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EiE News - October 2016
Oracle Brings Hands-on Engineering to Orlando Schools
This summer, the Museum of Science, Boston and Oracle collaborated with the Orlando Science Center (OSC) to bring the EiE curriculum to schools in the Orlando area. A $25,000 grant from Oracle brought 20 Florida elementary teachers to an EiE professional development workshop hosted by OSC; each scholarship recipient also received a complete set of EiE curriculum materials to use in the classroom. This is the third year that Oracle has supported an EiE scholarship program.
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Upcoming EiE PD Opportunities

You're invited! On October 13, join us for "Using Effective Questioning Strategies in the Engineering Classroom," a free, one-hour online session that's ideal for K-8 teachers, STEM coordinators, and adminstrators. And for teacher educators who want to lead their own EiE PD sessions, we're also offering two workshops in Boston this month. Register today! 
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Are Your Students Learning? Find Out with EiE Assessment Tools

When you teach with EiE, consider doing pre- and post-assessments, to see how your students' understanding changes as they get engaged with hands-on engineering! EiE offers a complete suite of ready-to-use, research-tested assessment tools including Lesson-Specific Rubrics, Lesson-Specific Assessments, and General Assessments. Grab your Teacher Guide and read on to learn more!
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Teaching "Rockets & Rovers?" Three Steps Help Kids Explore Even More!
Liftoff: Engineering Rockets and Rovers is a super-popular unit from EiE's out-of-school-time curriculum Engineering Adventures. Educators tell us that when the unit ends, kids often want to do more aerospace engineering. This EiE blog post offers a set of strategies that help you extend the learning, for Liftoff AND for other EA units! Tip: Subscribe to the blog to get more great teaching tips every week.)
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Baltimore Program Embraces "It Takes a Village" Approach to STEM Ed
Speaking of Engineering Adventures, this afterschool curriculum is being used in SABES, an innovative, NSF-funded Baltimore initiative that goes beyond the usual approach to improving STEM education. The program includes professional development for teachers and new curricula in classrooms, but also engages parents, community members, and businesses.
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