2017
Thank you to our AweSTEM! 2017 presenters and to all who attended. The 2017 theme was "Innovative STEM Teaching Aligned with the STE Framework and/or Common Core." Below is the contact information and electronic handouts for all presenters. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Katie Elmes.
- Three Little Pigs
Elmwood Street School Kindergarten Team
Lizz Trahan, etrahan@millburyschools.org
Millbury Public Schools
Three Little Pigs Resources 1
Three Little Pigs Resources 2 - Building a Dam to Save Our Land
Elmwood Street School Second Grade Team
Lizz Trahan, etrahan@millburyschools.org
Dam Resources 1
Dam Resources 2 - Castle Catastrophe
Elmwood Street School Third Grade Team
Lizz Trahan, etrahan@millburyschools.org
Catapult Castle Worksheets
Catapult Engineering Design - STE Standards in the Garden
Andrew Hacket, andrew_hacket@wrsd.net
Wachusett Regional School District
Garden Activities Schedule
Grade 2 Square Foot Gardening Task
K1 Sustainability Tasks
Quarter 1 Seed Dispersal Task
Seed Dispersal Assessment
Seed Dispersal Model
STE Standards and Sustainability - Let Them Eat Kale
Louise Levy and Darryl Clark, llevy@belchertownps.org
Belchertown Public Schools
Sentinel Article
AweSTEM! Kale Proposal
It Takes a Village to Raise a Meal UbD Lesson
Kale Farmers Journal
Kale Lesson Feedback
Lake Wallace in the Community
Let Them Eat Kale Feedback
Let Them Eat Kale Full UbD
Let Them Eat Kale Script
Local Lunch
Planning a Better Garden Script
Planning a Better Garden Rubric
Planning a Better Garden in New England
SRE Garden Working Map - STEM Education Center Professional Development
WPI
Website: www.wpi.edu/+pd
Mia Dubosarsky, mdubosarsky@wpi.edu - Growing Through STEM: Planting a STEM Program in a Rebuilding District
Jed Lindholm, jlindholm@southbridgepublic.org
Southbridge Public Schools
EDP Lesson Plan
Water Filtration Lesson Plan
EDP Assessment
EDP Assessment Answers
EDP Creating an Innovative School Poster
Water Filtration Background
Water Filtration Data Collection
Water Treatment - Pre-collegiate Outreach Programs
WPI
Website: https://www.wpi.edu/academics/pre-collegiate
Sue Sontgerath, ssont@wpi.edu - Master's Degrees for Educators - Math and Physics
WPI
Math Website: https://www.wpi.edu/academics/study/mathematics-for-educators-mme
Physics Website: https://www.wpi.edu/academics/study/physics-for-educators-mped
Katie Elmes, kaelmes@wpi.edu - Project Lead The Way
WPI
Website: www.pltw.org
Mary Laturnau (program implementation, curriculum content, PLTW agreement and policies, budgeting, equipment/supply requirements, student scheduling), mlaturnau@pltw.org
Terry Adams (core training at WPI, college credit from WPI, MA specific issues), tadams@wpi.edu
PLTW Solution Center, solutioncenter@pltw.org or 877-335-7589
PLTW Overview
CS Activity - Mass Academy
WPI
Website: www.massacademy.org
Mike Barney, mbarney@wpi.edu - Using LEGO WeDo 2 Robotics for MA STE/NGSS
John Heffernan, johnheffernan@gmail.com
Williamsburg/Hampshire Regional School District
LEGO WeDo 2 Curriculum Standards
LEGO WeDo 2 Sample Lessons - Incorporating 3D Printing in Middle School Inquiry-based Design Projects
Thomas Oliva, olivat@worc.k12.ma.us
Worcester Public Schools
TE Activity Template
Overview
Sample Items - WPI Undergraduate Projects for the K-12 Community
WPI
Contact stemcenter@wpi.edu for more information. - ASSISTments
Website: http://www.aboutus.assistments.org
Neil Heffernan, Cristina Heffernan, and Andrew Burnett, assistments@wpi.edu - Graspable Math
Website: https://graspablemath.com/
Erin Ottmar, erottmar@wpi.edu - Opportunities to Partner with WPI Faculty
WPI
Ivon Arroyo, iarroyo@wpi.edu