Please add websites in alphabetical order (except Wisconsin's site is on top!)

Wisconsin STEM initiative   WISTEM.org has gathered a number of organizations who are interested in creating a way for educators and workforce partners to collaborate on building tomorrows STEM workforce and helping adults connect to the learning opportunities needed to enter STEM occupations. Our solution is to create a web-portal clearinghouse system "for all things STEM" in Wisconsin. The WISTEM.org portal is envisioned as a site that would serve as a one-stop virtual forum for three key stakeholders: K-12 educators, post-secondary educators, and STEM workforce partners. The mission is to connect these key stakeholders in coordinating STEM educational and career opportunities in their local communities and throughout Wisconsin.  The WISTEM.org portal will support young people as well as adults interested in pursuing STEM careers by linking them to supportive role models, excellent instruction and training, and access to real world applications and research opportunities.

AAUW - Why So Few?

http://www.aauw.org/learn/research/whysofew.cfm   

In an era when women are increasingly prominent in medicine, law and business, why are there so few women scientists and engineers? A new research report by AAUW presents compelling evidence that can help to explain this puzzle. Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics presents in-depth yet accessible profiles of eight key research findings that point to environmental and social barriers – including stereotypes, gender bias and the climate of science and engineering departments in colleges and universities – that continue to block women’s participation and progress in science, technology, engineering, and math. The report also includes up to date statistics on girls' and women's achievement and participation in these areas and offers new ideas for what each of us can do to more fully open scientific and engineering fields to girls and women.

Assessments:

http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/assessment/instrubrics.html

http://www.engr.psu.edu/awe

http://www.ncwit.org/resources.assessment.html

Center for Excellence in STEM Education (The College of New Jersey)

Children's Engineering Educators  

Information presented in a familiar and mind-engaging context leads to greater understanding and retention, as compared to memorization of facts in isolation. Research indicates that retention is greatest when students are actively engaged, put their knowledge into immediate practice, and become “teachers†of other students. Children's Engineering activities directly address these issues.

Connect a Million Minds: Time Warner Cable introduces youth to opportunities and resources that inspire them to develop the important science, technology, engineering and math skills they need to solve the economic, environmental and community challenges of the future.

Technology and innovation are central to our company’s ability to connect millions of people to the entertainment they want, the information they depend on and the people they care about most. As a result, Time Warner Cable’s new philanthropic initiative creates a powerful link between the full strength of our company and the talents of our employees with the needs of students and, ultimately, our country.

Dayton STEM Center 

Ebsco Science Reference Center Interface  (through BadgerLink)

Features include:
·         Browsing subjects as the main navigational theme of the interface
·         Six main science categories in premier locations:  Applied Sciences, Earth Sciences, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Scientists and Space Sciences and Astronomy
·         Science categories linked to a list of carefully-reviewed topics within the selected category
·         Topic selection that launches a database search producing highly-relevant results
·         Result List item refinements such as Date Range, Source Type, Title, Subject and other limiters
·         Reference Shelf links to the Dictionary, Science Experiments, Citation Help and a Research Guide
·         A Featured Science Topic of interest, which will be changed regularly

Einstein Project - Hands on science projects for schools

Engineer Teacher Connection - Florida initiative to connect STEM educators with technical professionals in support of student learning both in and outside of the classroom. Florida is creating an on-line system that will match STEM educators’ talent and resource needs with the profiles of engineers, scientists and medical technologists from across Florida. Free account required.

Engineering is Elementary - Elementary STEM curriculum

Engineers and Scientists of Milwaukee - STEM Professionals Building STEM Professionals. Wisconsin's leading technical organization providing educational outreach programs emphasizing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). 

Formula High School - A design and manufacturing competition open to high school students, in which they build a race car while learning STEM skills

Great Lakes Girls Collaboarative Project  The Great Lakes Girls Collaborative Project (GLGCP) will connect state affiliates of national educational equity-oriented organizations and the small organizations that are already implementing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) related projects for girls in the region. We will build on our relationships with state affiliates of the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity, Association for Gender Equity Leadership in Education, National Association of Black School Educators, National Association for Multicultural Education, National Association for Bilingual Education, American Indian Science and Engineering Society and similar organizations. By connecting state affiliates and small organizations, GLGCP will provide additional opportunities for collaboration and increase access to STEM-related projects.

I WAS Wondering: Women's Adventures In Science website

The Web site www.iWASwondering.org is a project of the National Academy of Sciences intended to showcase the accomplishments of contemporary women in science and to highlight for young people the varied and intriguing careers of some of today's most prominent scientists.

Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research

MN-STEM The goal of this website is to help students discover firsthand how their participation in certain coursework can lead directly to exciting and rewarding careers. Through an assortment of multimedia tools, students learn that STEM applies directly to virtually every career field. Stem is supported by Minnesota Dept. of Ed, MN High Tech Association, Minnesota business Partnership and Minnesota Chamber of Commerce. Directed towards hs students, their parents and educators.

National Girls Collaborative Project  The NGCP is designed to reach girl-serving STEM organizations across the United States. An intense recruitment and selection process began Fall 2005 to identify sponsoring organizations to lead local collaboratives. The organizations selected to host local collaboratives are impressive in their knowledge, experience, and diversity. As a group, the local collaboratives have an extensive network of organizations and individuals engaged in pursuing this common goal and the opportunity to share with and learn from each other. They vary in focus areas and populations served and include higher education institutions, community-based organizations, private non-profits, but all work to increase gender equity in STEM fields.

National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices: STEM Education

National Science Digital Library: STEM Education Resources
 

Ohio STEM Learning Network

The Ohio STEM Learning Network (OSLN) is an unprecedented collaborative aimed at building and connecting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) teaching and learning capacity in regions across the State of Ohio. At its core, the OSLN is focused on student and teacher success, built from a slate of committed partners from Pre-K-12 education, higher education and business and industry.

Designed from a systems engineering approach, the OSLN will help develop and connect a state-wide system of innovative STEM schools and Programs of Excellence, leveraging the ongoing work of regions across the state, along with a $12 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and an initial $2.8 million investment from Battelle. This will be done through a state-level public-private partnership that includes Battelle, Ohio Partnership for Continued Learning, Ohio Business Roundtable, Ohio Business Alliance for Higher Education and the Economy, Cleveland Foundation, and the Teaching Institute for Excellence in STEM (TIES). Locally, many partners across the state are involved in this work.

PBS STEM Education Resource Center -resources are categorized by grade level PreK-5 and 6-12

Podstemic.com - Changing the way of STEM education with iPods

This website was created to aid educators in finding valuable resources and information on new ways to integrate leading-edge technology into your school.  Additionally, this site focuses on a very important area in education: STEM content areas.  Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics are key components of our educational infrastructure.  Great attention is being placed on these areas as the need for improvement and advancement are becoming overwhelmingly critical for our students. This site demonstrates how Apple’s iPod touch mobile device and other Apple equipment can be infused into the curriculum not just during school hours, but anytime and anywhere.  These devices allow students to take ownership of their learning and are providing them with authentic and real-time educational opportunities.

Project Lead the Way  A nation-wide curriculum of rigorous and relevant middle and high school STEM education programs to cultivate critical thinking and innovation in students across the country.

Adminsitrator's Tool Kit 

Middle and High School Engineering  

Biomedical Science Curriculum

Project Lead the Way Wisconsin 

(new site to be www.pltwwi.org date TBD)

Seimens STEM Academy

Seimens Teachers as Researchers (STARS)

STEM Academy, The  STEM courses for middle school through Grade 12, including STEM concepts and skills, engineering, modeling, design, technology, science, biotechnology, fabrication, and green methods. By First Technologies, Inc.

Stem Collaboration, The  A Collaboration to develop recommendations to the EDUCATE TO INNOVATE CAMPAIGN in order to increase the participation and performance of America's students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), drawing on research and practice on girls and STEM.

STEM Education Coalition The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Coalition works to support STEM programs for teachers and students at the U. S. Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, and other agencies that offer STEM related programs. The STEM Education Coalition is composed of advocates from over 1,000 diverse groups representing all sectors of the technological workforce – from knowledge workers, to educators, to scientists, engineers, and technicians. The participating organizations of the STEM Education Coalition are dedicated to ensuring quality STEM education at all levels. Read the STEM Coalition Objectives. The Coalition is co-chaired by the American Chemical Society and the National Science Teachers Association. Meetings are held monthly at the American Chemical Society, 1155 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC.

Learn more about the Coalition’s activities and how your group can get involved with the STEM Education Coalition.

STEM Education Institute (Western Massachusetts)  Website includes lesson plans, resources, projects and more, developed by participants in The Institute. It is an outgrowth of a Science After School Task Force (SAS) established to consider how it might be possible for Western Massachusetts teachers to take science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, courses at the University. The task force included faculty and staff from the University and from area schools. SAS soon discovered that there were related issues waiting to be addressed, including preservice teacher education. SAS also learned that there are many members of the University community working in the area of K14 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. These groups are spread across the campus in various departments and in many cases are not aware of other local programs related to their own interests. The Institute was formed to bring these people together.  The population served  includes students in elementary and secondary school and their teachers, community college, college, and university students enrolled in introductory science, technology, engineering, and mathematics courses, college students interested in education or issues concerning learning, and college and university faculty and staff.

STEM Equity Pipeline

STEM Equity Pipeline Wisconsin - Wiscosin DPI-led initiatives to carry out the national STEM Equity Pipeline efforts.

Wisconsin Center for Education and  Work   UW Madison center to support K-12 teachers in STEM efforts

World Science Festival    

Began by Brian Greene, scientist and Columbia professor. The mission is to cultivate and sustain a general public informed by the content of science, inspired by its wonder, convinced of its value, and prepared to engage with its implications for the future. The World Science Festival, an unprecedented annual tribute to imagination, ingenuity and inventiveness, takes science out of the laboratory and into the streets, theaters, museums, and public halls of New York City, making the esoteric understandable and the familiar fascinating.