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September 2019
A Day with Sugata Mitra
Workshop Description: If you’re a teacher in Ohio, you don’t want to miss this. Sugata Mitra has become synonymous with the future of education. In 2013 he won the TEDx prize for his ideas. His videos have been watched by over 10 million people, making him one of the most viewed videos on TED. His story is as simple as it is beautiful. In early 1999, he and some colleagues snuck a computer into the opening of a wall near…
Find out more »Maker Mania: Moon Landing Edition
Join The PAST Foundation for some out of this world activities! Join us at the PAST Innovation Lab on Wednesday, September 25 from 6pm-8pm for a FREE night of STEM hands-on activities that are out of this world! Bring NEW school supplies to donate to a local school. (pens, pencils, tissues, cleaning wipes, etc) Come innovate, design and create with your family!
Find out more »STEM in the Park
MEET US AT THE PARK for the 10th Annual STEM in the Park Saturday, September 28, 2019 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. in the Perry Field House @ BGSU Go Green with STEM in the Park! NEW ZONE IN 2019 Introducing the ECO-ZONE with all new Earth-Centric Activities Because there is no Planet B!
Find out more »November 2019
Great Lake Erie Educators Exchange
Inspiring Northeast Ohio k-12 educators with best practices in nature-centric place-based education. We are working to build a knowledge network for outdoor education. Conference style PD with 10+ workshops led by staff experts from the leading conservation organizations in Greater Cleveland. Graduate credit is available. All workshops will be taught in the outdoors, in the heart of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Registration fees include all meals + overnight accommodations, inside the park!
Find out more »Wings of Women Cleveland Conference
The Wings of Women (WOW) conference is geared towards high school female students interested in pursuing STEM career fields. We bring in professional female mentors from various STEM fields, who spend the day speaking with the students about how they got to where they are today. There are also hands-on activities that go along with each of these fields to help spark further interest. This is a great opportunity for young ladies to be inspired and empowered to pursue whatever…
Find out more »Deep Dive Workshop: PBL in Math
Looking for ways to make your math projects authentic and more student-centered? Join a middle school and a high school math teacher at the Dayton Regional STEM School to explore this question and to examine the role of inquiry-based instruction and growth mindset to support project-based learning in your classroom. You will walk away from this workshop with online resources and some strategies you can use with your students, as well as potential ideas for future, authentic project-based learning units.…
Find out more »December 2019
Believe in Ohio STEM Forum at BGSU
Attention High School Teachers of Science, Mathematics, Technology, Business, & Economics The Northwest Ohio Center for Excellence in STEM Education (NWO) at Bowling Green State University in partnership with the BGSU Paul J. Hooker Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, will hold a Believe in Ohio STEM Entrepreneurship & Innovation Forum on December 5th, from 9:30am to 1:00pm at BGSU to introduce the Believe in Ohio program to high school students in the northwestern region of Ohio. Believe in Ohio is…
Find out more »PBL in Action School Visit: Exhibition Night
Join us for the afternoon to observe classrooms, to eat a light dinner with DRSS teachers, and to learn how we develop, organize and publicize Exhibition Night, where all DRSS students share their project work with the public. Then attend Exhibition Night festivities, where you will see and hear about projects in all subject areas from our grade 6-12 students.
Find out more »January 2020
Computer Science Fundamentals Introduction Workshop
Elementary school is the ideal time for students to first engage in Computer Science. Computer science is about creativity, problems solving and persistence. Students will create their own games, art, and digital stories. Lesson progressions start with "unplugged" activities that teach computational thinking skills without computers. The lessons then have students to go deeper with the skill in a "plugged" (computer based) activity. (YouTube: K-5 teachers and students talk about the program) Learn more about the curriculum here. This Intro…
Find out more »February 2020
MATHCOUNTS 2020 Regional Competition, Akron
Regional math competition for grades levels 6, 7, 8. Participation is through school coach registration at MATHCOUNTS.org; finalists advance to state and national competitions.
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