Teaching Strategies

Girl STEAM Ahead with NASA Free Resources - This 'Exemplary Practices using ‘Girls STEAM Ahead with NASA’ Free Resources' recorded webinar will explore the free NASA resources, along with accompanying exemplary practices. In addition to the content, there will be time for questions and comments in order for the NASA’s Universe of Learning team to best support your program efforts with the Girls STEAM Ahead with NASA materials.

Gender Equity in Online Learning - When engaging girls in STEM there are many strategies and practices that support gender equity and access, but how do those strategies work in online or hybrid learning environments? This webinar will explore what works for girls from preschool and early elementary to middle school and high school, potential adaptations, and new ideas to consider when teaching girls STEM online.

Podcast: STEM Role Models - In this podcast, educators, CEOs, and students discuss why STEM role models from all walks of life are essential for young peoples’ persistence and success in STEM.

Posters: STEM Role Models Posters — In 7 Additional Languages - Download inspirational, diverse STEM Role Models posters for your school or afterschool program — now in 8 additional languages including Chinese, Spanish, and French.

Stories: Stories | She Can STEM. So Can You. - Meet the women and girls of STEM. They build robots, find new sources of energy, study animals, play with slime, and invent apps. They help make the world a better (and cooler) place to be. Each story will give your students a sneak peek into how they got their start in STEM and help them begin their journey too!

Rubric: Developing and Expanding Partnerships: Are We A Partnership Yet? This rubric allows partners to assess the maturity of a partnership and provides some direction for growth.

Broadening Perspectives on Broadening Participation in STEM: This Toolkit was produced by CAISE, the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education, and provides strategies and tools for trainers and educators who are looking for ways to strengthen efforts to broaden participation.

SciGirls Strategies: How to Engage Girls in STEM: These strategies create a more gender equitable and culturally responsive learning environment that inspires, engages, and helps girls thrive in engineering and STEM more broadly. This book outlines the educational approach, rooted in what research has revealed engages girls in STEM. These strategies have also been proven to work with all learners. 

STEM Teaching Tools: The STEM Teaching Tools site has tools to help providers teach STEM. Each tool is focused on a specific issue and leverages the best knowledge from research and practice. Under the News section, you can learn a bit more about how you might use them. Review more resources in the Tools area and check out the online short courses.

Access Computing Online Learning Strategies for Students with Disabilities: Students with disabilities may want to adopt specific strategies for learning as they transition to online courses. Many students with disabilities have shared their experiences and recommendations for online learning; the DO-IT Center has compiled the advice into easy digestible resources including technological resources.

Teaching Middle School Science in Virtual Learning Environment: Recorded webinar explores how to leverage online platforms (including Educreations, Explain Everything, Quizlet and Padlet) to make high-quality science learning interactive and hands-on from home.