STEMapalooza 2023 Highlights

STEM Cobb Sponsors

The Cobb STEM Distinguished Educator Awards are designed to recognize exceptional K-12 teachers in the Cobb County School District who have made a commitment to meaningfully implementing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) in their classroom. ​
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Free STEM/STEAM Resources 

Please visit our STEM/STEAM Digital Resources page for ideas to use at home.  
$250 Scholarships are available to start a Girls Who STEM Club at your school.  Available to Cobb Teachers/Schools only at this time.  Purchase t-shirts, STEM Gems books & more to grow the STEM Pipeline. ​

STEM Cobb Celebrates Women in STEM

Many thanks to Paula Garcia Todd, STEM Cobb Advisory Board Member, and IMC for creating and sharing these videos!

​Learn more about the options for STEM Certification in Cobb.   
Explore the Educator STEM Resources available in Cobb.

​Visit Cobb schools to see STEM practices in action.

​Download Introductory STEM Lessons for K-5 Classrooms
Make plans now to attend the 2023 Georgia STEM/STEAM forum in Athens, GA on October 23-24, 2023.  

DOE Looking for CS Lesson Plans

Georgia State University, with support from Google and Georgia Dept of Education, is conducting a research study on computational thinking and integrated computing instruction in Georgia K-12 schools. Our goal is to understand how computational thinking and computing are taught outside of computer science classrooms. Towards this goal, we would like to collect lesson plans used by teachers in non-CS classrooms that include computational thinking or integrated computing elements.
 
Each participating teacher will receive $100 for less than 1 hour of work. In this hour, the teacher will complete a survey that asks them to describe their lesson plan by answering questions. The research team will provide office hours in which teachers can receive support in completing the survey.
 
Eligibility: To participate, you must
  • Be a teacher in a Georgia K-12 school
  • Teach a lesson plan in a non-CS classroom (e.g., art or math) that includes computational thinking or integrated computing elements
    • The elements can be either plugged (using a computer/programming language) or unplugged (without a computer).
    • Computational thinking elements (such as abstraction, algorithms, or decomposition) must be discussed explicitly rather than be implied
  • Submit the survey by July 31st
 
While we welcome the submission of multiple lesson plans, we can only compensate teachers for the first lesson plan that they submit to collect a representative sample.
 
If you are interested in participating, please complete this form to receive more information. https://forms.gle/y8oLR9vmGFuQvzqv8 
 

Check out the STEM Cobb Blog for upcoming PL, Resources & more!  

What is STEM Education in Cobb County?

STEM education programs in Cobb cultivate problem solvers through problem-based learning and critical thinking engagement within science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.  Students create, design, build, discover, and collaborate while developing contextual connections between school, community, work, and the global environment.
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