We know you're passionate about promoting science education and so are we! Let's work together to promote the You Be The Chemist Challenge®, our fun, FREE STEM competition!

Students in grades 5-8 work in teams of 3-4 and compete either virtually or in person, with a chance to participate in the National Challenge in Houston, Texas where they will build their passion for chemistry, interact with leaders in the industry, and compete for SCHOLARSHIPS!

Registration for the You Be The Chemist Challenge opens on
October 3, with PARENTS AND TEACHERS able to access our FREE study resources! To learn more about the Challenge please visit www.chemed.org. If you would like to get involved and learn more about the challenge and CEF's work then please feel free to email us at challenge@chemed.org.

K-12 STEM Green Boxes available to borrow now! These are available to all educators in Nevada, informal and formal, for no charge. These will ship out on October 15th, and we won’t expect them back until November 30th.

Click here to see whats available

If you know of any other youth services that are looking for resources, please let me know or forward this email!

The 7-12 PAEMST cycle has launched! If you or any teachers you know are interested in applying please see the requirements in the following link: https://www.paemst.org/

 DRI Green Boxes are available to all educators in Nevada, informal and formal, for no charge. These will ship out the 15th, and we won’t expect them back until Sept 23rd. Click the link to sign up! https://sciencealive.checkfront.com/reserve/?category_id=12,13,14,22,26,27&date=20220815&options=tabs%20

Zion National Park in Springdale, UT is looking for a Teacher Ranger Teacher for the summer. They are specifically looking for middle and/or high school teachers. 

Here is the link to explain more about the TRT program, The National Parks Service | Teacher Ranger Teacher Program

The Zion National Park cohort is July 10 - August 20, 2022. 

There are THREE requirements for all participants in the TRT program:  

1. A minimum of 160 hours of service to your National Park site.  
2. Successful completion of the graduate course: TRT Field Experience: Place-Based Education on Public Lands 
   1. This is a three-credit hour class, which requires 45 contact hours. Graduate course guidelines indicate that for each contact hour, 2-3 hours of readings and activities are typical. Most of these additional hours are achieved through the TRTs National Park, but TRTs should plan on 3-4 hours per week for course readings, assignments, and discussions.  
3. Register for the 3.0 graduate credits (Pass/Fail) through CU Denver:  Cohort 2: August 26^th deadline  

*Failure to meet any of the deadlines above will result in forfeiture of your $3000 summer stipend.  

Any folks that are interested please have them contact Amanda Rowland

Amanda j. D. Rowland 

Program Manager Interpretation and Visitor Services

Public Information Officer

Zion National Park

State Highway Route 9

Springdale, UT 84767

Office: 435-772-0160

Cell: 435-619-1583

e-mail: amanda_rowland@nps.gov
Pronouns: she/her/hers

Robotics Academy of Nevada Educator Training in Elko and Reno (Elko June 13-15, Reno on June 17-18, and Las Vegas June 2-4).

As of today, we have over 50 educators planning to attend this inaugural event in Elko June 13 – 15 (hosted at Great Basin College) and over 100 signed up in Reno. If you know anyone who would like to attend, please share widely! We are excited to reach and support our rural and Northern Nevada teachers and educators with STEM and robotics education! We have over 300 teachers signed up statewide (and half are up north)!

 

This training is free and open to teachers and any youth serving professionals who are new to educational and competitive robotics designed for kids grades PK-12. We have 7 different courses you can choose from - both FIRST and VEX robotics.

What you get in addition to PK-12 robotic training:

• All teachers (both in-service and pre-service) and youth-serving professionals can earn PD hours or attendance stipends $200 or $400.
• Eligible public/charter schools may qualify for a New Team Stipend ($300) by starting a new competitive robotics team or adding a new platform to a school that does not currently have a team
• Eligible public/charter schools may qualify for free robots from FIRST Nevada or the REC Foundation (VEX robots)
• Travel stipends (up to $500) are available for those educators who travel more than 50 miles to the training site.
• Access to our free Robot Lending Library (RLL) post-training as we have over 200 robots to share across the state.

You can see our RAN flyer on our website - https://nevadarobotics.org/

You can sign-up using this google form link https://forms.gle/5GRgoTLBA4rKSjQ57

For more information please contact: 

A.J. Long (She / Her)

STEM & Robotics Education Manager

Desert Research Institute

2215 Raggio Parkway

Reno, NV 89512

C: 775-830-3287

E: aj.long@dri.edu

Nevada Robotics Website

UNLV is hosting a FREE night of Trivia at Astronomy Aleworks in Henderson.  Tickets are required https://fb.me/e/3crdEAM78

RPDP is implementing a new newsletter during the 2022-2023 school year that is aimed at getting science into our community in Nevada.  The newsletter will be quarterly and will feature activities that can be completed at home as well as highlight science and STEM events around the state.  We will also host two free virtual community family science nights.  The first one will be held in the fall and will focus on recycling.  The second will be in the spring and will focus on space science.  Please feel free to share this with community stakeholders so that they can sign up and participate.

http://bit.ly/rpdpscience

For more info, please contact: 

Stacy Bird

K-5 Regional Science Trainer

Southern Nevada Regional Professional Development Program (SNRPDP)

515 W. Cheyenne Ave. Suite D

North Las Vegas, NV 89030

Office: (702) 799-3835 x262

Fax: (702) 799-3821

www.rpdp.net

Nevada State College TRIO Upward Bound needs teachers for our six-week Summer Program that begins on June 13. 

 

https://nshe.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NSC-external/job/NSC---Henderson/Part-Time-Instructor---TRIO-Upward-Bound_R0127061

 

 For more info, contact: 

Anthony Herrera M.Ed.

Assistant Director

TRIO UPWARD BOUND PROGRAMS

 

BE CONNECTED  office 702-992-2143  |  fax 702-992-2145  |  anthony.herrera@nsc.edu

BE HERE  1125 Nevada State Drive  |  DAW M500  |  Henderson, NV 89002

BE INFORMED  Visit nsc.edu for campus news and program information