Teachable - expandedschools.teachable.com/p/educator-choice-points 

Option 3: Dig deeper into how STEM activities can investigate inequities in our society. Learn alongside our partners at The New York Hall of Science as they explore the ways that race, socioeconomic status, and other factors show up in STEM. 

This course features the Blackout Cooler Design Challenge lesson plan.

Check for upcoming live sessions here OR sign up for the asynchronous session through Teachable - coming soon!