Olympic ESD STEM Hotspot

We are the STEM Hotspot at OESD114, connecting teachers to content knowledge, STEM professionals, classroom best practices, and standards from math, science, CTE, ELA, and computer science.

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STEM Office Hours
Individual STEM support is available by appointment!  Get one-on-one help on any STEM activity, lesson, or unit. 
By Appointment; Email Kim at kweaver@oesd114.org to schedule. 

Learning Management System Trainings

Need to learn more about Canvas, Google Classrooms, Schoology, SeeSaw, or Microsoft Teams?  The Washington Association of ESDs is offering FREE training in all of these!  Click here to learn more and to register!

https://www.waesd.org/distance-learning-pd/

Tinkering and Engineering
for K-8 Learning

This professional development experience will center around the book  "The Art of Tinkering" by Karen Wilkinson and Mike Petrich.  We will use this book and other resources to engage in tinkering projects and explore ideas for remoaet learning or classroom tinkering and engineering projects!

Five two-hour Zoom sessions
20 STEM Clock Hours
$50 registration fee

Cohort 4
TUESDAYS, 4 - 6 PM
Oct 20, Oct 27, Nov 10, Nov17, Nov 24

 

NASA / NESSP
2020-21 Student ROADS on Asteroids Challenge

The nationwide NASA / NESSP student challenge this year focuses on a mission to asteroids. The challenge launches in October.  

Material support and technical assistance is available, as well as a middle school / high school companion course.

Visit https://nwessp.org/asteroids/ for more information on the challenge or click here to access the companion course.

 "Growing Elementary Science" for Grade 3-5 Teachers

Are you looking for science ideas that will work in remote learning environments, are aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards, and include integration with Math and English Language Arts?  

Get remote-classroom-ready resources and earn an implementation stipend.

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Zoom Sessions (attendance at both sessions is required!) 
Tuesday October 13, 4 - 6 PM
Wednesday October 21, 4 - 5 PM
(NOTE, this is for Grades 3-5 Teachers)  

"Growing Elementary Science" for Grade K-2 Teachers

Are you looking for science ideas that will work in remote learning environments, are aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards, and include integration with Math and English Language Arts?  

Get remote-classroom-ready resources and earn an implementation stipend.

Click to learn more, and to register!

Zoom Sessions (attendance at both sessions is required!)
Wednesday, November 4, 4 -6 PM
Thursday, November 12, 4 - 5 PM
(NOTE, this is for Grades K-2 Teachers)

K-5 Eureka Science Stories

How can reading story books about the extraordinary lives of diverse scientists, engineers, and inventors inspire your students and enhance your science and STEM teaching?  Come find out!  This workshop is great for elementary librarians, science or STEM specialists, and classroom teachers. 

Arguing from Evidence Across the K-12 Curriculum 

This workshop will focus on strategies and structures for developing students in this vital practice.  Grade-level appropriate examples for K-12, templates, and discussion techniques will be explored.  The day will include time for teachers to plan ways to incorporate this practice into their own classrooms.

New Dates Forthcoming! 

Novel Engineering 
Level 1, Level 2, and 3 

Come learn how to use storybooks, chapter books, novels, and excerpts to launch authentic engineering designs.  Suitable for PreK-12. 

Level 1 is a prerequisite for Level 2. 

New Dates Forthcoming!

OESD 114 STEM Vision

STEM is a change in mindset that supports the integration of the standards and associated instructional shifts in math, science, engineering, technology and English Language Arts in service of a classroom experience that supports discovery, problem solving, and communication to provide equity and access to college and career readiness.