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Course descriptions updated here. Site descriptions — exactly where? What courses? Touristy links? and, for a couple of sites, who is speaking at lunch? Wilsonville, June 22-24 **note venue change to Clackamas CC!** Wilsonville Symposium, June 25 West Salem, June 27-29 Redmond, July 13-15 Pendleton, July 20-22 ** corrected from 20-23 ** Newport, July 27-29 […]

From our allies at Google: “The sixth annual Google Science Fair is here and now open for submissions for students aged 13-18 around the world. In partnership with National Geographic, LEGO Education, Scientific American, and Virgin Galactic, we want to hear how students will use science and engineering to make something better. Check out the […]

— note especially 3D, Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum, Lemelson Center; different from Smithsonian Education — which has a search function for resources by subject, grade level, etc. NASA has a wealth of resources. Dive in at the NASA educator portal.  OSU is a Space Grant University and has their own set of resources posted here.   The National Science Digital […]

Oregon has multiple robotics organizations and leagues supporting authentic STEM learning. In no particular order: Oregon Robotics Tournament and Outreach Program runs the tournament circuits for FIRST(tm) robotics. FIRST is an international organization For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, spearheaded by the inventor of the Segway, Dean Kamen. Junior FIRST LEGO League, ages […]

Jo’s Top Picks HowToSmile — science, math, and more tied to standards. Some materials in Spanish. Includes materials from multiple other repositories, such as TeachEngineering. Searchable by standard or subject — search “engineering” and “computer science” explicitly as they are not on the topic pages. Highlights cost per student, time, prep time, learning time. Intel’s […]

Congratulations to Dr. Chris Stephenson, Eugene resident and resident Google guru of CS Education. Chris, the former (and first) executive director of the national Computer Science Teachers Association, has been awarded the Association of Computing Machinery’s Presidential Award, in recognition of her landmark work in CS education advocacy. And, because Chris is Google’s lead on […]

Many STEM professional associations (think the OEA of engineering) have education, outreach, or foundation efforts aimed at developing a workforce of like-minded individuals. Some of these efforts are websites with games or stories, some are event-based, and some are online lesson repositories and/or career information. SEMI High Tech U, a several-day event. Historically, here in […]

Jo Oshiro here. I have met many of you at previous SuperQuests, OregonASK events, and various meetings around STEM education, grants, and equity, or through my email blasts “In the OPASsphere.” I and my colleagues will be sharing information through this blog. I’ve got six main categories lined up: SuperQuest — Randy Macdonald and Janis Steinfeld are […]

Credit: Graduate Credit for SuperQuest workshops is an option, not a requirement.  Updated Graduate Credit information is here. Stipends: Not all educators will qualify. Updated Stipend information is here. Respectfully submitted, Jo Oshiro jo@oregoncsta.org Update: featured image  

led by Jill Hubbard Interested in teaching game design as part of your in-school or afterschool class or club? Join us examining different game engines and tools that enable students to create their own computer games. No programming experience is necessary or required. Curriculum materials will be provided and shared. Attendees will be given ample […]