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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The expectation is that you will be live at all sessions and an active member of the coaching cohort.

Click 2 Science

This series of short, online video tutorials help afterschool programs connect their STEM programming to the work of STEM professionals and help youth experience the practical application of STEM skills that professionals use on a day-to-day basis.

Learning Through Play

Get ready to play with the National Girls Collaborative Project! In this webinar recording, learn how to leverage an interdisciplinary STEAM approach to foster young children’s curiosity through authentic play-based learning.  

 

While there are many benefits to early introductions to STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics), many STEAM education tools and technologies are cost-prohibitive and are not playful or developmentally appropriate for young learners. In this recording, learn how early childhood educators and caregivers can utilize playful, low-cost, and screen-free approaches to introducing high-tech STEAM concepts and skills. The speakers will share evidence-based, hands-on approaches as well as a practical framework to effectively integrate STEAM learning in the early grades (pre-K to 3rd grade).

Hands -On Enrichment

Jumpstart your school year with hands-on engineering from the Museum of Science Boston! In this energetic, interactive webinar, you’ll design a model bench, explore YES’s “What is Engineering?” lesson from K-8 units, and discover how these short, easy, and engaging challenges foster student creativity, teamwork, and problem solving from day one. Perfect for any educator ready to bring STEM to life!

Register for free here!

Featured Opportunities

Ongoing and time-sensitive opportunities this quarter to engage in STEM learning.

Genomics Learning Journeys 

STEM Next is excited to partner with Illumina to introduce Genomics Learning Journeys—an engaging new resource designed to immerse youth in the captivating world of DNA science.

These free, hands-on activity bundles are specifically created for afterschool and summer programs to help young people develop STEM skills, explore real-world applications of genomics, and discover meaningful career pathways.

 Explore the Learning Journeys now.

Sustainable Aviation STEM Toolkit

Explore NASA’s Sustainable Aviation STEM Toolkit — a free resource designed to bring the future of flight into classrooms from Pre-K to 12th grade. This cross-curricular toolkit includes virtual and classroom-ready content on sustainable aviation, along with a dedicated Spanish-language section.

Perfect for educators looking to spark curiosity and connect students to real-world STEM innovation.

Access the toolkit here.

Rocket Races

Few classroom topics generate as much excitement as rockets. The scientific, technological, engineering and mathematical foundations of rocketry provide exciting classroom opportunities for authentic hands-on, minds-on experimentation. The activities and lesson plans contained in this educator guide emphasize hands-on science, prediction, data collection and interpretation, teamwork, and problem solving. 

The rocket activities in this guide support national curriculum standards for science, mathematics and technology.

STEM Learning Journeys Powered by Verizon™ and STEM Next

In partnership with Verizon™,  STEM Next has curated bundles of lessons and activities from Verizon Innovative Learning HQ and created the following STEM Learning Journeys to help you implement these exciting STEM lessons and activities in your afterschool programs. 

Start your STEM Learning Journey

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The CT After School Network is proud to be a part of the Million Girls Moonshot initiative, working to inspire and prepare the next generation of innovators by engaging one million more girls in STEM learning opportunities through afterschool and summer programs.

​The Million Girls Moonshot will not only allow girls to envision themselves as future innovators, but it will increase the quality of out-of-school STEM learning opportunities for all young people, particularly underserved and underrepresented youth.

About the Million Girls Moonshot

The Moonshot is designed to spur girls’ interest, understanding, and confidence in STEM and equip them to become problem solvers with an engineering mindset. Led nationally by the STEM Next Opportunity Fund and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation in partnership with the Intel Foundation and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Million Girls Moonshot:

  • Leverages afterschool networks in all 50 states to help school-age girls access high-quality STEM education, support, and mentors.
  • Uses an equity and inclusion framework that is youth-centric and culturally responsive to increase gender, and racial and socio-economic diversity in STEM.
  • Provides resources, support, mentorship, and expert guidance to help educators deliver hands-on STEM experiences in afterschool, out-of-school time, and summer learning programs.