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Skill: Enabling Active STEM Learning
Connecting with Nature in a Concrete Jungle
Out-of-school time educators who work in urban settings may feel like they have few to no options for connecting youth to nature. It is the educator’s job to notice nature and to provide opportunities for children to observe and be curious about it. Likewise, it is the provider’s role to introduce nature to a setting when it is absent.
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Skill: Making Connections to STEM Careers
Out-of-School Time STEM Learning Opportunities Inspire Young People to Explore, Discover & Create
STEM offers youth opportunities to make sense of the world they live in and prepare them for the future workforce. High-quality STEM opportunities help youth develop critical thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving skills; enhance creativity; and engage in an investigative process.
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Skill: Making Connections to STEM Careers
Making Connections to STEAM Careers
There are many careers where individuals creatively explore and solve problems using science, technology, and engineering. These types of careers provide the perfect connection for youth who are passionate about the arts.
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Skill: Modeling Science Practices
What is STEAM?
STEAM is more than a subject area. It is meant to be an interdisciplinary way to develop creative problem-solving skills in youth. Learn more about STEAM.
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Skill: Creating STEM Learning Environments
Four Back to School Tips to Share with Families
Starting the school year is a change for the whole family. Learn about some tips to share with the families in your summer programs to help them prepare for these changes.
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Skill: Facilitating Inclusive Learning Experiences
4 Ways to Include English Learners in STEM
In this webinar we share a few tips and tricks to help you prepare yourself and your program to welcome and include ELL’s.
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Skill: Giving Youth Control
Designing a Dynamic Summer Program
Designing and facilitating a dynamic, enriching, hands-on, active project-based summer program.
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Skill: Creating STEM Learning Environments
Confessions of a Summer Camper
What can we learn from summer camp? Read the answer that presents the research findings of the learning outcomes of the summer camp in this webinar.
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Skill: Creating STEM Learning Environments
Are Academic Camps Fun?
An academic camp is nothing like school. Instead, you experience a different type of learning and gain various rich benefits.
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