NOVA students as well as college, High School and Middle School students can submit their projects up until Dec 10th. The challenge is to fabricate a one-of-kind musical instrument!
Students may participate as a solo artist or form a musical entourage with up to two additional members. There will be cash prizes!
Submit here.
Wed., November 08, 2023, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
Making connections and impacting your community enhances teaching and student learning and engagement.
Join this educator panel for ideas on how to bring your community and its resources into your learning environment. You’ll also learn how you can encourage students to engage and give back.
This webinar delves into the power of community engagement and its role in encouraging students to step out into the world of experiential STEM learning. Discover how collaboration between educators, local organizations, and community leaders can enrich STEM education by providing students with real-world experiences and hands-on learning opportunities.
SPEAKERS
Christina Chandler, School Strategy and DEIB Initiatives Consultant, KC STEM
Heather Kleiner, Director of the Northwest LaSTEM Innovation Center
Sandra Roberts, Education Program Manager, Science Friday
MODERATORS
Martha McCabe, Senior Vice President of Community Partnerships, Project Lead The Way
MSU Student Union Building! This is different than last year but the same as the pre-Covid events.
For a full-size PDF of this poster,
click here.
Looking for projects to use the light sensor on the micro:bit? We've got 
make it :code it resources so you can use the micro:bit’s light sensor
including a cookie tin alarm, a nightlight, an energy-cost calculator and much more
microbit.org/projects/make-
#microbit #STEM
Congratulations to Tosin Adetoro of Falls Church City Public Schools. She gets to work with nearly every student in the school system during their most formative years of building a STEM identity.
The STEAM educator’s passion for science is contagious at Oak Street Elementary School.
Upside down, hands up, glee on her face, Tosin Adetoro soared above her students in an F/A-18 fighter jet. The teacher at Oak Street Elementary School in Falls Church had been recognized for excellence in teaching and her outreach efforts in the STEAM field (short for science, technology, engineering, art, and math). The award: a flight with the Blue Angels at the 2020 Joint Base Andrews Air Show. “I hate roller coasters and things that move fast. But I told my students, ‘I had to be a risk-taker just like you,’” laughs Adetoro. “And it was the best experience ever.”
Oak Street is a Primary Years International Baccalaureate School, a program that focuses on inquiry-based learning. Adetoro models that philosophy as she guides 500 students in their weekly STEAM classes. The lessons are hands-on, whether it’s rocketry, coding, or robotics. While she only sees them once a week, she knows every student’s name, and they call her Ms. Awesome.
Adetoro’s passion for science is contagious, according to her fellow teachers, and they cite her creativity, colorful clothing, and excitement for learning. “Science is already a boring and challenging concept for some, so I have to sprinkle pizazz on it,” Adetoro says. “It may take me all year to wow that one student in the back corner, but we’re going to work on it.”
Challenges are embedded in her lesson plans, like when she adapted a high school experiment and had fifth graders build hot air balloons at home during the pandemic. Adetoro showed that Oak Street students could manage the task. She stresses that it’s OK to fail, and in science and technology, failing is part of the process.
Adetoro teaches third through fifth graders and celebrates every step of their elementary school journey. To demonstrate the impact of her classroom lessons, Adetoro founded STEAM Night, and the event’s popularity is undeniable. In the lead up to STEAM Night, she empowers her students to develop independent projects and present them to the Falls Church business community.
“As a parent of two children who she has taught, I can confidently say that her enthusiasm for teaching and learning is infectious,” says Chrissy Henderson. “She is a true role model.”
Adetoro also focuses on mentoring underrepresented populations to pursue STEAM fields. She was often the only Black woman in her college classes and workplace, which is why she strives to be an example today. “I push myself a little more to make sure that these groups don’t miss out,” Adetoro says.
What’s next for Ms. Awesome? “I will do anything I can to get out there and challenge myself,” she says. Adetoro also wants her students to be risk-takers, whether they’re launching a hot air balloon or analyzing water filters. “The STEAM field is limitless,” she says with enthusiasm. Aboard a Blue Angel, with a CNN camera aimed at her helmeted face, Adetoro showed us what limitless looks like.
Feature image by Amie Otto
Herer is a list of upcoming Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. AI presentations and discussions, along with a few international meetups you can attend virtually.
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Sept 5-7, 2023 | Voice and AI | Hybrid, Washington, DC | LINK |
Sept 7, 2023 | Immersive Technologies (IM-TECH) | In-person, GMU, Arlington, VA (free) |
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Sept 13-14, 2023 | SES Standards and Innovation Forum: Intersection of Standards and AI | Virtual |
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Sept 28, 2023 | INCITS AI Standards Workshop: NIST AI RMF + 42001 Crosswalk | Virtual (free) |
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Sept 28, 2023 | OSTP Director Prabhakar discusses Responsible AI | Hybrid, ITI Washington, DC (free) | |
Oct 16-20, 2023 | ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 42 International Plenary | Hybrid, Vienna, Austria | Join via membership here:
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Oct 23-24, 2023 | Fundraising.AI Global Summit | Virtual (free) |
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