STEAM in ASD-North

As your year is starting to roll, and operations are running more smoothly, we wanted to remind you of resources that are available to you for in-class and Digital Learning. Our STEM North site has links to activities, PL, Lessons and Digital & Home Learning Resources. Our STEAM League tab also has ideas for challenges to meet curriculum outcomes across disciplines. Check it out here and please reach out through message if we can further support you this year! http://stemnorth.nbed.nb.ca/

Check out this contest from APEGNB for a chance to win an iPod Touch! "Like our page (https://www.facebook.com/pumpkinfling2020) AND like https://www.facebook.com/apegnb. Share this post AND comment with a profession that uses STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) daily. You are now entered to win an iPod Touch. Draw to be held Sunday, September 27 at noon (12 p.m.AST). Association of Engineers & Geoscientists NB"

To celebrate National Forest Week/Semaine nationale de larbre et des forêts and its 100th anniversary, the CIF is inviting you to participate in a national pho...to contest! Contest will run throughout the duration of #NationalForestWeek from September 20-26, 2020 More information here: http://www.cif-ifc.org/participate-nfw/ **** Pour célébrer la Semaine nationale de l'arbre et des forêts (SNAF) et son 100e anniversaire, lIFC vous invite à participer à son concours de photos national! Le concours se déroulera du 20 au 26 septembre 2020, pendant toute la durée de la #Semainenationaledelarbreetdesforêts Pour plus d'informations, cliquez-ici : http://www.cif-ifc.org/fr/participer-snaf/ See more

The NBVLC teams is having a busy semester and we're looking to hire someone for a new online teaching position. It's a real mix of admin/technical so not perhap...s for everyone. It should be posted by districts soon, is open to existing B contract teachers, and closes on the 28th. Here's a bit of the posting... Online Technical and Administrative Lead Teacher The Department of Education and Early Childhood is seeking to hire a 1.0 FTE Online Teacher for the 2020-2021 school year, with the possibility of extension. This position will include a combination of teaching and non-teaching duties, focusing on administrative leadership and technical operations of the distance learning program and D2L Brightspace learning environment. This position will work from a school, or district-based location, and report to the Learning Specialist for Online Learning as part of the online learning team. DUTIES WILL INCLUDE Administrative and Technical 1. Participate in the development and delivery of training to teachers for D2L Brightspace 2. Support the technical administration of D2L Brightspace: including course creation, management of user accounts, support of offshore school programs 3. Work as part of leadership team for existing online teachers, e.g. leading meetings 4. Manage correspondence and general inquiries related to distance learning 5. Work with team leadership to enhance delivery and management of programs Teaching 6. Teach courses as assigned (partial load) using D2L Brightspace, WebEx and other tools 7. Provide support to online students with frequent and timely communication 8. Communicate local facilitators and other school-based staff to support student success in programs 9. Track student progress, concerns, etc. and relay them to schools (e.g. via progress reports) 10. Update and maintain course content 11. Other duties as part of distance learning team

Grades 5-12 Teachers: Request a FREE/sponsored Water Testing Kit for your class! https://www.safewater.org/sponsored-kit-request-form Safe Drinking Water Foundation (SDWF) is a registered Canadian charity. Its primary purpose is to educate community leaders, politicians, engineers, health officials, students and the general public about drinking water quality issues and solutions. The SDWF accomplishes this by developing and distributing high quality, hands-on educational programs to thousands of schools, delivering webinars, and maintaining a massive website with lots of information available free of charge.

Check out this FREE Web-based Resource from BioDive... It's about Killer Snails... Sign up now and get free access until July 30th, 2021! BioDive combines virtual reality (works on any web-enabled device) and online digital journaling (works on ChromeBooks, phones, laptops, or tablets) to enable students to experience the life of a scientist. Middle school students take on the role of marine biologists investigating the delicate ecosystems of venomous marine snails. Throughou...t their expedition, students observe, discover, and hypothesize about abiotic and biotic factors that impact marine biodiversity. BioDive is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and takes place over a suggested 5 class periods.Additionally, there is an educator dashboard so teachers can virtually view all the students' progress and provide feedback! https://www.killersnails.com/produc/biodive-virtual-reality Thanks to our friends in ASD-S for sharing!

Remember to check out STEM North for STEM and STEAM challenge/activity ideas for K-12 2019-2020 Monthly STEAM Challenges: http://stemnorth.nbed.nb.ca/node/873/documents Spring 2020 ASD-N Weekly STEAM newsletters:... http://stemnorth.nbed.nb.ca//asd-n-weekly-steam-asd-n-stia See more

Please see the following information below from Science East concerning an important survey and an opportunity to win a $50 gift card! Hello Atlantic Teachers, We know the last few months have been challenging, and we hope that you are keeping well, despite the uncertainty that remains in the months ahead. This is normally the time of year that the Forests Worth Knowing - Atlantic Teachers Tour (https://teacherstour.com/en/home/) is out in the woods with educators, teaching t...hem about the forestry sector and how to bring forest education into the classroom! We're asking for your guidance and suggestions via a short survey that should take less than 10 minutes to complete. And as a thank you, you can choose to be entered into a draw for one of five $50 gift cards. Survey: https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSdOZuhazsLBYwhHuy/viewform

Online Professional Learning Opportunity from National Geographic: http://stemnorth.nbed.nb.ca//national-geographic-free-onli

Want to start your own business? Students from MVHS, JMH, NSER & Blackville can join us this semester to turn their ideas into reality! Apply today at www.asdnice.com

Provocations and Natural Phenomena are amazing ways to get students intrigued and excited about inquiry-based, personalized learning! What do you notice? What do you wonder? What do you know? Here are three great resources for Phenomena and Provocations! The Wonder of Science: https://thewonderofscience.com/phenomenal. Dive into Inquiry Trevor MacKenzie: https://www.instagram.com/tntmackenzie/ NGSS Phenomena: https://www.ngssphenomena.com/

Thinking about teaching the Sustainable Development Goals this year? As a TeachSDGs Ambassador and Global Minecraft Mentor I just finished this resource and am ...sharing it here first. 34 SDG Shuffle challenge cards, Minecraft Education World file and teacher support document. It also uses Flipgrid! Check it out NBED! See more

Check out Resources for Rethinking for sustainable classroom lessons and resources: http://resources4rethinking.ca/en/home

What World Do You Want in 2030? A full lesson on how to introduce the Global Goals to your students (ages 8-14): http://cdn.worldslargestlesson.globalgoals.org//What-World

High School students can gain hands on Operator experience in our Mechanized Forest Equipment Operators course! Apply today at www.asdnice.com

We are officially approved to welcome students to our center! For Semester 1 we will be offering the two courses below! Apply now at www.asdnice.com

APEGNB once again is helping to bring STEM into the Miramichi community with the Annual APEGNB Pumpkin Fling. Sept 26, 2020 there will be a rotating Waterwheel... land target this year featuring a 100 Gourd launch Facebook Live celebrating 100 years of Engineers and Geoscientists in NB - Virtual Association of Engineers & Geoscientists NB F A C E B O O K . C O M / P U M P K I N F L I N G 2 0 2 0 See more

We had an amazing PL session with Trevor today and are super excited to share what weve gained from this experience this September! Stay tuned for PL opportunities for teachers and schools in ASD-N! In the meantime, make sure to follow Trevor here on Facebook, on instagram @tntmckenzie and twitter @trev_mackenzie !

Did you know that every student in NB can install MS Office on home computers for free? If you're purchasing a laptop for the High School laptop program, you d...on't need to purchase MS office for your device. Instructions for downloading are here. http://web1.nbed.nb.ca///Home%20install%20Office%20365.pdf See more

Cool down with something hot!? Rafraîchir avec une boisson chaude!? #ScienceChampions #ScienceAtHome #AtHomewithCASC

Check out this great Virtual PL opportunity on Earth Sciences at the Elementary level presented by ASD-S, EdGeo and Mining Matters Aug 17th and 18th 2020. If interested, please contact Keri Lynn Mitchell at [email protected].

Create an invention prototype inspired by something from nature! Examples >> https://nbcnews.to/2Y53vua >> https://bit.ly/2zGMopq Watch this >> https://youtu.b...e/KNmY05Lodxk Créez un prototype d'invention inspiré par quelque chose de la nature! Exemples >> https://nbcnews.to/2Y53vua >> https://bit.ly/2zGMopq Regardez ceci >> https://youtu.be/BjMaXiL1EZs Government of New Brunswick Nova Scotia Government Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Government Canadian Innovation

You need to participate in these conferences! Check out their past ones ( http://www.scic-conference.com/ ) and sign up for their July 8th one today! Their sessions have a large variety of concepts and applications for remote and classroom learning. Robotics, simulations, hands-on inquiry based, STEM lessons etc. SCIC Science Is Cool Unconference

Please take two min to fill out this survey for Brilliant Labs Summer STEAM camps!

New Brunswick High School Teachers, take note of this NBTA High School Council Virtual Learning Institute (see image)! To register, please contact [email protected] by June 19th.

Great stuff Desmon! Make sure to check out our Summer challenges in Issue 10!

Where are all those tasty treats? We would love to see what you were able to concoct last week from family recipes or maybe even some foraging! Tag us here STEAM in ASD-North or on Twitter @stemnorth! Now ... the 10th and final issue of ASD-N Weekly STEAM Volume 1 ... We are challenging you to get creative this summer! Craft a raft (or other buoyant device!), gaze at some stars, build a fort in the woods, #exploreNB! Get crafty and please tag us over the Summer so we can see ...what you've been up to! Stay tuned this Fall for more cross-curricular, inquiry-based challenges in Volume 2! We have loved the opoprtunity to create these challenges and hope you've enjoyed them as much as we have! All issues available here: http://stemnorth.nbed.nb.ca//asd-n-weekly-steam-asd-n-stia