Parent & Teacher resources

STEAM Resources for Parents and Teachers

Parents:

• Challenge kids to learn over the summer, creative things/projects to do
• 

  Robotics Summit

  Events to go to as a family

• List of STEM Careers
• 2017 STEAM Extravaganza

Teachers:

• Resource Lending Library: Browse and check out equipment to use with students to enhance STEAM education
• Professional Development in Douglas County:
  • Alder Creek Community Forest: K-12 Field and Science Technology
  • STEAM Summer Institute, August 14-18, 2017
• NGSS Lessons and Ideas: Help from tried and true NGSS lessons for all grade levels
• Tips and tricks for using Vernier equipment: Useful training videos for equipment available in the Resource Lending Library
• Conferences, professional development opportunities (Oregon)
• Ways to incorporate STEAM principles in the classroom
• Art to Remember: Lessons ideas for bringing STEAM into the classroom
  

  Links to research on STEM/STEAM principles that have been applied in the classroom:

• http://pdxstem.org/about-us/stem-in-oregon/
• http://www.nextgenscience.org/standards-background-research-and-reports
• http://www.nextgenscience.org/overview-0
• International Society for Technology in Education
• ISTE-EdTekHub
• Check Out: FabLaB