Other Educator Information
Screen Time & Mental Health Summit!
The Kansas Council for Economic Education is pleased to again sponsor its popular Social Studies and Financial Literacy workshops for Kansas teachers at Wichita State University June 5-7. This year, the workshops will be held back-to-back to save on travel time for those joining us from across the state. The breakdown will be:
Economic Perspectives in U.S. History, Civics & Government - June 5 & 6
Topics to be covered include:
- Inflation
- Bank Failures
- Should I join the Sweatshop Boycott?
- Teaching Economics Through Baseball
- Interest Rate Hikes
- AI in the Classroom*
Financial Fitness Extravaganza - June 6 & 7
Topics to be covered include:
- Managing Debt
- Saving for the future
- Insurance
- Budgeting
- Time Value of Money
- AI in the Classroom*
* The AI in the Classroom session will be offered concurrently for both workshops.
These workshops offer:
- Graduate Credit from Wichita State for those who qualify.
- Housing on campus at Wichita State
- Meals and snacks
- Giveaways
- Hands-on, standards-based lesson plans and supplemental materials
All at NO COST to you!
Sign up for Wichita workshops at https://KCEE2023.eventbrite.
There’s Much to Learn about Personal Finance – June 30
In addition to the above workshops, we are working with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City for a one-day workshop on June 30 plus 2 2-hour virtual workshops on July 11 and 13. Wichita State University graduate credit, for those who qualify, will also be available at this workshop for $75 for one hour of credit.
Sign up for workshops at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City by June 23 at https://frbkc.custhelp.com/ci/
Field Trip Opportunity: STEM at iFLY - What makes flight possible? State-of-the-art wind tunnel experience.
2020 Kansas Corn STEM Summer Scientist FREE Lab Kit K-12 APRIL 8th DEADLINE:. The Kansas Corn STEM program is offering the Summer Scientist: Does Corn Need Light? lab. This kit is available to Kansas educators and volunteers, who are leading summer education programs. The free supplies and resources are provided to help you teach your children about agriculture in a fun scientific way. CLICK HERE to learn more and receive your free kit request today!
Seed to STEM In Person Workshop
MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL APRIL 1st DEADLINE: Seed to STEM workshops will be offered in Salina and Topeka this summer. During the workshops teachers are introduced to the industry with labs focused on corn, biotechnology and ethanol. The workshop includes a farm and field visit, an industry dinner and a field trip to an ethanol plant. The $500 worth of free lab resources are supplies that can be used for the labs that the teachers practiced during the workshop. Teachers who complete the full two days will become eligible for additional supplies and continued support from Kansas Corn STEM. Graduate credit will also be available at a cost to the participant. This is a workshop you don‘t want to miss.
Diversity & Online Learning Professional Learning
Interested persons can attend an orientation meeting on Saturday, February 12th from 12:00 PM-12:30 PM for an overview of the lecture schedule and guided interventions with students. Participants gain expertise in planning diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging learning experiences for students using the Renzulli Learning System. The Spring Institute offers live sessions from February 21-March 2021; however, all recorded sessions are available on the Great Plains Center for Gifted Studies YouTube channel. ESU grants support the training, and graduate credit is available. For more information, contact Dr. Connie Phelps at cphelps@emporia.edu
LaunchNext from the Cosmosphere
Virtual Content, Activities, and STEM Resources
Do you ever wish you had time to find new and engaging STEM activities and resources for your classroom? LaunchLearning™ helps you do that without requiring hours of your time to source materials - we have them for you! And, you even have an expert at your disposal to talk you through exactly what's available.
In a nutshell, LaunchLearning™ provides NGSS-aligned content; lesson plans; hands-on activities (you can even get a 3D printed Venturi tube...or we'll send you the plans to print your own!); live streaming with Cosmosphere space science educators so your class can interact and ask questions; access to subject matter experts and great stories of the history and future of space exploration
Future City Competition
Future City starts with a question—how can we make the world a better place? To answer it, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students imagine, research, design, and build cities of the future that showcase their solution to a citywide sustainability issue. Past topics include stormwater management, urban agriculture, public spaces, and green energy.
Adopt-A-Physicist Program 2021
Adopt-a-Physicist connects high school students with physics graduates via online message boards. In this supervised forum students and physicists can talk freely about careers, school, work, and family balance. The most common student reactions to participating is, "I never realized that physicists were real people, like us!" Sign up period for teachers is through September 27, 2021 OR until all available physicists 'adopted.' A truly unique experience for your high school students!
TeacherMade - Quickly Create & Share a Variety of Online Activities freetech4teachers.com
A free tech service designed by former teacher with many capabilities: create online worksheets, score automatically, turn pdf.s, word docs, google docs, and pictures into activities, multiple choice, fill in the blank, matching, checkboxes, true/false, open answer, fractions and mixed numbers, algebraic expressions, etc.
National Research Study on Improving Acceleration Practices https://ncrge.uconn.edu/acceleration/#
This is a great opportunity for teachers and administrators in grades 2-5 to learn more about acceleration practices, universal screening, and resources to implement acceleration decisions. Participation may include some funding. Click the link to apply & watch an information video: https://ncrge.uconn.edu/acceleration/#
Topeka Historical Tours Resources
A resource sheet of historical places and website info for those coming to Topeka.
Society of Physics Students Demonstrations
Looking for a new demonstration for an outreach event? Or want to jump start your chapter on outreach? These demonstrations have been developed by SPS to help you make a difference in your local communities. Each demonstration includes parts lists, instructions, key physical concepts to explain, and demonstration videos, where appropriate. Interested in contributing to this list?
How to Get Gifted Kids to Work in Groups GiftedGuru.com
