Students in grades 5-12 can design and propose real microgravity experiments to fly in low-Earth orbit on the International Space Station in the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) Mission 9 to the International Space Station (ISS). This STEM education opportunity immerses about 300 students in an authentic, high-visibility research experience. One experiment in each community is selected for flight to [...]
Across the state 160 school districts as well as the Kentucky School for the Blind and Kentucky School for the Deaf are participating in Operation Preparation 2015. Four districts attended daylong events at Kentucky State University in Frankfort last week.
Kentucky State University’s College of Agriculture, Food Science, and Sustainable Systems is accepting applications for its Agriculture, Food and Environment (AFE) Academy for high school teachers June 18-19. Up to 20 teachers will have the opportunity to integrate innovative, hands-on experience with new and emerging STEM concepts and teaching strategies tied to the Kentucky Core Academic Standards and the Next [...]
Breckinridge County Area Technology Center students have joined a program in which they are creating training hardware for NASA.
The eCybermission web-based STEM competition is seeking more than 2,000 virtual judges to evaluate entries from the nearly 28,000 students enrolled in the competition. Sponsored by the U.S. Army, the competition involves teams of students in grades 6-9 are submitting entries in which they propose a solution to a real problem in their community. Volunteers will independently evaluate and score [...]
Project Lead the Way (PLTW) will conduct four webinars on its K-5 Launch Curriculum and how it engages active minds while aligning to the Kentucky Core Academic Standards. Discussion topics will include launch modules, standards alignment, curriculum delivery, training model and cost. The PLTW Launch Curriculum was released in August. The webinars are scheduled for: Feb. 10, 3:30-4:30 p.m. ET [...]
Nominations are open for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST), the highest honors bestowed by the United States government specifically for K-12 mathematics and science teaching. Anyone may nominate exceptional mathematics or science teachers (including computer science teachers) who are currently teaching grades 7-12 for the 2014-15 award year. Teachers may also apply directly. The [...]
The Center for Science, Teaching, and Learning (CSTL) and Dow Chemical Co. present the Dow STEMtheGap Teacher Challenge, which offers the top 50 winners the opportunity to win a $1,000 educational grant for their classrooms. Teachers are invited to submit their ideas on how to improve STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education. Entries will be judged by an independent [...]
A group of girls met on the University of Kentucky’s campus for a day this summer to learn about women in the STEM fields.
Randy Barrette, a Spanish teacher at Menifee County High School, strives to make his students globally aware by participating in a virtual exchange program with a school in Kabul, Afghanistan.