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8 Minute Ride: The Space Shuttle at 40 - STEM in 30

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Welcome to our forth weekly Design Challenge in the Tinkercad Gallery. This week we want to see original creations using the Smithsonian collection in Tinkercad.

Want to participate?

1. Create a new design that uses the Smithsonian collection in Tinkercad. Let your imagination run wild!

2. Share your public design in the Tinkercad Gallery with the tag #TinkerTogether

3. Have Instagram or Twitter? Share your designs there with #TinkerTogether

4. Check back next Monday for a roundup of our favorites!

Need a little inspiration? Check out a few of our favorite designs using the Smithsonian collection from the gallery!

We can't wait to see what you design! #TinkerTogether

Keep an eye on the Tinkercad blogand our social media channels ( Twitter, Facebook) for more step-by-step guides, design challenges and other inspiration.

In the meantime, please see our recent posts titledHello Tinkercad Friends! Let's #TinkerTogetherandParents Guide to Starting Kids in Tinkercad. They provide more information on some of Tinkercad's useful features for parents, teachers, and students.

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Welcome to our forth weekly Design Challenge in the Tinkercad Gallery. This week we want to see original creations using the Smithsonian collection in Tinkercad. Want to participate? Create a new design that uses the Smithsonian collection in Tinkercad. Let your imagination run wild!

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The 50th anniversary of
Earth Day was unlike any other.

With COVID-19 causing public health lockdowns around the world, Earth Day, the planet's largest civic event, went entirely digital for the first time in its history. On every continent, in dozens of languages, humanity celebrated our shared home.

We resolved that after the COVID-19 pandemic ended, we would restore our Earth to a cleaner, fairer, better world for everyone.

PEOPLE TOOK ACTION
AS EARTH DAY WENT DIGITAL
FIND THE EARTH DAY 2020 POSTERS AT THE BOTTOM
OF THIS PAGE

Local leaders CREATED events around the world

This map traces their work.

Select the date April 1, 2020, on the left to see our 2020 events.

Worldwide demonstrations and volunteer events pre-COVID built up energy for the day

We Built on Earth Day'S Legacy

The first Earth Day in 1970 mobilized millions of Americans for the protection of the planet. On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans - 10% of the U.S. population at the time - took to the streets, college campuses and hundreds of cities to protest environmental ignorance and demand a new way forward for our planet. The first Earth Day is credited with launching the modern environmental movement and is now recognized as the planet's largest civic event.

Earth Day led to passage of landmark environmental laws in the United States, including the Clean Air, Clean Water and Endangered Species Acts. Many countries soon adopted similar laws, and in 2016, the United Nations chose Earth Day as the day to sign the Paris Climate Agreement into force.

"Despite that amazing success and decades of environmental progress, we find ourselves facing an even more dire, almost existential, set of global environmental challenges, from loss of biodiversity to climate change to plastic pollution, that call for action at all levels of government," said Denis Hayes, the organizer of the first Earth Day in 1970 and Earth Day Network's Board Chair Emeritus.

"Progress has slowed, climate change impacts grow, and our adversaries have become better financed," said EARTHDAY.ORG president Kathleen Rogers. "We find ourselves today in a world facing global threats that demand a unified global response. For Earth Day 2020, we will build a new generation of environmentalist activists, engaging millions of people worldwide."

the History of Earth Day

Discover the history of Earth Day, and our plans, half a century later
Our History

Earth Day 2020 FAQ

Earth Day is April 22 of every year. April 22, 2020 marked 50 years of Earth Day.

The theme for Earth Day 2020 was climate action. The enormous challenge - but also the vast opportunities - of action on climate change have distinguished the issue as the most pressing topic for the 50th anniversary.

Climate change represents the biggest challenge to the future of humanity and the life-support systems that make our world habitable.

Earth Day was a unified response to an environment in crisis - oil spills, smog, rivers so polluted they literally caught fire.

On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans - 10% of the U.S. population at the time - took to the streets, college campuses and hundreds of cities to protest environmental ignorance and demand a new way forward for our planet.

The first Earth Day is credited with launching the modern environmental movement, and is now recognized as the planet's largest civic event.

The first Earth Day in 1970 launched a wave of action, including the passage of landmark environmental laws in the United States. The Clean Air, Clean Water and Endangered Species Acts were created in response to the first Earth Day in 1970, as well as the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Many countries soon adopted similar laws.

Earth Day continues to hold major international significance: In 2016, the United Nations chose Earth Day as the day when the historic Paris Agreement on climate change was signed into force.

On Earth Day 2020, we seized all the tools and actions that we have, big and small, to change our lives and change our world, not for one day, but forever.

While the coronavirus may force us to keep our distance, it did not force us to keep our voices down. The only thing that will change the world is a bold and unified demand for a new way forward.

We may be apart, but through the power of digital media, we're also more connected than ever.

On April 22, we showcased 24 hours of action in a global digital mobilization that drove actions big and small, gave diverse voices a platform and demanded bold action for people and the planet.

Over the 24 hours of Earth Day, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day filled the digital landscape with global conversations, calls to action, performances, video teach-ins and more.

While Earth Day went digital, our goal remained the same: to mobilize the world to take the most meaningful actions to make a difference.

No matter where you are, you can still make a difference. Check out Our Work to keep the momentum going. Together, we can save the Earth.

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The STEMIE Coalition's Invention Convention Curriculum. It's FREE!

The STEMIE Coalition's Invention Convention Curriculum presented by Stanley Black & Decker will be launched at the beginning of June 2018. The curriculum is divided into four grade ranges: K-2; 3-5; 6-8 and 9-12. It follows the 7 steps of the Invention Process: Identifying, Understanding, Ideating, Designing, Building, Testing, and Communicating.

The Invention Convention Curriculum is open access, so EVERY student K-12 may have access to it. "Open Access" means that while STEMIE does not charge for the curriculum, we do vet all the curriculum and author new pieces with curriculum experts regularly to ensure the content is aligned with Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards.

It is The STEMIE (STEM + Invention + Entrepreneurship) Coalition's belief that while not all Inventors are Entrepreneurs and not all Entrepreneurs are Inventors, these two pillars of Innovation (Inventing + Entrepreneurship) are closely aligned and are necessary skills sets in which all students should be immersed in order to create a more innovative, empathetic, and productive workforce of tomorrow.

If your organization would like to contribute to this National Invention Curriculum, please contact us at info@stemie.org.

Interested in becoming a STEMIE Affiliate in one of our open territories? Please email us at info@stemie.org.

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING FOR TEACHERS!

The STEMIE Coalition's 2019 National Invention Convention presented by United Technologies Corporation

The Henry Ford Museum, May 30 - June 2: We are bringing 500+ student inventors and entrepreneurs to Dearborn, Michigan to showcase their innovative ideas!

Each student is a winner of their underlying state-level competition, and their state's representative of thousands of kids who each year learn core invention and entrepreneurship skills in their K-12 schools.

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This curriculum covers numerous topics relating to plants, including genetic diversity, genetic codes, genomes, DNA, and biotechnology. Each lesson includes background, hands-on activities, math puzzles, suggestions for discussion and leads to find more information. The curriculum is broken up into five lessons, all available for free!

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