New Opportunities

[STEMcoding] STEMcoding project FREE summer professional development for teachers

 

See below the message from Dr. Chris Orban leading this initiative.  If interested please fill out the form below Link: https://u.osu.edu/stemcoding/2018/02/05/summer-training-for-teachers/

 

As many of you know, the STEMcoding project is working to create simple coding activities that illustrate physics and physical science concepts. We posted the first physics-focused coding activity to the hour of code (go.osu.edu/hourofcode) and we are working to record more coding tutorials for our youtube channel (go.osu.edu/STEMtube) for physics and eventually for chemistry and math. Importantly, the youtube channel features a high percentage of underrepresented groups in STEM. 
We are offering a mostly-online summer professional development course through OSU this July 2018. Thanks to grant funds we can offer 1 or 2 graduate credit hours for FREE to high school physics or physical science teachers who need graduate credits for their accreditation. The course will be administered through regular video chats and an online system for completing the coding activities. Ideally there would be one face-to-face meeting in Columbus or Marion with each participant in the course. If you have never taken classes at OSU before there will be a $60 registration fee. The grant would cover the remaining tuition costs. 
If you are interested in the graduate credits, please reach out to Tom Alexander (alexander.961@osu.edu) who is the director of admissions at OSU’s Marion campus. The course is Physics 5100 (physics for in-service teachers) and it will take place during summer session 3 (July 2018). Although the course is listed on the OSU Marion campus (where I teach), the graduate credit is identical to the graduate credit you would earn through through a professional development course on the Columbus campus.
If you are not a high school physics or physical science teacher but you would still like to enroll in the course for graduate credit, please let me know and I will see what we can do. At this stage we do not want to rule out the possibility of enrolling math, computer science or chemistry teachers in the course. Please let us know if you fall into this category. 
If you do not need graduate credits but you would like to join us in the video chats, please let me know. We can also provide CEUs for participating if needed. This would be another option for teachers from outside physics or physical science.
Please let me know if you have any questions and feel free to share this opportunity with your teacher networks. We are very happy to offer this summer course again and we hope many of you participate!
best,
Chris Orban
Assistant Professor of Physics
Ohio State University

P.S. We will be making a presentation at the upcoming “Modelpalooza” meeting in Columbus on saturday Feb 10th. Please feel free to talk with us there about the summer opportunity if you have questions.

P.P.S.  If you are looking for tutorials on block-based coding (like scratch.mit.edu or blockly) we do not actually use these languages. Instead we use very simple javascript coding, which is text based instead of block based. You can probably find good block based training through code.org.

The STEMcoding Project

Check out this awesome resource from the STEAM Factory called the STEMcoding project (u.osu.edu/stemcoding)! The project works to create science-focused coding activities that would not completely overwhelm a high school classroom. Currently there are over 15 different exercises that involve coding up interesting visualizations and interactive games for high school physics (think: asteroids and angry birds). There are good ideas to develop exercises for chemistry, biology and math contact us if interested.

Recently, we recorded some coding tutorial videos on “the physics of video games” and put together a submission to hourofcode.com. Here is the link: go.osu.edu/hourofcode

Also, see the flyer here:STEMcoding_hour_of_code_flyer_nobanner-zyxc95

 

COSI Annual Educator Resource Fair

Tuesday, August 1, 10am-2pm 
Join COSI and exhibitors from all around Ohio. Includes free general admission to COSI for teachers, a free movie in COSI’s National Geographic Giant Screen Theater, a free show in the Planetarium, fun freebies, door prizes, and more!
This free event is EXCLUSIVELY for formal teachers, non-formal teachers, homeschool educators, and afterschool educators.

 

Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Science Teacher Workshops

DON’T MISS OUT! Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education’s (OOGEEP) FREE Science Teacher Workshops are filling up fast – REGISTER NOW!

The goal of these workshops is to help foster energy education by connecting science education to the energy industry. Each free workshop includes: curriculum, classroom supplies, material kits, seven “hands-on” learning stations, evening social gathering, a special oilfield tour (day 2), Continuing Education Units credit documentation, overnight accommodations, meals and much more! Optional graduate credits are available through Ashland University at an additional cost.
 
Click on a date and location below to register 
for a free Science Teacher Workshop:
 
 

Grant Applications

See the websites below for funding in your classrooms:

http://www.asminternational.org/foundation/teachers/teacher-grants-k12

http://polymerambassadors.org/award-applications/

https://www.uwsp.edu/cols-ap/polyed/Pages/awards.aspx

https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5487&org=NSF

http://www.toshiba.com/taf/612.jsp

http://www.neafoundation.org/pages/grants-to-educators/

http://www.fundforteachers.org/

Wish-list type grant opportunities

https://www.adoptaclassroom.org/mission/

https://www.donorschoose.org/

http://www.classwish.org/

http://www.digitalwish.com/dw/digitalwish/home