Texas STEM Connections connects classroom to STEM Professionals

If your classroom or organization has a need for a STEM volunteer or mentor (or a team of them!), enter your request into Texas STEM Connections. Find instructions for how to enter a request for a volunteer here.

Texas STEM Connections is a web-based tool that makes it easy for STEM professionals to connect with K-20 educators, classrooms, out of school time programs, and other volunteer opportunities. Professionals can share their skills and expertise to bring real-world, authentic learning opportunities to all our students helping to create the next generation of innovators. Through in-person matches and virtual sessions, professionals can help educators and program providers connect their students to the world of STEM.

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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 inhabit...

NCWIT Award Nominations Open for Aspirations in Computing

The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) Award for Aspirations in Computing (AiC) honors high school women who are active and interested in computing and technology, and encourages them to pursue their passions. This multi-tiered competition includes recognition at national and local levels, serving all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and all U.S. overseas military bases. Award for AiC recipients are chosen for their demonstrated interest and achievements in computing, proven leadership ability, academic performance, and plans for post-secondary education. Applications deadline is November 9th: http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001QoA6kFL9-W7gJoYKQHsgEAIHgY6bzoo56WfATEaLkCUyqn0T59PfNtjzNfYWZURzXoOmJWUbE9HD_NLCd0ohq8mpMwVwZ6426vwoJ7hJejwo54GyvhrkO_2_az8gwizj2Dng1ODPh5uJf4GtcxbM7sqbFnQ2PlV3f2tb_DSe6ysPNdZdwTx5qv_Yd2-cT52uWpbd01mJ2664L9KjRZXB9tV4zCNe-N2GSD3ExTEqK-82qc7WqiaEIw==&c=fGSq-cWrv_bdtSHiwrx8z-aVZ2jxsBLW0Wi...

Citizen Science / Birdwatching comes to your own backyard.

The next Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) is February 16–19. If your students have been observing birds at a bird feeder or on a walk, they may be interested in participating in a citizen science project to count birds during the GBBC. To sign-up and for more information on how to get this started in your own classroom, your own backyard, or both: http://gbbc.birdcount.org/

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