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LiftOff Summer Institute Legacy of Apollo 

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Beginning in the summer of 1990, the NASA's Texas Space Grant Consortium initiated weeklong professional development training for teachers. This aerospace workshop, called LiftOff, emphasizes science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning experiences by incorporating a space science theme supported by NASA missions. Teacher participants are provided with information and experiences through speakers, hands-on activities and field investigations that promote space science and enrichment activities for themselves and others.

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Upcoming teacher trainings and archived sites of past trainings with related activities, presentations, and other resources.

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Professional Development for Teachers | Perot Museum of Nature and Science

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Professional Development | Perot Museum of Nature and Science

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Professional development resources - such as workshops, online training tools and our very own Kosmos Energy STEM Teacher Institute that equips teachers with the tools and skills to ignite student enthusiasm for science - give teachers the opportunity for career growth.

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The Lemelson-MIT Program, located within the School of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is hosting three hands-on professional development workshops this summer aimed at helping middle and high school teachers nurture their students' creativity and inventive mindsets.
Midwest | July 11-13, 2018 at Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton, Wisc.
West Coast | July 25-27, 2018 at California Polytechnic State University in Pomona, Calif.
East Coast | August 1-3, 2018 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass.

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Tags: creativity, Engineering Design, invention, Lemelson-MIT, professional development for teachers, Programs for Teachers, Resources for Teachers, STEM education, Summer Programs (Teachers)

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The National Science Foundation's Engineering Directorate sponsors paid summer research experiences for teachers (RET) at university labs across the country. Studies show that these authentic, hands-on experiences can have profound effects on teacher effectiveness and student learning. Apply today!

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From the federal government to science museums, universities, and professional societies like the American Society for Engineering Education, summer learning opportunities for STEM teachers abound. Apply for these 2017 institutes and workshops today!

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Discover how to use the engineering design process to enrich your students' math and science learning in an immersive, week-long course presented by the Knowles Science Teaching Foundation and endorsed by ASEE. Register by June 15, 2017 for sessions starting June 26 (River Falls, WI) and July 22 (Philadelphia, PA).
Photo from 2016 ASEE K-12 Engineering Education Workshop design activity
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Join Texas A&M and the American Society for Engineering Education June 19-23 for an immersive residential workshop designed to help you integrate the "E" into your STEM classes using flying machines. Register today!

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Hands-on projects and visits with federal scientists and engineers are among the highlights of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's summer institute for middle school teachers, which takes place July 10 to 21, 2017 at NIST's headquarters in Gaithersburg, Md. Participants will receive a $2,000 stipend and up to $2,000 to cover travel and lodging expenses. Apply by March 3, 2017.

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Innovation, STEM, and Intellectual Property is the theme for the United States Patent and Trademark Office's 3rd Annual National Summer Teacher Institute, to be held July 17-22, 2016 at Michigan State University. Some 50 K-12 teachers from across the country will be selected to participate in this professional development and training program. Apply by March 15.

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Tags: copyright, Innovation, intellectual property, making, patent, Programs for Teachers, Scholarships and Fellowships, STEM teacher professional development, Summer Programs (Teachers), US Patent and Trademark Office

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Biofuels and other interdisciplinary energy topics are the subject of free "train the trainer" workshops for STEM and agriculture teachers sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Bioenergy and Bioproducts Education Program. The central New York workshop runs from July 27 - 30, with a Washington, D.C., workshop from August 10 - 13.

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The Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy is a five-day, all-expenses-paid professional development program for third- through fifth-grade teachers designed to help inspire students to pursue careers in science and math. The fun, hands-on activities are created and led by two of the nation's leading teacher-training organizations, Math Solutions Professional Development and the National Science Teachers Association. Applications for the 2015 Academy are due October 31, 2014.

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eGFI - For Teachers " Summer Programs (Teachers)

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Posted on by Mary Lord The Lemelson-MIT Program, located within the School of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is hosting three hands-on professional development workshops this summer aimed at helping middle and high school teachers nurture their students' creativity and inventive mindsets.

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Exploratorium Summer Institute for Teachers

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Exploratorium Summer Institute for Teachers

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Due to constraints brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, we will not be hosting our 3-week Summer Institute in 2021. However, the Exploratorium is committed to supporting educators during this time. If you'd like to stay up to date with our resources and other professional development opportunities for educators, we encourage you to sign up for our Educator Newsletter.

Join us each summer for three weeks of nonstop science exploration. Since 1984, the Exploratorium Teacher Institute has offered a summer professional development program for middle and high school science teachers. Our institutes support the content and pedagogy described in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).

During the institutes, teachers work with each other and with staff scientists and educators to learn more about science teaching. They will introduce you to the museum's exhibits, the foundation of our teaching programs, and will also lead activities and model pedagogical skills that will help relay science concepts to your students. Together, we will carry out hands-on investigations of natural phenomena and highlight how they relate to human perception, physical science, life science, earth science, and mathematics. Many of our investigations will help you bring the NGSS into your curriculum.

Each day includes class instruction as well as independent project and research work. In the afternoon, you can select from a menu of mini-workshop topics, create small versions of Exploratorium exhibits in the machine shop, and meet with Teacher Institute staff to focus on your specific needs.

We offer concurrent versions of the Summer Institute, one for middle school teachers and one for high school teachers. After completing one of these professional development institutes, you become an alumnus of the Teacher Institute and are eligible to attend alumni institutes and workshops.

The Teacher Institute is committed to building and supporting a diverse, inclusive, and equitable community. Educators of color and educators working in public schools, especially Title I schools, are encouraged to apply.

Please email teacherinstitute@exploratorium.edu if you have any questions.

What does the Summer Institute cost?

There is no fee to attend the Summer Institute, and we provide stipends to all the teachers who complete the three-week program. The only costs you need to consider are related to travel, food, lodging, and an initial deposit. On acceptance, teachers are asked to provide a $100 deposit to hold their place. We will issue full refunds of the deposits after teachers have completed the program.

What stipend will I receive?

Each participant will be awarded a stipend of $2,500 after completion of the institute.

Can participants earn continuing education credits?

Yes. Six graduate-level semester units of continuing education credits may be purchased from us at the end of the Summer Institute. The Exploratorium has a partnership with the University of the Pacific in California.

Who is eligible to apply?

Applicants must be current in-classroom science teachers for grades 6-12, and they should have at least three years of experience teaching science in a classroom. Our Teacher Induction Program is for beginning science teachers who are in their first or second years of teaching.

Please note: Priority is given to teachers working in public schools.

Can teachers outside of California apply?

Yes, we reserve a limited number of spaces for out-of-state and international applicants.

Is lodging provided?

Lodging is not provided, but the Exploratorium can offer a discounted rate with a local hotel. We can also try to connect accepted teachers who are interested in sharing lodging accommodations. Other options include finding another hotel in San Francisco or a neighboring city like Oakland, renting or subletting a space, or staying with friends or relatives living in the Bay Area.

Are meals provided?

We provide breakfast each day, and teachers are responsible for other meals.

When will the application open?

The application window is typically January through March. To be placed on the mailing list for the next Summer Institute, please email teacherinstitute@exploratorium.edu.

If you wish to be on the mailing list for application announcements, please send an email to teacherinstitute@exploratorium.edu.

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Summer Institute for Teachers | Exploratorium

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Due to constraints brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, we will not be hosting our 3-week Summer Institute in 2021. However, the Exploratorium is committed to supporting educators during this time. If you'd like to stay up to date with our resources and other professional development opportunities for educators, we encourage you to sign up for our Educator Newsletter.

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The CGLL is a collaborative effort led by Sea Grant educators throughout the Great Lakes watershed. The Center fosters informed and responsible decisions that advance basin-wide stewardship by providing hands-on experiences, educational resources and networking opportunities that promote Great Lakes literacy among an engaged community of educators, scientists and citizens.

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Environmental Education Resources - Travel Opportunities for Educators

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Get out of the classroom and learn about cutting edge research and conservation efforts, develop professional skills and make a difference for the environment. A diverse selection of travel and learning opportunities for educators - both within the U.S. and abroad - is currently available.

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Service Learning on Deer Island: Ecological science for restoration and resilience

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Service Learning on Deer Island: Ecological science for restoration and resilience

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The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory in Ocean Springs, Mississippi conducts research and offers graduate and undergraduate studies in marine sciences and marine biology.

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We're excited to introduce you to our naturalist, John Scheerens, who will participate in every aspect of the Science at Sea experience and provide us with his amazing insights and knowledge of the region.

John is considered the teacher of teachers in Alaska serving as the training consultant for most of the major tour companies throughout Alaska. John has been featured on ABC's Good Morning America, ESPN's Outdoor Adventure Series, and Outdoor Channels Pathfinder's Series, and his educational tours have received the highest praise among his peers. We cannot think of the better tour leader for our Science at Sea experience.

"I grew up in the deserts of Tucson, Arizona. Following military service from 1967-1969 I attended the University of Arizona. I began working in Glacier National Park summers while in college and eventually moved to Montana where I resided for seven years and finished my formal education at the University of Montana with a major in English Literature. In 1980, I accepted a position with Glacier Bay National Park in Southeast Alaska. Alaska captured my heart, and I have been a resident of Gustavus, Alaska (small community within Glacier Bay NP) ever since. There I raised a daughter; hand built my own home, and embraced the Alaska rural lifestyle. I have been an outdoors person all my life and have come to love and cherish all things Alaskan - fishing, hiking, kayaking, boating, gardening and wildlife watching. I've been involved in tourism in one form or another for my entire adult life and for the past twenty-nine years in Alaska. During that time, I have spent a great deal of time learning about Alaska, its natural and cultural history, both in formal and informal educational settings."

"I have enjoyed a fairly diverse and varied experience in the tourism business ranging from wilderness guide to general manager of two well known and highly respected resort lodges. For ten years from 1980 to 1989 I served as the Lodge Manager and then Vice President and General Manger of Glacier Bay Lodge, the concession hotel at Glacier Bay National Park. I served as general manager of the Kenai Princess Lodge in Cooper Landing, Alaska in 1990 and 1991. The Kenai Princess is a premier wilderness resort operated by Princess Tours. I returned to Gustavus in 1992 and accepted an operations manager position with Alaska Discovery. Alaska Discovery, at that time, was Alaska's most well known and celebrated wilderness guiding company. They offered wilderness trips throughout Alaska from the Arctic to Glacier Bay via kayak, river raft, or hiking. During that time I guided a number of wilderness trips in addition to my administrative duties. In 2003, I formed Alaska-In-Depth, a small tour consulting business which I currently still own and operate. Alaska-In-Depth organizes and operates educationally based tours exclusively in Alaska for various clients, principally Elderhostel, Osher Life Long Learning, and the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Additionally, Alaska-In-Depth provides educational workshops specializing in the training of naturalists and customer service for tourism employees and management."

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Science at Sea - Cruise Alaska with Steve Spangler

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We're excited to introduce you to our naturalist, John Scheerens, who will participate in every aspect of the Science at Sea experience and provide us with his amazing insights and knowledge of the region. John is considered the teacher of teachers in Alaska serving as the training consultant for most of the major tour companies throughout Alaska.

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Reading to Learn in Science Registration Form

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Reading to Learn in Science Registration Form

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The application period for 2019-2020 applications for educators has closed (as of 5:00 pm. ADT on 24 September 2018). If you submitted an application to the 2019-2020 program, please be patient with the process. We will notify applicants throughout the review process to the email that was provided in the application.

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The Science Friday Educator Collaborative

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The Science Friday Educator Collaborative

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The Science Friday Educator Collaborative

For 25 years, Science Friday has been producing award-winning multimedia for web, radio, YouTube, and social media. By reaching millions of people and working with a growing network of scientists and innovators-including Nobel laureates, MacArthur geniuses, Pulitzer Prize winners, and world-famous explorers-we aim to promote a greater understanding of science and technology in the general public.
And we want your help.
Educators like you are our allies in communicating the value of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to the general public. We think that by working together, we can combine powerful media and innovative education practices to inspire students to pursue careers that lead to discovery and innovation.

Join the Science Friday Educator Collaborative!

The Science Friday Initiative is conducting a search for creative, highly motivated, and dedicated STEM educators to participate in the collaborative development of new multimedia-driven education resources. You'll work directly with Science Friday staff to produce and share compelling approaches to STEM education inspired by interviews and stories from real scientists, mathematicians, and engineers. Science Friday will support your work with stunning visuals and multimedia, and will then share your content with a larger audience.

Why should I participate?
Participants in the collaborative will receive:

An opportunity to demonstrate your education expertise and insight to a large audience.

Creative and editorial guidance from Science Friday to develop educational resources.

A virtual visit to your classroom from a scientist, engineer, or mathematician, drawn from Science Friday's community of STEM professionals.

Materials for implementing your activities with your students.

Bragging rights! The Science Friday Educator Collaborative is a nationally competitive program with only a select number of participants.

Connections to educator peers who are creating and sharing compelling approaches to STEM education across the nation.

Science Friday Swag (T-shirt!).

A byline. The multimedia-supported educational resource you develop will be featured on www.sciencefriday.com.

Oh, and did we mention that you'll also receive an honorarium of $500.00 for your work?

Who can participate?
Any educator working full-time in the United States with K-12 students in a classroom or in an after-school program, zoo, museum, or any other informal educational institution or program. Educators must have a proven track record of designing and implementing original educational experiences for students. Educators must have at least three years experience working with K-12 students and must submit the contact information for an administrator or supervisor who can attest to their professional excellence as an instructor and facilitator.

This sounds like me! How do I apply?

Applications for this program will open again in early Fall 2018. Get an early heads-up by subscribing to our newsletter for educators here.

When will I know I am selected?

Educators selected for interviews will be notified in March 2019.

What are the program requirements in a nutshell?

Participate in a series of web-based trainings;

Create, revise, refine, and work with Science Friday staff on an original educational resource (lesson plan, activity, strategy, game, experiment, or other learning experience based on one or more Science Friday multimedia artifacts);

Provide constructive feedback on two peer-generated resources;

Create a digital artifact showing the use of your educational resource by students;

Complete pre- and post-program evaluation surveys.

If you're excited to improve your professional practice, get your work published, and join an amazing community of STEM educators, we hope you apply. You can also sign-up for our monthly newsletter to be notified of this and other Science Friday opportunities for educators. We look forward to working with you!

Sincerely,
The Science Friday Education Team
www.sciencefriday.com/educate

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Apply To The 2018 Science Friday Educator Collaborative!

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The Science Friday Educator Collaborative For 25 years, Science Friday has been producing award-winning multimedia for web, radio, YouTube, and social media. By reaching millions of people and working with a growing network of scientists and innovators-including Nobel laureates, MacArthur geniuses, Pulitzer Prize winners, and world-famous explorers-we aim to promote a greater understanding of science and technology in the general public.

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Space Academy for Educators | www.spacecamp.com

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Trainees in Space Academy for Educators earn up to 45 hours of Continuing Education credit and educators get access to their own website with lesson plans, standards and tips needed to adapt many of the workshop activities to individual class environments. Space Academy for Educators is offered June through August.

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NSTA New Science Teachers Academy: Benefits, Expectations, and Eligibility

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Real World Science | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans

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Real World Science is a weeklong professional development opportunity for middle school science teachers. Twenty eight teachers from across the country will come to New Orleans to experience hands-on how necessity, knowledge, perseverance and skill lead to inventions, innovation, and careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), just like in World War II.

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Who Should Apply

Middle School (grades 5-8) STEM teachers with an interest in expanding their practice to include informal education techniques. You may apply with colleagues from your school or district as a team. Efforts will be made to enroll a cohort who represents a diverse set of school types, geographic regions, teaching environments, and experiences.

Teachers Will Learn

Participants in the first cohort-and who continue for the entire three-year term--will grapple with the idea of "authentic learning." A major buzz phrase in the formal and informal education communities, authentic learning is a broad construct that could be defined in different ways by different educators. At its root, the authentic learning movement seeks to involve real-world problems, use open-ended inquiry, and engage students in social learning. The cohort will work to define the term as it relates to their practice and design content around it as they progress through the program.

Through hands-on activities, museum tours, visits to other museums, group work, and expertise from museum educators and content experts, teachers will use aerospace science, history, and technology to shape their ideas about authentic learning and bring informal education techniques into their classrooms.

Teachers will propose an independent project to be completed over the two weeks. The project must be substantial (a unit plan, after school club, project for students, etc.) and centered around aerospace or content from the National Air and Space Museum.

We Provide

There is no cost for teachers to participate. Teachers are provided with lodging, food, and travel (to and within DC).

During the institute, teachers will be given VIP museum experiences and access to content experts in both informal education and aerospace content.

Participants will also have opportunities to connect with your cohort and museum staff several times during the school year.

Expectations

Commit to two weeks each summer for three summers.

Propose an independent project and see it through to completion. Present the project to fellow Institute participants and Smithsonian staff. Participants will use approximately one quarter of their time working on projects independently.

Actively participate in sessions led by Smithsonian Institution staff and guests on the marriage of informal and formal learning.

Assist in the evaluation of and iteration upon current educational programming at the National Air and Space Museum.

Year One: Connect at least twice during the school year via videoconference (the Museum will provide the videoconference platform) to reflect and evaluate your practice with your fellow cohort. Present at least one professional development session for teachers in your school or district.

Year Two: Support a new cohort by continuing to participate in reflective practice videoconferences. Present at least two professional development sessions for teachers in your local district or region.

Year Three: Create curriculum and activities for a new cohort and actively mentor new teacher innovators. Present professional development to local teachers in the DC metro area.

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Middle School (grades 5-8) STEM teachers with an interest in expanding their practice to include informal education techniques. You may apply with colleagues from your school or district as a team. Efforts will be made to enroll a cohort who represents a diverse set of school types, geographic regions, teaching environments, and experiences.

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Facebook Group w/ Teacher Institute Info

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Facebook Group w/ Teacher Institute Info

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Scholarships, Grants and Summer Institutes for Teachers

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The Scholarships, Grants and Summer Institutes for Teachers is a group page for instructors looking for grant funding and stipends, opportunities for professional development, summer travel, job...

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National Energy Education Development Project

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National Energy Education Development Project

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national energy conference for educators

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The mission of the NEED Project is to promote an energy conscious and educated society by creating effective networks of students, educators, business, government and community leaders to design and deliver objective, multi-sided energy education programs. NEED works with energy companies, agencies and organizations to bring balanced energy programs to the nation's schools with a focus on strong teacher professional development, timely and balanced curriculum materials, signature program capabilities and turn-key program management.