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Newsletter #10
Annual Conference/Celebration
May 30, 2007
University of Texas at Austin
Texas Union, Santa Rita Room
SouthCentral Girls Collaborative
Annual Conference
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
In addition to lunch, networking roundtables and project presentations you and your program staff can enjoy participating in workshops to help you move your collaborations to the next step.
- Purpose:
- The purpose of this conference is to bring together the people and organizations that have collaborate on SouthCentral Girls Collaborative projects over the last two years to celebrate their accomplishments and to continue the challenge of encouraging girls' involvement in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math activities.
- Attendance:
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Everyone is welcome!
- All who have participated in SouthCentral Girls Collaborative activities over the last two years are welcome!
- Teachers & Counselors are welcome!
- K-12 educators, Higher Ed People are welcome!
- Government agencies are welcome!
- Business and industry are welcome!
- People & Organizations interested in Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math from TX, OK, LA, NM, AR are welcome!
- When:
- Wednesday, May 30, 2007, from 10:00 – 4:00 PM
- Where:
- Texas Student Union, at University of Texas in Austin, TX.
- What:
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- Come Celebrate the accomplishments of the girls and organizations who have taken part in the SouthCentral Girls Collaborative Project.
- Gather ideas for STEM activities you could start for girls in your area.
- Detailed information will be available soon.
- Register
- Register Now!
- Questions?
- E-mail Kate Woodward Young Kate@learning-links.org.
Showcase your mini-grant collaborative at the Annual Conference
We will be selecting two mini-grant collaboratives to share their experience with the attendees at the conference. To be considered send a paragraph or two to scgcp@learning-links.org by May 1, 2007.
All mini-grantees are asked to bring a display of their activities. Tables will be provided.
Upcoming Workshops
May 4 – Austin
Alternative Energy Curriculum - 9:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Anyone around the state is invited to join us for this training hosted at ESC XIII. Alternative Energy seeks to improve Texas students’ understanding of energy, environmental issues and increase their awareness of alternative fuels in their communities. This program begins by introducing physical and chemical principles of energy and fuels, then proceeds to investigations of the nature and extent of energy resources. All 25 lessons are correlated to TEKS and TAKS for eighth grade and IPC.
The workshop is $25. The State Energy Conservation Office will reimburse each participant's district $75 to help offset substitute costs.
Register – Registration ends April 27, 2007
http://www5.esc13.net/index.html
Sign up for an account and then register for workshop SP079692.
SCGCP will be sponsoring lunch and facilitating a networking session during lunch.
May 19 -Austin
9:00 – 12:00 p.m.
Science and Engineering in Afterschool – working with Girls, Boys and both. Designing programs that work best for girls. Learn hands on activities to get your children engaged and excited about math and science.
Designed for teachers, afterschool providers, informal science educators and youth program specialists.
Registration required - http://www.learning-links.org/SCGP.html
June TBD -Fort Worth
Working with informal science programs/Working with girl/youth organizations - The collaborative session is designed to bring Informal Science Educators, Classroom Teachers and Youth Organizations together. Talk to each other and learn how the Out of the Classroom Project, http://www.statweb.org/outoftheclassroom/, is working in Austin and what are the plans for the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.
The Out of the Classroom! Project was initiated by the Informal Science Education Association of Texas (ISEA) through funds from the Austin Community Foundation. The mission of the project is to create and support communities of learning between middle school teachers and informal educators through the development of a web-based resource designed by teachers for teachers. Many middle school teachers find it difficult to take their students on field trips, much less to think of looking to their community for teaching resources.
Project Updates
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day - UT Austin
Please send us updates on your project to SCGCP@learning-links.org
