Category: STEM
-
LIGHTING THE PATHWAY TO FACULTY CAREERS FOR NATIVES IN STEM
From AISES: AISES is now accepting applications for the 3rd LTP cohort! All applications and supporting documents must be received by August 19, 2016. DESCRIPTION AISES was awarded a 5-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create the “Lighting the Pathway to Faculty Careers for Natives in STEM” program. The program’s goal is to increase the […]
-
Yakama Nation Youths Show Off Their STEM Savvy to Visiting Educators
Aaron Arquette caught the attention of about 40 visitors in the Yakama Nation Cultural Center auditorium Thursday when he discussed his work on solar water heaters. A senior at the Yakama Nation Tribal School, Arquette explained how solar evacuated tubes warm up water for residential use; as a result, solar water heaters tend to save […]
-
Teaching Tribal History Is Finally Required in Washington Public Schools
Here, from the Stranger. An excerpt: When Shana Brown was in 11th grade, her US history teacher took a metal wastebasket, flipped it upside down, and started banging on it like a drum. “Go, my son, get an education! Go, my son, get off the reservation,” he sang. Brown had grown up on the Yakama […]
-
Via ACT.org: The Condition of College & Career Readiness 2014
The Condition of College & Career Readiness 2014 is ACT’s annual report on the progress of the graduating class relative to college readiness. This year, 57% of the graduating class took the ACT® college readiness assessment. The increased number of test takers over the past several years enhances the breadth and depth of the data […]
-
From stemteachingtools.org: Implementing Meaning Full STEM Learning with Indigenous Students and Families
Author Marissa Spang cover the issue of “Indigenous ways of knowing are often perceived to be contrary to STEM learning, but they are in fact powerful resources for learning. STEM instruction should be made inclusive for Indigenous students by building connections between Indigenous and Western STEM. There are a set of strategies teachers can use […]
-
American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Conference: November 12-15, 2014
Dates: November 12-15, 2014 Location: Orlando, Florida The AISES National Conference is a one-of-a-kind, three day event convening graduate, undergraduate, and high school junior and senior students, teachers, workforce professionals, corporate and government partners and all members of the “AISES family”. The AISES National conference has become the premier event for Native American Science, Engineering […]