STEM Professional Development (PD) Mini Modules are for educators looking for excellent, flexible, online STEM PD. Enroll in a six-hour module, facilitated by a veteran STEM educator and expert in online learning. Each teacher earns a 6 hour PD certificate.
Each six-hour module includes:
How it works: Sign up for any module below. Receive information directly to your email address. It's that simple!
Cost: Each module is $250 per participant.
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Instructor: Stephanie Stern-Protz
Every Wednesday, starting January 27th at 8:00pm Eastern time, Stephanie Stern-Protz, NASA Endeavor Fellow, NASA CCRI Education Ambassador, and Google Certified Trainer, will host a one-hour training session focused on fundamental skills in Google Classroom. Stephanie integrates NASA educational resources with google as a bonus. Gain knowledge of Google and NASA Resources at once in these engaging sessions.
Outcome: Advance your skills with Google Suite.
Schedule:
Instructor: Dr. Mubina Schroeder
Explore publicly available data for teaching climate science to students of all ages. Learn to integrate the interdisciplinary topic climate change into STEM classrooms and teach students to analyze and think critically about data sets.
Instructor: Karen Woodruff
Classroom Culture is essential for a productive learning environment. Students need to feel welcome and their ideas valued. Creating a virtual classroom culture can be challenging for classroom teachers. Learn how to invite all students into the learning community – even in a virtual setting.
Instructor: Karen Woodruff
NASA Office of STEM Engagement is a leader in providing engaging mission related STEM and STEAM activities for all ages. Explore the content of the NASA STEM @ Home resource pages with expert teacher educators to focus on how you can meet your instructional goals with NASA!
Instructor: Karen Woodruff
Develop your skills for engaging all students in productive discourse and idea sharing in the face to face and virtual classroom. Learn how to initiate small group and consensus models as part of the STEM classroom.
Instructor: Karen Woodruff
Learn to shift your favorite STEM lessons to virtual and blended classroom settings using a wide variety of available online teaching tools that engage students. Specific focus may be tailored to district or teacher needs and licenses.
Instructor: Karen Woodruff
Engineering design is an important pedagogy for STEM integration. Explore EDCs that make use of easy to acquire materials or focus on brainstorming and design. You don’t have to give up on engineering design when students are learning at home!
Instructor: Stephanie Stern
(Parents and caregivers welcome)
Micropods are community-based support groups for small groups of students learning outside of the school building. Gain knowledge of accessible STEM activities that make use of everyday items and keep kids engaged and learning during your micropod sessions.
Instructor: Charles Canestaro
Inquiry and experimental labs are an important part of STEM instruction. A variety of platforms exist for engaging students in virtual labs. Learn the basics of each or tailor the module to focus in depth on a specific content area.