Students Calling for More Science Want to Help Teachers Organize Aftershool Clubs

Students for Science, an offshoot group generated from the March for Science held last spring, has continued advocating for more science opportunities in school. The website includes an open letter to school boards and administrators across the nation that students can send asking them to support science in the schools. The group also offers ideas for an afterschool club for students interested in advocacy issues, and more.

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NAE seeks High School Students as EngineerGirl Ambassadors

The National Academy of Engineering announced a program where High school girls with an interest in using their creativity and skills in engineering design can get help inspiring younger students. They can apply to become EngineerGirl Ambassadors , which includes" training at the Society of Women Engineers National Conference $250 in project funding, eligibility for a $1000 scholarship. A pplication deadline is May 31st, 2018.

Prehistoric Texas?

Texas Parks and Wildlife reminds us that not only is Texas a big place with a diversity of ecosystems, but it also has a past worth exploring as well... They sent this across my desk a week or so ago... View as a Webpage Texans prize their history, and rightly so. It’s a special feeling to look down at the ground beneath your feet and know that it was once trod by Native Americans in hot pursuit of bison, settlers fleeing in the Runaway Scrape or legendary ranchers herding their cattle. Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine brings you 5 of these prehistoric places that you can visit and catch a glimpse into what came before us. Big Bend National Park Fossil Discovery Exhibit Big Bend National Park The arid canyonlands of Big Bend National Park seem to be the opposite of an ocean, but over the course of millions of years, the land that makes up Texas’ largest national park has been a warm and shallow sea and an inland floodplain. The inhabitants of these

Harvey/Homeless Education/Disaster communications and resources

Kelly Kravitz, at The Texas Education Agency, shared a variety of resources available for people who are interested in learning more about McKinney-Vento Homeless Education program and supporting students who are displaced because of disaster. Also, below is a list of emergency resources and places to go for more information for those impacted by Hurricane Harvey. The Texas Homeless Education Office (THEO) website and toll-free hotline: http://www.theotx.org/ | 1-800-446-3142 Texas Homeless Education Office (THEO) Disaster resources: http://www.theotx.org/?s=disaster The THEO team has a wealth of knowledge on McKinney-Vento requirements and supporting LEAs, and families with disaster/crisis and homelessness, related questions, etc. The staff have a long history with McKinney-Vento and other disasters in Texas that impact students, communities, and homelessness. Every LEA has a designated Homeless Liaison to support students experiencing homelessness. LEA Homeless Liaisons sh

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