Professional Development – STEMteachersNYC

Tried & Tested Whiteboard Tools – Student work from the virtual classroom

Tried & Tested Whiteboard Tools – Student work from the virtual classroom

Tried & Tested Collaborative Whiteboard Tools – Student work from the virtual classroom. Effective collaboration among students in our virtual classrooms remains a challenge. In this workshop roundtable, four of our workshop teacher-leaders will share their favorite whiteboard tool, why they’ve chosen…

STEM for Non-STEM Teachers! How to fit NGSS 3Ds into your curriculum!

STEM for Non-STEM Teachers! How to fit NGSS 3Ds into your curriculum!

Are you looking for ways to integrate science instruction into your elementary classroom? We are here to increase your comfort level and address your fears with implementing science into your elementary curriculum – both in your classroom as well as remotely during times of COVID-19….

Assessment and Standards-Based Grading in STEM

Assessment and Standards-Based Grading in STEM

This three-day workshop will guide you through the steps to set up your classes for standards-based grading. We will show you an incremental approach to implementing SBG principles, provide sample learning standards, assessments, and gradebooks, and give you structured time and feedback... Read More

Unit Planning & Curriculum Development with NGSS

Unit Planning & Curriculum Development with NGSS

In this workshop we will be using all three dimensions of NGSS to design a coherent and conceptual unit plan that will foster enduring understanding of not only content but the big ideas in science. By the end of the workshop you... Read More

Phenomena First: Engaging Students in Next Generation Science Standards

Phenomena First: Engaging Students in Next Generation Science Standards

In this workshop, participants will learn how to use phenomena to engage students in Next Generation Science Standards, which integrate science practices, crosscutting concepts, and disciplinary core ideas.

Culturally Responsive STEM Teaching

Culturally Responsive STEM Teaching

In this workshop, explore various approaches to Culturally Responsive Teaching in the STEM classroom.

Hurricanes, Wildfires, and Social Justice: Blending Science and Social Awareness in the Fourth Grade Classroom
9 months ago
While the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic dominated the media throughout 2020, it may have been easy to forget that other tragedies were occurring in our country as well.
SAMPE Foundation Awards Grant to Support Summer Institute
1 year ago
The SAMPE Foundation awarded STEMteachersNYC with a $5,000 grant to support the 2020 STEM Summer Institute. The SAMPE Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE). It promotes education and innovation in materials and processes...
Values, Commitments, and Actions
1 year ago
To the members of STEMteachersNYC, This moment of anger and pain in our national consciousness – the latest in a centuries-long history of racism and oppression against Black Americans – underscores the need for all of us to work in every way...
Year-end Thoughts from Fernand
2 years ago
Physics via Computation – A call to truly integrated STEM!
2 years ago
Do you teach physics? Would you like a flying start with using computation effectively in your teaching? Then this workshop is for you! Josh Rutberg, Greg Benedis-Grab, and I, and now also Paul Feffer and Frank Noschese, have been brewing up the ideas...