Member Organizations
(STANYS)
(NYSTEEA)
(NYSSPE)
Welcome to the New York State
STEM Education Collaborative
established January 2009
June 3, 2013
site visits since 11-11-09 startup.
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NYS STEM Ed Collaborative
working definition of
"STEM Education"
STEM Education refers to utilizing the NYS MST Standards in the teaching and learning of the Science, Technology Education, Engineering and Math (STEM) disciplines, in an innovative, integrated, collaborative, and applied fashion to a level of challenge sufficient for college and/or career readiness. (Developed in part from the National STEM Initiative)
Our Partners
American Society of Engineering
Education
Empire State STEM Learning Network
NYS Association for Computers and
Technologies in Education
NY Institute of Technology
School of Education
School of
Engineering and Computer Sciences
New York State United
Teachers
Technology
Alliance of
Central New York
NASA
Endeavor
Science Teaching Certificate
Project
In The News...
- CALL FOR PAPERS - Celebrating the Achievements and Legacies of Ada Lovelace at the Stevens Institute of Technology, College of Arts and Letters
An interdisciplinary conference celebrating the achievements and legacies of the poet Lord Byron's only known legitimate child, Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1852), will take place at Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, New Jersey) on 18 October 2013. This conference will coincide with the week celebrating Ada Lovelace Day, a global event for women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). All aspects of the achievements and legacies of Ada Lovelace will be considered, including but not limited to:
- Lovelace as Translator and/or Collaborator
- Technology in the Long Nineteenth Century
- Women in Computing: Past/Present/Future
- Women in STEM
-Please submit proposals or abstracts of 250-500 words by 14 June 2013 to: Robin Hammerman (rhammerm@stevens.edu).
- NAEP - Technology & Engineering Literacy Assessment is coming 2013 (video)
- Change the Equation (CTEq) has just released Vital Signs, a new series of national and state-level reports that paint a wide-ranging and in-depth picture of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning.
- Now you can subscribe to the NYS STEM Collaborative Listserv
- New York is now a member of the new STEMx coalition of state STEM networks through Empire STEM, through which we are beginning to interconnect messages through states’ social media as well as STEMConnector and other national partners.
Have You Seen...
- Switch Energy Project -
The Switch Energy Project is a nonpartisan effort to build energy
awareness and promote efficiency. The project includes a feature
length documentary, the world’s only video
library dedicated
to energy and a soon-to-be-released K-12 video and companion curriculum
program co-developed by NEED.org. Watch the trailer for Switch here.
- The Switch Education Edition DVD is specially designed for
classroom use and features the full documentary, chapters categorized
by resource type and energy issue to pair with curriculum, as
well
as a Discussion and Learning Guide created with innovative
ideas submitted and tested by teachers. It includes discussion
questions,
ideas for incorporating Switch web videos into coursework,
resources for leading a campus efficiency drive and more.
Shown at movie theaters and film festivals across the country, as well as at over 300 universities, Switch features exclusive interviews with the world’s most renowned energy experts from government, industry and academia, as well as visits to the energy facilities never before seen on film.
Educators can order a free copy here. If you wish to request a bulk order for a conference or teacher training session, please email recklund@arcosfilms.com.
- The Switch Education Edition DVD is specially designed for
classroom use and features the full documentary, chapters categorized
by resource type and energy issue to pair with curriculum, as
well
as a Discussion and Learning Guide created with innovative
ideas submitted and tested by teachers. It includes discussion
questions,
ideas for incorporating Switch web videos into coursework,
resources for leading a campus efficiency drive and more.
- PBS KIDS' Design Squad Nation - Design Squad introduces students to engineering by offering STEM-related videos and a community for kids/teens to get inspired and share creative ideas. We also have a Parents and Educators section with STEM guides, lessons and classroom-ready resources
Engineering
in the K-12 STEM Standards of the 50 U.S. States: An Analysis
of Presence and Extent.- The STEM Talent Gap
- STEM Magazine - S.T.E.M. Magazine is a publication of the Carley Group LLC. Wayne Carley is the publisher and senior editor for all content in S.T.E.M. Magazine.
- STEM Career - for those seeking and promoting STEM Careers
- Funding
Resources
for Aldebaran Robotics
and the Aldebaran
Grant Packet
- STEM Daily - One Stop Shop for STEM Education
- Solve for <x> - A forum to encourage and amplify technology-based moonshot thinking and teamwork.
- YouTube's Education Channel - scrubbed of offensive material.
- Planet Connect - Environmental solutions for the future can begin with you!
- Masters of Gravity is an example of how Western Reserve PBS is helping educate Ohio's youth.
- The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching
- Next Generation Science Standards for Today’s Students and Tomorrow’s Workforce
- Scitable is a free science library and personal learning tool brought to you by Nature Publishing Group, the world's leading publisher of science.
- Change the Equation pledges to create widespread literacy in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) as an investment in our nation that empowers us all.
- Engineering in Elementary Classes - By WINNIE HU (published NY TIMES 6/13/2010)
- Center for Technology and Innovation - A New Museum in Binghamton, NY
Editing suggestions and constructive comments should be e-mailed to: Bob Hazen (AMTNYS)