STEM Connections

Technology Engineering September, 2015/Volume 7, #2

Technology and Engineering bring STEM to Life! Science International Technology and Engineering Educators Association iteea.org Math Connect with other STEM professionals! JOIN ITEEA This issue of STEM Connections STEM Connections is sponsored by: A Newsletter for Integrative STEM Education Professionals NEWS FROM ITEEA HQ ITEEA Prepares to Unveil New Website COMING SOON! ITEEA will soon launch a brand new website built to help the association es- tablish an increased level of online engagement around STEM education priorities. With an emphasis on end- user interaction, The new website is an ideal framework to help ITEEA build Here’s the latest STEM news! and strengthen relationships with its members and attract a broader, diversified audience Click a topic to read more! within the STEM community.

ITEEA’s new site will be: ITEEA Prepares to Unveil New Website Engaging: reflecting the character and mission of ITEEA and its members while appealing • ITEEA Helps in Creation of New NAE Website to all those interested in the STEM education field. Be a Part of the STEM Showcase in 2016! Simple: allowing visitors to find what they are looking for in one to three clicks. • Integrative STEM School Membershipl! Relevant: to members and other audiences with a well-maintained collection of current and • Exhibit Space at ITEEA 2016 is Going FAST! archival material online in easily accessible formats. Call for Papers: PATT/International in DC Accessible: implementing best practices for browser compatibility and mobile accessibility. • Attention College Students! ITEEA Member in the News ITEEA Participates in Creation of New NAE Website to Support The “Doing Project” Seeks Participants Implementation of PreK-12 Engineering Education Recently Shared on ITEEA’s Facebook Page The National Academy of Engineering (NAE), in partnership with five other organizations Recently Shared on the IdeaGarden Listserv including ITEEA, has launched a new website, LinkEngineering, intended to help U.S. PreK- Orioles Welcome Girl For Poignant First Pitch 12 educators implement engineering education in classrooms and out-of-school settings. First Native-American Astronaut Pushes STEM Upcoming Conference The NAE project, funded by Chevron, is motivated by the increasing prevalence of PreK- Online Elementary STEM Course Offered 12 engineering education in the U.S. The development and continued improvement of Albert Einstein Fellowship Program 2016-2017 LinkEngineering is overseen by an expert committee and in partnership with five other Call for Presenters: VCECi organizations: Achieve Inc.; National Science Teachers Association; American Society for 10 Best Budget 3D Printers You Can Get Today Engineering Education; International Technology and Engineering Educators Association; Future City Kicks Off 2015-16 Competition and Council of State Science Supervisors. The project is made possible by the generous Celebrate World Space Week 2015 support of Chevron. Minorities Striving and Pursuing Success Where Over the World Is Astronaut Kelly? ITEEA President, Joey Rider-Bertrand shared, “ITEEA’s role in the development of 2016 RASC-AL Design Competition LinkEngineering.org demonstrates the value of our profession’s expertise to the greater Verizon Innovative App Challenge! education community. Our continued support in this endeavor will not only benefit educa- FEATURED SPONSOR tors and their students, but also promote the importance of technology and engineering education through collaboration and outreach.”

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Be a Part of the STEM Showcase in 2016! The 2016 Technology and Engineering STEM Showcase provides a forum to feature your best exemplar of technology and engineering instruction! Please come and share your STEM idea, technique, or best practice related to learning activities, marketing materials, career guidance, facility design, program design, assessment methods, equity, or classroom and laboratory management techniques. Showcasers are asked to illustrate a single element of technology or engineering teaching and learning that exemplifies good STEM instruction to share with conference participants. ITEEA will be compiling these exemplars to share online as well as with our members. The online application deadline is November 1, 2015. Apply today!

ITEEA Offers an Integrative STEM Membership for YOUR School! An Integrative STEM Elementary School Membership provides your ENTIRE staff access to the TOOLS, RESOURCES, NETWORK, and PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT that will ensure your students are getting the best education possible. Click here for more information about this valuable membership program. An Integrative Middle and High School STEM Membership will provide the principal and up to four additional teachers in a variety of content areas access to the TOOLS, RE- SOURCES, NETWORK, and PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT that will transform the way your school delivers STEM education. Click here for more information about this program. For questions, email Maureen Wiley.

Exhibit Space at ITEEA 2016 in DC is Going FAST! CALL FOR NEW AND EXISTING EXHIBITORS TO GET ON BOARD FOR ITEEA 2016 Don’t miss out on securing the best possible exhibit space! Teachers, administrators, state leaders, and other influential decision makers come to learn about advancements and successful programs in STEM education. Exhibitors collected over 26,000 leads at the 2015 Conference in Milwaukee! Join companies such as PITSCO, SolidWorks, Paxton/Patterson, Kelvin, CNC Mastercam, Goodheart-Willcox, and Whitebox in showing your commitment to STEM educators—and giving those educators the chance to see all that you have to offer in the exciting Washington, DC area in 2016! Click here for more information. For questions, email Maureen Wiley.

Call for Papers: PATT/International in Washington, DC, March 2-4, 2016 The PATT Sessions at the 78th Annual ITEEA Conference are directly related to the conference theme. The PATT sessions specifically aim at presenting and discussing papers: (1) from a variety of countries and (2) with a research character. As such, the PATT/International sessions function as a research-oriented international sub-conference of the ITEEA Annual Conference. PATT sessions offer USA ITEEA members an opportunity to get an orientation of what goes on in the rest of the world in terms of technology education developments. For international participants, the PATT sessions offer a comfortable combination of an international meeting and the opportunity to see developments in the USA by attending other ITEEA sessions also. PATT is an international community of technology education colleagues (researchers, teacher educators, teachers, etc.) who are interested in educational research as a support to developments in technology teaching. PATT/International is open to all. There is no membership. PATT/International sessions at the ITEEA Annual conference can be attended by all conference participants. Registration for PATT includes registration for ITEEA, the International Luncheon, and other special advantages. Proceedings of previous conferences can be found at the ITEEA website. Paper proposals can be emailed to Marc J. de Vries. The deadline is October 1, 2015. Registration through ITEEA only.

Attention College Students! If you are a current undergraduate or graduate student pursuing a teaching career that involves integrative STEM you may be eligible to receive ITEEA’s Student Membership dues discount of 50% off the regular rate of $40. This offer is for NEW Student Members and is available only until September 30, 2015! NEW Student Members can click here to apply today. Choose “BECOME A MEMBER ONLINE.” Complete the online form and use ST2015 as your promotion code. Questions? Email Maureen Wiley.

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ITEEA Member in the News The new school year may have only started three days ago for the students and faculty members at Brewbaker Technology Magnet High School in Montgomery, AL but for some engineering and robotic students, it’s just another Monday. Some high school students have been working over the summer to prepare and build their ro- bots under the guidance of their engineering teacher: ITEEA member Steve Ballard. Ballard started off with a background in aerospace engineering and later went on to complete a master’s degree in education at Auburn University Montgomery. From there, his passion for robotics began to grow. Click here to see the full feature.

The “Doing Project” Seeks Participants The Foundation for Technology and Engineering Education (FTEE) - Dugger/Ger- rish Endowment, in partnership with ITEEA has commissioned a study to determine to what extent students in United States public schools use a tactile hands-on process of problem solving involving “doing” in their elementary, middle, and high school courses. We are currently conducting the third of four rounds of this study. We ask that you participate even if you participated in the first or second rounds.

To participate, please click on the appropriate link: Elementary School Teachers Click Here Middle School Teachers Click Here High School Teachers Click Here

For the purposes of this study, the definition of “doing” is: A tactile/hands-on process of problem solving starting with human needs and wants that leads to the principles of innovation such as designing, making/building, producing, and evaluating. The survey will not take longer than five minutes to complete. The statements are based on Next Generation Science Standards, Standards for Tech- nological Literacy, and Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. Your input will not affect what you are currently teaching. There are no correct or incorrect responses. The intent is to determine what types of activities your students do in class. A space is provided for you to make comments if you choose to do so. This survey is totally voluntary. Your responses will be anonymous. Please complete this survey before April 15, 2016 to be eligible for an iPad Mini drawing that will be held no later than April 30, 2016. Questions can be emailed to Johnny Moye.

Recently Shared on ITEEA’s Facebook Page A teacher and one-time ITEEA conference presenter with over 30 years of teaching experience in designing for manufacturing and graphic communication asked to share his getagrip.graphics website. The site offers strategies, resources, and support for pupils and staff. Graphic skills are intuitive for a minority but accessible to everybody! Building concept designs and analysing real products are built on core fundamental skills. Thanks to Neil Walker for sharing. He hopes the free resource helps others to push themselves a little further.

Recently Shared on ITEEA’s IdeaGarden Listserv ITEEA member Curt Funkhouser recently shared the video “Humans Need Not Apply” on ITEEA’s Ideagarden listserv. He commented, “As we all get ready for another school year, I think this video may provide some healthy discussion on both the IdeaGarden and possibly in our classrooms.”

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NEWS FROM THE FIELD

Orioles Welcome Girl For Poignant First Pitch All eyes were on 5-year-old Hailey Dawson before a recent Orioles-Athletics game as Dawson—using an Orioles-themed robotic hand—threw the ceremonial first pitch to her favorite player, All-Star Manny Machado, several feet in front of home plate. Dawson, who was born with a rare congenital disease called Po- land syndrome, wears the Flexy-Hand 2, which is a 3D-printed prosthetic device created by the UNLV engineering department. The hand helps her grip and hold things since her right pectoral muscle is flat and her hand is formed in a way that would otherwise make that impossible. Click here to read the full story.

First Native-American Astronaut Pushes STEM Studies for Native-American Students John B. Herrington, the first Native-American to walk in outer space, came to Rapid City this week to meet with the American Indian Insti- tute for Innovation to discuss the importance of the STEM fields—science, technology, engineering and math—for Native American high school and college students. “They’re the most underrepresented group in STEM fields,” Herrington said. “We work with them to improve their chances for success.” He wasn’t always a high achiever, getting booted from his first try at college, but then rebounding to earn three degrees. And although he can attach “Dr.” to his name, Herrington is better known by another title: astronaut. He was a member of the 16th space shuttle flight to the International Space Station in 2002. There, he honored his Native-American heritage during his space walk by carrying six eagle feathers, a braid of sweet grass, two arrowheads, and the Chickasaw nation’s flag. Herrington is a citizen of Chickasaw nation. Click here to read the full story.

Upcoming Conferences NJTEEA The 2015 New Jersey Technology and Engineering Association (NJTEEA) Conference and Expo is taking place on October 17, 2015 at Drew University. Click here for more details.

Illinois Technology Education Conference October 16-17, 2015 at theMarriott Hotel and Conference Center, Normal, IL. Conference theme is “Building Technology and Engineering STEM Partnerships.” Click here for more information.

STEC/MVTTEC Registration has opened for the 2015 co-located gathering of the Southeastern Technology Education Conference and the Mississippi Valley Technology Teacher Education Conference to be held in Nashville, TN November 5-6. Membership and conference participation are extended to professionals actively engaged in the preparation of teachers and supervisors of technology and engineering education, or serving as a supervisor or consultant of technology and engineering education. Click here to register for this conference. For additional information contact Jennifer Buelin-Biesecker, STEC President or Mike Daugherty, MVTTEC Life Chair.

International Conference on Industrial Technology Education for Sustainable Development The International Conference on Industrial Technology Education for Sustainable Development in “Technology Education, Engineering Education, TVET, and STEM Education” will take place November 6-7, 2015 in Aichi, Japan. The conference is geared towards engineers, teacher educators, classroom teachers, administrators, and others. Click here for complete information. Click here to ask questions.

Online Elementary STEM Course Offered An online elementary STEM course will be hosted by Bob Claymier, elementary STEM consultant with the Ohio Technology and Engineering Educators Association and also elementary STEM consultant with STEM is Elementary. The 10-week course will begin September 14, 2015. The course will help educators understand and experience the integration of STEM lessons into the pre-K-6 science curricula. It will conclude the week of November 16, 2015. The course can be taken for non-credit for $150 or for a semester hour of graduate credit through Ashland (OH) University for $325. For more information, please email Bob Claymier.

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Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program Accepting 2016-2017 Applications The Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program provides a unique opportunity for accomplished K-12 educators in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to serve in the national education arena. Fellows spend 11 months working in a federal agency or U.S. congressional office and bring their extensive classroom knowledge and experience to efforts related to STEM education programs and policy. To be eligible, applicants must be U.S. citizens who are currently employed full time in a U.S. public or private elementary or secondary school or school district. Applicants must have been teaching full time in a public or private elementary or secondary school for at least five of the last seven years in a STEM discipline. Program applications are due November 19, 2015, at 8pm EST and must be submitted through an online application system. Click here for additional information about the program, including eligibility requirements, program benefits, application requirements and access to the online application system. Click here for enquiries.

Call for Presenters: Virginia Children’s Engineering Convention The 20th Virginia Children’s Engineering Convention will be held February 11-12, 2016, at the Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center. PreK-5 teachers, principals,central office staff, and educational resource providers are invited to submit a session proposal that showcas- es best instructional practices. Proposals should demonstrate how the Standards of Learning can be reinforced through experiences that integrate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in ways that will reinforce children’s ability to: • Explore how people create, use, and control technology. • Apply knowledge in mathematics, science, English, and history and social sciences in solving problems associated with design, engineering, and technology. • Use tools and materials to develop technological literacy and self-confidence. The deadline for proposal submission is October 15, 2015. Please consider sharing your teacher-tested best instructional practices with other educators across the Commonwealth of Virginia and internationally. Click here to access the Call for Presenters as well as links to other convention information. Participants will receive 10 recertification points for full participation in the convention, when they have prior approval from their school administration. Presenters may receive additional re-certification points.

10 Best Budget 3D Printers You Can Get Today 3D Printers have evolved from mere devices for hobbyists to being con- sidered for industrial lsevel manufacturing. Having said that, there are still enthusiasts and students willing to learn these relatively new machines. So we have listed 10 best possible 3D printers that are easily affordable. The ranking are based on consumer reviews at Amazon.com, machine capabil- ity, and overall value for money. Click here to see the full list.

Future City Kicks Off 2015-16 Competition With “Waste Not, Want Not” Theme Over the years, cities and towns have managed their ever-expanding piles of trash in a variety of ways, including dumping it into landfills, burning it in incinerators, or shipping it off in trucks and barges. Such waste management systems contribute to air and water pollution and can be expensive and energy intensive. Today, engineers around the world are focused on the four Rs of waste management (Re- duce, Reuse, Recycle, and Rot), in an effort to deal with solid waste not as trash, but as a resource. With new solutions to waste management critical to the very survival of urban environments globally, the 2015-2016 Future City® Competition, a program of DiscoverE, is now underway. The Future City Competition is a national, project-based learning experience where students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade imagine, research, design, and build cities of the future. Keeping the engineering design process and project management front and center, students are asked to address an authentic, real-world question: How can we make the world a better place?

This year’s theme, Waste Not, Want Not, encourages students to design waste management systems for residential use and small businesses by looking at issues such as collection, separation, processing, recycling, health and safety, energy efficiency, environmental impact, and cost. Students learn how today’s engineers and city planners deal with citywide sustainability issues like solid waste management. They research cutting-edge technologies and imagine and design a plausible and futuristic solution that can exist for generations.

Working in a team with an educator and engineer mentor, students present their waste management solutions and vision of their future city in a virtual city design (using SimCity™ software); a 1,500 word city description; a scale model of their city (built with recycled materials); and in a short presentation to a panel of STEM professionals. Teams from 37 regions present their ideas at Regional Competitions in January. Winners represent their regions at the National Finals in Washington, DC in February. The deadline to register is October 31, 2015. Click here to register or to learn more. 5

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From the NASA Education Express Message—August 27, 2015

Celebrate World Space Week 2015 Join educators and space enthusiasts around the world to celebrate World Space Week, October 4-10, 2015. This international event commemorates the beginning of the Space Age with the launch of Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957. World Space Week is the largest public space event in the world, with celebrations in more than 60 nations. During World Space Week, teachers are encouraged to use space-themed activities. Click to learn more about World Space Week, search for events in your area, and find educational materials.

Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success The Institute for Broadening Participation is accepting applications for the Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success in Geosciences Research Experiences for Undergraduates (MS PHD’S-GEO REU) Professional Development Program. The MS PHD’S-GEO REU program is designed specifically for underrepresented minority undergraduates who have participated in a recent National Science Foundation Research Experience for Under- graduates, or NSF REU, program in one of the following disciplines: Earth sciences, ocean sciences, polar sciences, or atmospheric and geospace sciences. Consideration also will be given to applicants who have completed REUs in other STEM fields (e.g., environmental engineering, ecology, computational mathematics, etc.) and who demonstrate strong interest in the geosciences and articulate potential benefits received as participants in this program. Applications are due September 14, 2015. Click here for more information and to fill out an application. Click here for questions about the opportunity.

“Where Over the World Is Astronaut Scott Kelly?” During his year-long stay on the International Space Station, astronaut Scott Kelly wants to test your knowledge of the world through a geography trivia game on Twitter. Traveling more than 220 miles above Earth, and at 17,500 miles per hour, he circumnavigates the globe more than a dozen times a day. This gives Kelly the opportunity to see and photograph various geographical locations on Earth. In fact, part of his job while in space is to capture images of Earth for scientific observations. Follow @StationCDRKelly on Twitter. Each Wednesday, Kelly will tweet a picture and ask the public to identify the place depicted in the photo. The first person to identify the place correctly will win an autographed copy of the picture. Kelly plans to continue posting weekly contest photos until he returns from the space station in March 2016. Click here for more information. Click here to learn more about the One-Year Mission.

2016 RASC-AL Aerospace Concepts Design Competition NASA and the National Institute of Aerospace announce the 2016 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts-Academic Linkage Aero- space Concepts competition. RASC-AL is a design project competition for university-level engineering students and faculty. The 2016 RASC-AL competition challenges participants to design projects based on real NASA problems by responding to one of four themes: • Crew-Tended Co-Orbiting ISS (International Space Station) Facility • Lunar Ice-Trap ISRU (In-Situ Resource Utilization) Mining, Processing and Storage Facility • Crewed Mars Moons Mission • Earth-Independent 1G Space Station

NASA could potentially implement concepts derived from the design projects. Interested teams are encouraged to submit a notice of intent by November 9, 2015, and teams must submit an abstract for their proposed project by January 17, 2016. The RASC-AL competition is open to full-time undergraduate or graduate students majoring in engineering or science at an accredited college or university. University design teams must include one faculty or industry advisor with a university affiliation and two or more undergraduate or graduate students. A group of universities also may collaborate on a design project entry. Multidisciplinary teams are encouraged. Click here for more information about this competition. If you have questions about this competition, please contact the RASC-AL team.

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Thousands in Cash Prizes Available in Verizon Innovative App Challenge! Student teams across the nation are now invited to create novel ideas for the mobile app marketplace in the Verizon Innovative App Challenge. The competition offers middle and high school students the opportunity to apply their STEM knowledge and submit an idea for a mobile technology application that can be used to solve a societal or community problem. Registration for this contest is now open, and eight teams will win “Best in Nation” honors, each earning a $20,000 cash grant for their school.

No app building experience is necessary! Only an app idea is required for submission by a faculty advisor, who guides a team of five to seven students in the conceptualization process. This is the fourth year for this exciting competition by the Verizon Foundation, in partnership with the Technology Student Association. Registration and entry instructions can be found on the Verizon Innovative App Challenge website.

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