Science

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity for Professional Development offered by the Oregon CSTA — Teachers teaching teachers. Learn about continued opportunities for receiving a stipend to join a Professional Learning Community (PLC), or how you can host a customized Pop-Up SuperQuest event at your school. Meet and network with other educators and CS professionals. […]

On Saturday, June 25, 2016, a devoted group of industry professionals, educators, legislators, non-profit program providers, and community members gathered at the OCSTA Symposium to sound the call for greater collaboration and support for more computer science-literate students in Oregon.  To accomplish this, we desperately need more computer science instruction in formal K-12 education, but […]

To paraphrase Ruthe Farmer, the White House’s Tech Inclusion Advisor: We must include everyone, not just for the social and economic justice issues, but for the necessary diversity of thought to drive innovation. We must recognize the components of equity:   Diversity: counting who is in the room. Access: Who knows the room exists? Who has […]

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 […]

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 […]