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Guidance on New Science Standards

The Region 3 STEM team provides you with another robust STEM packed edition of our Blog before the Thanksgiving Break. In this month's post you will find the latest information on NGSS, articles on STEM Learning Ecosystems, new curricula resources from Engineering Adventures, and grant opportunities and upcoming professional development trainings.

 

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Back to School with Region 3

As we all know the autmnal equinox (September 23) is getting closer and marks the official end of summer in the northern hemisphere. For some of us, summer officially ended a few weeks ago (if not earlier) with the start of the 2014-2015 academic year.

Sacramento - STEMtastic Summer Afterschool Activities

Superintendents, school districts, afterschool providers, administrators, certificated teachers, and afterschool practicioners all throughout Region 3 have banded together to help stave off the "summer slide" & weight gain that many children experience once the school doors close for summer. Utilizing supplemental funding from CDO, Title I funds, grants from private foundations, etc. they have been able to open up some of the schools in their districts to provide the children that they serve with either four to eight week long Summer Learning Programs.

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Students in Regular Day and After School Programs at Lymon Gilmore Middle School Participate in Large Scientific Project

On May 31, 2014, regular day and and after school programs at Lymon Gilmore Middle School hosted the Second Annual Flight Day in celebration of Gilmore's first successful airplane flight by setting up many interactive activity booths educating students about the science and engineering behind the principles of flight. This event brought together an entire community of educators and even included a fly over by 15 local pilots.

STEM Champions!

San Diego County Office of Education is one of five Regional Innovation Support Providers that is working in the San Diego area to increase high-quality STEM learning opportunities for youth in expanded learning programs. They have recently wrapped up their STEMpower! Event & has a ton of resources to share with everyone!

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Engineer's Week in Chula Vista

Chula Vista (Vista Square) & South Bay Family YMCA is a part of our Power of Discovery: STEM2 efforts. They had a major celebration for Engineer’s Week & received great media coverage. 

 
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STEM-tastic After School Activities in Region 3

STEM-tastic After School Activities in Region 3 is an After School Region 3 blog post about the Grass Valley School District gathering at Lyman Gilmore Middle School (over 1,000 students) on May 21, 2014 to celebrate the 112th anniversary of Lyman Gilmore's supposed maiden flight. "The regular day staff, the after school staff, local businesses, and the community came together to put on the Second Annual Flight Day.

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