Rhode Island STEAM Center Resources (K-12)

Go to http://www.risteamcenter.org/links/

The STEM Education Center at WPI

Seeds of STEM

National Museum of American History

Women’s leadership in music and social change is central to the American story. From our earliest musical encounters to the formation of complex social identities, the American musical landscape would not be what it is today without the countless contributions of women changemakers, groundbreakers, and tradition-bearers. "Music Her Story" explores these contributions through unique media collections from the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, the Center for Folklife and Culture Heritage, and around the Smithsonian.

STEM Black History Resources

Engage Every Student Today Bulletin

The Engage Every Student Today Bulletin is a source of support for afterschool and summer learning programs, school districts, cities, and states as they answer U.S. Secretary Cardona's bold call to action for universal out-of-school time learning opportunities for every child who wants to participate nationwide. This bi-monthly bulletin will share timely resources and strategies to expand access to engage every student in high-quality after-school and summer learning opportunities.

RI BioBlitz 2023

2 pm Friday, June 9 through 2 pm Saturday, June 10. 
More info at https://rinhs.org/ on Feb. 6. Click here to become a survey member or renew. Registration is required.

New from NASA!  NASA Video Series: Surprisingly STEM and more at https://www.nasa.gov/stem/foreducators/k-12/index.html

When you think of the NASA workforce, astronauts and rocket scientists probably come to mind. But the people who work at NASA do so much more! The new Surprisingly STEM video series highlights these unexpected NASA careers. Check out the NASA YouTube Channel for many videos that are great for classroom use.

• Marine Biologists @ NASA Kennedy. Did you know NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is a national wildlife refuge? In a Wetlands Curriculum Unit, explore five lessons about the importance of wetlands and how human activity impacts them.
  Created in collaboration with NASA, Bringing the Universe to America’s Classrooms is a PBS Learning Media collection of Earth, Space, and Physical Science stand-alone digital media resources. The collection spans grades K-12, and is filled with video, satellite images, data visualizations and interactives, with support materials such as lesson plans, background essays, teaching tips, and student handouts. Many resources and support materials are available in Spanish, and contain other features to make the material accessible to a wide range of students.

American Museum of Natural History Resources

The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) has engaging resources for K–12 educators, families, and students interested in learning about science. The collection includes lesson plans, curriculum, hands-on activities, articles, games and interactives, and videos for learners of all ages. In these resources, teachers can access lesson plans for all age levels. Elementary and middle level learners can explore dinosaurs and more through lessons such as What Teeth Tell Us (grades K–4), Relative Speed of Dinosaurs (grades 5–8), and Pixel This! (grades K–8), in which students decode a simple digital image from a string of numbers that represent pixels. High school students can explore the mechanics of a telescope in the lesson Focal Point. https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/resources-for-learning

Head Start Asks: Cats of all Kinds Head Start Classrooms from across the country submitted questions for our zoo keepers and Smithsonian staff to answer. Check out their responses and Explore Head Start Asks.

We hope you will join us to celebrate the importance of lakes with a Libraries Love Lakes program in your community for the July 2023 Lakes Appreciation Month. The info session is free and open to librarians, lake scientists, lake conservation organizations, and community outreach educators.  Questions? We are here to help! Please send us an email at librarieslovelakes@gmail.com

NOAA’s Weather Portal

An important tool developed by the Education Development Center’s WeatherX project is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather portal in CODAP, which gives K–12 educators (and anyone with a web browser) access to large-scale weather data from NOAA. The portal allows users to select and download hourly, daily, and monthly weather measurements from 1,783 weather stations in the United States, with records dating as far back as the mid-1800s. A blog post from the Concord Consortium, a partner in the WeatherX project, provides instructions for accessing the portal, as well as sample weather questions students can investigate with the data. For example, students can investigate data from their own local weather stations and make claims about whether specific weather events are extreme by comparing event data with 30-year climate averages. Teachers can also create their own questions about weather for students to explore using the data. https://concord.org/blog/explore-noaa-weather-data-in-codap/?cn-reloaded=1%C2%A0