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STEM in 21ST CCLC 2012 ShowCaSE Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics in 21st Century Community Learning Centers

“When students excel in math and science, they help

America compete for the jobs and industries of the future.”

- President Barack Obama

Through its STEM in 21st CCLC

(STEM21) initiative, the U.S. Department

of Education seeks to assist the

President in his effort to increase

the quality of STEM education in the

United States. STEM21 is designed to

leverage the nearly 11,000 active 21st

CCLCs nationwide to better meet the

educational needs of students today to

prepare them for the workforce needs of

tomorrow.

The STEM Showcase, along with a

series of regional meetings and the

development and implementation of

a Technical Assistance Plan, are key

components of STEM21. The initiative

seeks to enhance learning opportunities

for students while inspiring them

to become passionate about STEM

subjects and activities by providing

technical assistance to centers

interested in implementing quality STEM

components.

Presentation Title: All Students BecomeGifted in STEM

Presenters: Jim Hartman and Erica Beasley

Organizations: Pendergast ED/Amberlea Elementary School and Arizona Science Center

Grade Level: 4 – 5

Amberlea Elementary students (97 percent of whom are Hispanic) love science, but they can’t get enough during the day! They find STEM-specific afterschool clubs and summer camps especially engaging. Students love activities such as “Lemonade Chemistry” and “Capturing Energy From the Arizona Sun.” At Amberlea,

“Everyone who comes to STEM becomes a gifted student.” A partnership between the Arizona Department of Education and the Arizona Science Center supports this STEM program, from the initial teacher training in inquiry-based/proj-ect-based practices to day staff cross-training.

Presentation Title: Indian Reservation STEM in Rural Arizona

Presenters: Jennifer Otting and Anderson Yazzie Jr.

Organization: San Carlos USD, Rice Elementary

Grade Level:6 – 8

Indian Reservation students in Arizona love science! They find STEM-specific afterschool clubs and summer camps especially engaging when aspects of their culture are woven into the learning. Outdoor desert activities that consider the environment are favorites. One example of cultural consideration: cacti are dissected, not

animals, bones, or scat. Of course, with just a little imagination, these charac-teristics are transferrable to any setting, any culture. A partnership between the Arizona Department of Education and the Arizona Science Center supports this STEM program, from the initial teacher training in inquiry-based/proj-ect-based practices to day staff cross-training.

Presentation Title: LAUSD Cyber Careers:A Hands-On Teaching Tool for the 21st Century Learner Presenters: Brad Lupien, Harry Talbot, Stu Semigran, Ben Fernandez, Jaishri Mehta, and Alvaro Cortes

Organizations: arc and the Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LAUSD) Beyond the Bell Branch

Grade Level: 9 – 12

Meet and talk with a team of high school afterschool providers and LAUSD ad-ministrators to learn how to replicate a robust, year-long, hands-on series of events and competitions specifically designed to teach high school students about careers in computer science, college course

work, and how to navigate firewalls and networked systems. Partners in this LAUSD program include the Air Force Association, Southwest College, Cal Poly Pomona, Raytheon, Northrup Grumman, and the Honda Foundation.

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“Everyone who comes to STEM becomes a gifted student.”

Presentation Title: Underwater Robotics: Discover the Possibilities Presenters: Felix Bahena, Jorge Ruiz,and LaTina Taylor

Organization: Chicago Public Schools, Eli Whitney Technology Magnet Cluster School

Grade Level: 6 – 8

Presentation Title: A Unique STEM Collaboration: Tap In Leadership Academy and the University of Illinois Champaign

Presenters: Sally K. Carter and Shameem Rakha

Organization: Tap In Leadership Academy

Grade Level: 6 – 12

Tap In Leadership Academy has worked to create purposeful collabora-tive partnerships with the University of Illinois. Through these partner-ships young scholars now learn a multiplic-ity of STEM skills. At this exhibit you will learn how to make the connections needed to create and maintain similar partner-ships. Tap In Leadership

Academy’s executive director and founder, Sally K. Carter, along with graduate student and Ph.D. candidate Shameem Rakha, will discuss successes and difficulties of their part-nership-building process. In addition, you will have an opportunity to role-play situations that organiza-tions may experience while trying to build collabora-tions with large institutions.

The Scientists for Tomorrow program is a collaboration between higher academic institutions (Columbia College Chicago), community centers and organiza-tions (Enlace Chicago), and informal science education providers (museums). The program is funded for 2 years by the National Science Foundation, with the objective to

incorporate STEM-orient-ed academic enrichment in community-center based afterschool programs in Chicago (Enlace Chicago: Rosario Castellanos Middle School and Francisco I. Madero Middle School). In total, Scientists for Tomorrow is running in 14 community centers; many of them are affiliated with the 21st CCLCs.

Presentation Title: Scientists for Tomorrow — Collaboration Between University and Afterschool Programs

Presenter: Marcelo Caplan

Organization: Science Institute in the Department of Science and Mathematics, Columbia College Chicago

Grade Level: 6 – 8

Through a partnership with Chicago’s John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago public school teachers were provided with ongoing immersive profession-al development focused on STEM principles and robotics. At this exhibit you will learn how middle school students at Chicago

Public School’s Eli Whitney Technology Magnet Cluster School made STEM connections and underwater discoveries with a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). Students built their own ROV, conducted field research with it, and observed how STEM inspired their inquiry.

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Presentation Title: Making Natural Connections: Exploring Science Through Visual Art

Presenters: Jenny James and Roscoe Reddix, Jr.

Organization: Young Audiences of Louisiana (YALA)

Grade Levels:1 – 6

Presentation Title: Robotics – Really Outrageous But Otherwise Technological Ingenious Curriculum Strategies

Presenters: Sal Miletello IV, Pierre Rubben, and Rhonda Rubben

Organization: Fully Devoted Developer of Children (FDDOC) Winners Circle, Inc.

Grade Level: 4 – 8

Robotics in afterschool classes have provided excitement for students, parents, teachers, and schools in the FDDOC Winners Circle programs, which are conducted in partnership with Sci-Port Discovery Center. In this class, the children utilize all their critical thinking and problem-solving skills to program

robots. Students develop computer programming skills to perform such tasks as rotations and angles for turns. STEM applications, as well as higher-level thinking and problem-solving skills, are involved to accomplish each mission of the robot.

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The Martin Education Village (MEV) is a col-laboration led by Martin University, the Edna Martin Christian Center, and Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church. Partnering local education agencies include the Indianapo-lis Public School District and The Project School, a charter school in Indianap-olis. The partnership was created in January 2010

with three primary student goals: (1) improved student behavior, (2) increased academic performance, and (3) increased family involvement. MEV seeks to achieve these goals through strengthened supplemen-tal academic supports for K–8 students in Mar-tindale-Brightwood and surrounding communities.

Presentation Title: Martin Education Village STEM Program

Presenters: Mamta Singh, Barato Britt, and Nancy Munson

Organization: Martin Education Village

Grade Level: K – 8

Presentation Title: STEM After School, Through the Summer, and Beyond…

Presenter: Karrie Hamilton

Organization: North Adams Community Schools

Grade Level: 5 – 8

Opportunities for engagement in STEM are often lacking for under-represented populations. This exhibit will address innovative ways for creating partnerships that support and engage these students in STEM learning, both after school and during the summer. Participants will see examples of after school STEM clubs, including NASA

Club, Mad Scientist Club, Science Central Club, and Rocketry Club, as well as summer NASA Camp. In addition to involvement from NASA, Wisdom Tools contributed a space-themed video game to this North Adams Community Schools afterschool program.

Natural Connections is a highly participatory, hands-on exhibit designed for teaching artists, curriculum writers, and teachers who are interested in finding new ways to engage students in science learning. YALA’s partners in this effort include Hands On New Orleans, Trouser House, the Preservation Resource Center, and the Louisiana Comprehensive

Curriculum. Participants will discuss the natural connections between art and science, learning how to integrate their own work into local science curricula. This exhibit includes a visual arts-integrated science project as well as a section on brainstorming and writing lesson plans.

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Presentation Title: Middle School Motor Heads, Engineers, and Aviation Experts in Afterschool

Presenter: Kary Sell

Organization: 21st CCLC, Nebraska City Middle School

Grade Level: 6 – 8

Presentation Title: “No One Who Works Here Looks Like Me”: Motivation via Student Mentors

Presenters: Rosemarie Aviles and Brian Talledo

Organization: Paterson YMCA

Grade Level: 4 – 8

NEbRASkA NEw jERSEyMany urban students complain that STEM programming is run by people who don’t look, sound, or act like them. Come see how developing student mentors from within the community has increased student engagement and motivation

in out-of-school-time STEM programming in Paterson, New Jersey. Participants will receive recruitment and training materials, as well as curricula developed by this YMCA program.

Presentation Title: STEM and the Arts: “The SmArts Project”: The production of intel-ligent, competent, STEM-minded citizens who will teach others to be, to know, and to do likewise through the medium of the Arts and beyond. Thinking SmArter, not harder! Presenters: Jenee M. Farley and James Greatorex

Organization: Hope Cares After School Program: An activity of Hope Academy Charter School

Grade Level: 4 – 8

Partnerships are a key factor of the STEM content in the afterschool clubs at Nebraska City Middle school. The program focuses on being active in the community and getting members of the community involved in the afterschool clubs in order for partners (e.g., local auto businesses, a local extension office, and parents) to have a vested

interest in the clubs and their success. Come visit with the program’s project director and learn about the NASA BLAST Club, the Engineering Club, and the Motor Head Club—just a few of the Nebraska City Middle School’s exciting STEM-focused clubs offered in their afterschool program.

Chadron Public Schools has had an ongoing focus on STEM education in both the elementary and middle school programs. The project director, along with the activities coordinator for the elementary program (who is also an elementary classroom teacher), will share some of the strategies, successes, and lessons learned as they

built an interest in STEM fields among their students and formed partnerships with the community. The presenters will also talk about their community “Star Parties,” where they join with members of their local astronomy club to experience the excitement of the stars and the night sky.

The SmArts Project takes a unique approach to STEM by emphasizing the arts and ways in which technology can be used as a means of exploring creativity. The project seeks to enable students to achieve a deeper un-derstanding and appre-ciation of STEM through the medium of the arts. This exhibit will focus on designing and implementing

“SmArt” STEM programming that will engage students and foster partner-ships between parents, school-day staff, and the community. Lean about how the SmArts Project works with local partners such as the Arts Coalition of Asbury Park, Supplemen-tal Educational Electronics, and local community orga-nizations and businesses.

Presentation Title: Undercover With CIA STEM

Presenters: Lorna Eliason and DeeDee Grant

Organization: 21st CCLC, Chadron Public Schools

Grade Level: 3 – 8

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Presentation Title: E4 Youth — Engagement, Education, Employment & Entrepreneurship for Youth

Presenter: Carl Settles

Organization: Austin Independent School District (ISD)

Grade Level: 9 – 12

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The South Dakota 21st CCLC program has been effective in installing daily STEM opportunities at a great number of sites in the state through a partnership with the South Dakota Discovery Center. Visit this exhibit to view the structure that supports an entire rural state’s 21st CCLC sites, try

out a component of the science kit loan program at the heart of the partnership, and visit with site coordi-nators to learn how they have used this opportunity to bring more STEM oppor-tunities to their students.

Presentation Title: Science Center and 21st CCLC Partnership

Presenters: Kristie Maher, Jill Cotton, Deanne Jensen, Brittany Postma, Kristy Messner, and Stacy Booth

Organization: South Dakota 21st CCLC

Grade Level: K – 8

Austin ISD’s E4 Youth — Engagement, Education, Employment, and Entre-preneurship for Youth — is a scalable model that addresses key educational pipeline issues. Through a combination of teacher training and incentives, embedded profession-al mentors, tours, and an online social network, E4 Youth helps students bring learning into context. Visit

this exhibit to learn how students explore careers, build professionally reviewed portfolios, and seek meaningful employment opportunities solving real problems in the community. Austin ISD’s partners for the E4 Youth program include the University of Texas at Austin Intellectual Entre-preneurship Consortium.

Presentation Title: Ft. Worth STEM Explosion!

Presenter: Miguel Garcia

Organization: Ft. Worth Independent School District

Grade Level: K – 12

Experience for yourself the STEM explosion that is occurring in Ft. Worth, TX. Test your skills with your avatar in the Elven Fire Game. Become a geocaching expert. Let robots teach you motor skills. Learn how to get along with aquaponics. Embrace your inner tree-hugger envi-ronmental self. Learn how to build a life-size boat from cardboard. You don’t want to miss this fun,

hands-on opportunity to experience STEM activities that encourage students to stretch their horizons. Ft. Worth ISD has developed partnerships with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Ft. Worth’s Community Services Planning Department, and multiple communi-ty-based organizations and local businesses.

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STEM activities encourage students to stretch their horizons.

Presentation Title: Students Taking Real Action With STEM

Presenter: JoAnn Barcak

Organization: Taylor Independent School District

Grade Level: K – 12

Presentation Title: Using Afterschool to Promote STEM

Presenter: Eli Crow

Organization: University of Texas at Tyler Ingenuity Center

Grade Level: K – 12

Afterschool is a setting to help students who lack confidence in STEM find success both in the classroom and out, and the Ingenuity Center has used the afterschool setting to engage students in STEM education who would not otherwise have taken advantage of these oppor-tunities. This 21st CCLC

project is a partnership of the University of Texas at Tyler Ingenuity Center, the Tyler Independent School District, and the Fruitvale Independent School District. At this exhibit, strategies for recruiting and engaging students will be discussed, as will ideas for innovative STEM activities.

This Taylor Independent School District project, in partnership with Girlstart, gives girls the opportunity to master the scientific method and learn STEM skills through intense, informal enrichment activities. Attend this exhibit to engage in discussion and hands-on learning opportu-nities pertaining to building

strong partnerships in rural communities to implement specific STEM activities for girls. In addition, the exhibit will also focus on best practices for STEM activities that girls can use to gain confidence in developing their career path options.

TExASIf you know anything about theater, you know that it is not just about the show you see. The amount of science, engineering, and math that goes into the backgrounds is enormous. Learn how to move from STEM to STEAM and integrate not only science, technology, engineering and math into your after school program or summer camp, but add in the arts to help make it stick! In this program, students work together for 6

fast-paced, fun-filled weeks to put on their very own production of “School House Rocks.” Visit this exhibit to learn how the behind-the-scenes work leads up to the dress rehearsal and final curtain. STEM to STEAM allows you to embed STEM into your program in ways that excite students and leave them craving more.

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Afterschool is a setting to help students who lack confidence in STEM find success both in the classroom and out.

Presentation Title: STEM to STEAM: Integrating the Arts, Impacting Academics, & Changing Lives

Presenter: Tameka Thomas

Organization: Manor Independent School District

Grade Level: K – 12

1 Arizona All Students Become Gifted

in STEM

2 Arizona Indian Reservation STEM in

Rural Arizona

3 California LAUSD Cyber Careers: A Hands-On Teaching Tool for

the 21st Century Learner

4 Illinois Scientists for Tomorrow—

Collaboration Between University and Afterschool Programs

5 Illinois Underwater Robotics:

Discover the Possibilities

6 Illinois A Unique STEM Collaboration:

Tap In Leadership Academy and the University of Illinois Champaign

7 Indiana Martin Education Village

STEM Program

8 Indiana STEM After School, Through

the Summer, and Beyond…

9 Louisiana Making Natural

Connections: Exploring Science Through Visual Art

10 Louisiana Robotics —Really Outrageous

But Otherwise Technological Ingenious Curriculum Strategies

11 Nebraska Middle School Motor Heads,

Engineers, and Aviation Experts in Afterschool

12 Nebraska Undercover With CIA STEM

13 New Jersey “No One Who Works Here

Looks Like Me”: Motivation via Student Mentors

14 New Jersey STEM and the Arts:

“The SmArts Project”: The production of intelligent, competent, STEM-minded

citizens who will teach others to be, to know, and to do likewise through the medium of the ARTS and beyond. Thinking SmArter, not harder!

15 South Dakota Science Center & 21CCLC

Partnership

16 Texas E4 Youth—Engagement, Education, Employment & Entrepreneurship for Youth

17 Texas STEM to STEAM:

Integrating the Arts, Impacting Academics, & Changing Lives

18 Texas Students Taking Real Action

With STEM

19 Texas Using Afterschool to Promote

STEM

20 Texas Ft. Worth STEM Explosion!

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2013 STEM Showcase!

Do you know of a 21st CCLC program that motivates students to take an interest in STEM? Would you like to nominate that program to be showcased next year?

In the coming months, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) will be seeking nominations for the 2013 STEM Showcase. Be on the lookout for details about the nomination process on the Y4Y website (http://y4y.ed.gov). The Department looks forward to learning about your quality STEM program!

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