Happy #EarthDay everyone! Let's celebrate with environmental education🌎 Check out Environmental Pathways for free, NGSS-aligned, environmental curriculum: pathways.mste.illinois.edu Explore the iCAP Portal to learn about sustainability projects at UIUC: icap.sustainability.illinois.edu

Sign up for WYSE at Illinois's Imagine STEM Saturdays! Seats are available for the middle and high school classes including Rocketry and Naturalist classes. Local teachers can sign up with some added professional development perks. Learn more and register at go.illinois.edu/imagine-stem

Join us on Saturday, June 24 for the ninth annual #BeeBlitz during #PollinatorWeek! beespotter.org/beeblitz

Environmental Pathways has a new #wastemanagement unit out now! “What should I do with this trash?” is a free curriculum unit for 5th/6th graders where students consider when and how to recycle, and explore alternatives to waste. Check it out here: pathways.mste.illinois.edu

Build a Power Park: Lights on in the Neighborhood is now available in the 4-H store! This workbook has over 25 hrs of hands-on activities that introduce coding, microcontrollers, and sensors to circuitry projects. Purchase it here: shop4-h.org/collections/pr…

We're excited to join Genomic Biology, Urbana Park District, and UIUC Pollinatarium for a bee stroll on Saturday, August 19! Learn more and register at bit.ly/3YiKnGF

Are you looking for a FREE computer science curriculum? The "Discovering Computer Science & Programming Through Scratch" book series is now free to download for anyone to learn the fundamentals of programming! 💻 Visit coding.mte.illinois.edu to download the books & learn more.

Last Thursday, MSTE's Jana Sebestik and Lara Herbert presented at the 2023 NSTA Conference in Kansas City! Their workshop showcased classroom activities that allow students to conceptually explore topics in electricity. Read more about it here: blogs.illinois.edu/view/9144/1257…

Last Tuesday, MSTE's Judy Rocke held a remote presentation where she shared hands-on activities and resources for teaching computer science to grades K-5 with Scratch! Check out her K-5 Scratch activities and lesson plans on our website: mste.illinois.edu/activity/scrat…

Calling all STEM educators and administrators 📢 Join this free virtual conference this Saturday for a day of shared learning and networking on topics of: -informal STEM learning -creating equitable and inclusive STEM environments! Register here: emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/75/…

Our new MSTE website is live 🎉 Check it out at mste.illinois.edu and view our free pre-college STEM education resources across various projects!

Ready for the solar eclipse on April 8? ☀️ Check out our "Projecting the Sun" activity to observe the sun at anytime without needing glasses: gmd.mste.illinois.edu/resources/proj… DYK? Galileo used pinhole cameras and projections of the sun to identify the nature of the solar system.

We will be presenting on BeeSpotter at the Forest Preserves of Winnebago County on Tuesday, April 16 @ 5:30pm. Join us to learn how you can help the preservation of bee diversity & enhance pollinator appreciation! Join in person or online. RSVP: winnebagoforest.org/events

Secondary Science and Language Arts Teachers 📷 Join this 2-day professional development workshop on June 13-14 to learn how to investigate bias in news sources! Benefits include PDH credits, a $200 summer stipend, and an opportunity to collaborate with UIUC faculty/staff.

Join us on Saturday, June 22 for the tenth annual #BeeBlitz during #PollinatorWeek! beespotter.org/beeblitz

Check out these STEM professional development opportunities coming up! 🔬 Co-research or mentor for HS students as they dive into engineering & medicine research: forms.illinois.edu/sec/2000707132 ⚛️ Join the CISTEME365 Cohort to enhance your school's STEM club: cisteme365.engineering.illinois.edu/apply/

It is National Pollinator Week, and to wrap things up, the tenth annual BeeBlitz is taking place at the UIUC Pollinatarium and Urbana Park District' Meadowbrook Park. smilepolitely.com/splog/beeblitz…

Secondary Science and Language Arts Teachers: Join this 2-day professional development workshop on August 5-6 to learn how to investigate bias in news sources! PDH credits and $200 summer stipend included.  Register at: forms.gle/jcAcebNGDpE1TX…

This past October, K-2 students became Little Chemical Engineers at the IMAGINE STEM Saturday classes with WYSE at Illinois! Students used measurement and data collection tools to uncover patterns that help us understand how one substance changes into another🧪

🌼🐝 Pollinator Week at Champaign-Urbana is almost here! 🦋🌸 Join us next month on June 16-22 for a week of free, family-friendly events celebrating the importance of pollinators to ecosystem health and agriculture! Check out the schedule of events: publish.illinois.edu/pollinatorweek/