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Cloonan Literacy and STEM Night 2013

Cloonan MS offered a literacy night at their school with a STEM theme! This innovative idea connected both topics and allowed for a discussion of the role of the CCSS ELA standards for SS, Science and Technical subjects to be combined with a good 'ol family fun night!

Special thanks to the behind the scene team who pulled this off of Nancy Louth and Emily Korn.

Great job to all of the teachers who dedicated their time to preparing for and presenting at the evening's 11 workshops!

Also, kudos to the PTO for adding to the fun and excitement.

Way to go Principal Dave Tate and Asst. Principal Laureen Mody for assisting with, encouraging and participating in this kind of evening!

Cloonan Literacy and STEM presentation tonight!

Stem presentation cloonan 13 final from Jim Forde

WFSB features the "Awesome" Davenport LEGO WeDo club

The Awesome Foundation provided the $1000 grant that allowed for the purchase of the Lego WeDo gear for Davenport. WFSB is covering the work of the Awesome Foundation and their work. As a result they may use a couple of photos from Davenport on a TV segment called Better CT. Below was the blurb from Andrew Bangser of the Foundation and attached are the two images they selected. Jim

“Better Connecticut (WFSB) is interviewing the Awesome Foundation tomorrow (Tuesday 1/29). As past grantees, I wanted you to see the photos I've sent them - pictures that may or may not be used during the 5 minute segment. Since these pictures have previously appeared on our or your website(s), I assume you're ok with them.”

Congressman Himes visits TOR to see the beginnings of our Common Core implementation. twitter.com/SPSSuper/statu…

— Stamford Schools (@SPSSuper) January 25, 2013

Congrats to STEM-ster Emily Korn!

The program for which Emily is recognized, The NSTA New Science Teacher Academy, is highly competitve and nationwide. Well done! I am so happy that Stamford, CT is represented. Way to go!

STEM work at Cloonan MS!

These students took on a tower design challange at Cloonan MS in Stamford, CT!

Follow the link below to get access to a NASA JPL video series on creating science fair projects!

Click this link ---> http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/sciencefair/ to see the resource!
Jim

The Fitting Room... a good fit!

Watch the video below to learn more about Civil Engineering! The Fitting Room is a locally produced series designed to connect youth to a diverse set of career opportunities. These would be great to share with SPS families. The bottom line is that this resource can function as a virtual career day. How cool is that?

STEM Day at Scofield MMS!

 

TEACHING ABOUT OR INTERESTED IN LONG ISLAND SOUND?

 

Ask Dr. K your questions about Long Island Sound!

The LIS Study’s report, Sound Health 2012, came out in December. Read the full report and learn more about water quality, coastal and animal populations, climate, habitats, and land use in and around the Sound at: http://longislandsoundstudy.net.

 

This issue of Sound Health also has a special feature called ASK DR. K! Dr. Jason Krumholz is a marine scientist serving as NOAA liaison to the EPA Long Island Sound Office and he will be selecting questions to answer on his new Sound Health blog. You can ask him a question by emailing him at askdrk@lishealth.net.

To check out the answers, follow Dr. K's blog at http://longislandsoundstudy.net/category/media-center/ask-dr-k

 

Also, for Connecticut’s Land Cover & Land Use maps by Town and other interesting facts about our state:

http://clear.uconn.edu/projects/landscape/index.htm