Million Girls Moonshot Monday: NASA Live and Engineering Design Challenges

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This Million Girls Moonshot Monday newsletter comes to you right on the heels of our 11th Annual Conference, Roadmap to Resiliency in Out-of-School Time. I can't help but reflect on the running theme of resilience and how it relates to opening doors for girls and underrepresented groups in STEM careers. We heard from Jennifer Vaden Barth from Google who recounted her own story of being a gifted calculus student as a teen but not being included in technological access because only her male peers were invited. As she became an adult and entered a career at Google, it was as a secretary, rather than the role she now holds. Jennifer presently evaluates the impact of Google’s Computer Science in Media, an initiative that works to change the perceptions of who can be a computer scientist, particularly focusing on underrepresented groups in the tech industry. Her story reminds us of the critical work of reimagining who can be an engineer; who can build; who can make.

-Christine Jones Monaccio

Professional Development and Quality Coordinator at VPOST

Diving Deeper into an Engineering Mindset

In October, we continue to dive deeper into three more critical features of an engineering mindset: 1) criteria and constraints; 2) science and math; and 3) multiple solutions. These features allow students to apply their knowledge of science, math, and their community to real-world problems with no single solution. In this process, students have voice and choice and are truly in the driver's seat over their learning.

Webinars

Equity & Inclusion in Afterschool: The Importance of Broadening Participation

October 20, 2020, 3:00pm-4:00pm EST

Experts: National Girls Collaborative Team

In this webinar, we will explore the Equity & Inclusion Framework developed for the Million Girls Moonshot, focusing specifically on the concept of Broadening Participation. Broadening Participation relies on strategies such as engaging the community and using data and evaluation to inform programming.

Registration: https://bit.ly/2GacqEx

BROADENING PARTICIPATION OFFICE HOURS with Karen Peterson, National Girls Collaborative Project

October 22, 2020, 3:00pm-3:45pm EST

Karen Peterson, who spoke at the Roadmap to Resiliency in Out-of-School Time Conference on equity in STEM, will lead this opportunity to further discuss ideas and questions from the Tuesday webinar. The first 10 minutes will be a short overview of effective strategies for family engagement.

Registration: https://bit.ly/33cAsYj Meeting ID: 836 1227 4284

Engineering Design Challenges Three-Part Webinar Series led by Technovation

Read a full description here

These three sessions are for program staff (directors, STEM specialists, and facilitators) working with kids in 4th–8th grades.

Registration Link

Session 1: Thursday, October 29, 12:00-1:00 pm PST/3:00-4:00 EST https://bit.ly/36lDUBM

Session 1 Description:

When: Thursday, October 29, 12:00-1:00 pm PST/3:00-4:00 EST

You’ll start (or continue!) to get comfortable supporting your kids learning STEAM online
You’ll learn about engineering design challenges
You’ll get comfortable navigating Technovation’s free resources
All while attempting to balance a dinosaur in a fun engineering design challenge you can try out then use it with your students.

Million Girls Moonshot and Lights on Afterschool Join Forces to bring you NASA Live! October 23, 3:00 EST

The STEM Next Opportunity Fund, Million Girls Moonshot, and NASA are collaborating with the Afterschool Alliance to provide afterschool youth with an out-of-this-world Lights On Afterschool celebration. Students can speak live with astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli to talk about her journey to becoming an astronaut, and answer questions about the Artemis mission to land on the moon! Register here!

Even More Million Girls Moonshot Resources in our Resource Exchange!

This month we are adding a TOGETHER AT HOME section on the Million Girls Moonshot page of our Resource Exchange website, full of activities that can be used with families, and youth for additional engineering and STEM in afterschool or at home.

About VPOST Million Girls Moonshot Monday

VPOST is proud to be a part of the Million Girls Moonshot initiative, working to inspire and prepare the next generation of innovators by engaging one million more girls in STEM learning opportunities through afterschool and summer programs over the next five years. The Million Girls Moonshot is an initiative of the STEM Next Opportunity Fund.

VPOST, Moonshot Monday is our twice a month newsletter, arriving in your inbox every other Monday and filled with resources and opportunities to better engage girls in STEM. We will also have this information available on our Resource Exchange website, to make it easily available to you.

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