The Gooru Corner: States of Matter

 
Did you know that plasma makes up most of the matter in the universe? Learn more facts like this in The Gooru Corner, where we're bringing you a multimedia collection on the states of matter today. Check it out!
 
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Thursday May 9th is the Last Day for Early Registration for US News STEM Solutions!

 
The early registration deadline for the U.S. News STEM Solutions has been extended to Thursday, May 9th, due to popular demand. There is still time to save $100 if you register now.
 
Join leaders in academia, government and business for three innovative days packed with critical discussions, demonstrations and networking opportunities to address and solve the nation’s current STEM crisis. This year’s conference theme “Teach. Inspire. Hire.” is a call to action designed to help further propel improvements in STEM education and workforce development across the United States.
 
Meet the change-makers in Austin this June and help discover the solutions to a stronger STEM workforce and a more successful future. To see the most current list of confirmed speakers and exhibitors, visit www.USNewsSTEMSolutions.com.

Time is running out to apply for the Afterschool STEM Impact Award. Apply now to win $10,000!

This is a Guest Post written by the Afterschool Alliance

We're teaming up with the Noyce Foundation to recognize exemplary afterschool STEM programs serving young people in grades 4 through 8.  Help us showcase how afterschool STEM programs are helping young people get excited and engaged in STEM.  Applications are due by May 15 -  Apply now!
 
Applicants will be judged by the impact of their program on participating youth.  Winners and other notable applicants will be recognized in nationally-released issue briefs, invited to present at national conferences and will be highlighted as model programs.
 
We're especially excited to discover programs that are having a significant impact on youth, but may not have been recognized with awards before.
 
One award will be given in each of the two categories:
 
1. Afterschool programs that are a strong partnership between an afterschool provider and a STEM-rich institution(s), which include science centers or museums, nature centers, universities, government labs, STEM-related businesses, or other similar institutions.  Programs may focus on any STEM topic.
 
2. Afterschool programs that have a strong computing and/or engineering component.  Computing programs should focus on helping young people acquire the skills and knowledge required to create technology, not just to use it.  Engineering programs should be rooted in the engineering design process, and students should be developing and building a solution to a problem.
 
Applications are due May 15, 2013.  For additional details and to apply, click here.
 
If you have any questions about the application process, please contact Melissa Ballard, at mjballard@afterschoolalliance.org.
 
Sincerely,
 
The Afterschool Alliance team

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National Inventors Hall of Fame 2013 Induction Ceremony Wrap-Up

Check out this Storify from last night's National Inventors Hall of Fame 2013 Induction Ceremony. The STEMconnector® team was in attendance and the event was absolutely fantastic! We all learned so much about the inductees' incredible life stories. They all inspire each and every one of us to innovate and never stop dreaming!

Thanks again to the USPTO, Invent Now, and the National Inventors Hall of Fame for having us as their guests.

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Esri Statewide GIS License Expands K-12 STEM Education in Arizona

Esri Statewide GIS License Expands K-12 STEM Education in Arizona (via PR Newswire)

Students Can Build Skills for Further Education and Employment Download image REDLANDS, Calif., April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Although geographic information systems (GIS) have been taught at a number of schools in Arizona for the past several years, the signing of a statewide education site license…

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Discovery Communications Announces - "Connect the Dots" - A New National STEM Education Initiative To Inspire the Next Generation of Innovators, Problem Solvers and Game Changers (PRNewswire)

Discovery Communications Announces - "Connect the Dots" - A New National STEM Education Initiative To Inspire the Next Generation of Innovators, Problem Solvers and Game Changers (via PR Newswire)

-- Connects STEM education programs across Discovery Channel, Science Channel, Discovery Education and Digital platforms -- -- Includes Discovery Education STEM Camp, a no-cost, standards-aligned STEM curriculum for schools, camps and at-home learning -- -- Begins search for the next great innovator…

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Meet the 2013 National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees (Part 6)

(This is the last of six blog posts detailing the National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees)

Invent Now and the National Inventors Hall of Fame are pleased to recognize 17 inventors whose work has changed our lives. This year's Ceremony is being hosted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office at its headquarters in Alexandria, VA on May 1, 2013. For information on sponsoring and attending, please visit http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_3_0_induction_info.asp.
 
This is the last blog post profiling each inventor in the days leading up to the event on our blog and in STEMdaily. Stay tuned to find out about the amazing inventors being inducted this year and about the Induction Ceremony. Today, our last day of posts about the inventors, we're profiling the inventor of the Moog Synthesizer, Robert Moog, and the inventor of the Radio Telescope, Grote Reber:
 
 
Robert Moog (1934 - 2005) 
Patent No. 3,475,623
 
In 1964, Moog introduced the first complete voltage controlled modular synthesizer, an instrument capable of producing a wide variety of electronic sounds. The Moog synthesizer helped revolutionize the face of music by giving artists and composers the capability to create a brand new palette of sounds. Composer Wendy Carlos was one of the first to usher the synthesizer into the spotlight with the 1968 Switched-On Bach album. Since then, countless performers and composers have utilized the original Moog synthesizer and the Minimoog®, a smaller, portable version of the original instrument.
 
 
Grote Reber (1911 - 2002) 
Patent No. 2,519,603
 
Reber, a pioneering radio astronomer, built the first substantial radio telescope dedicated to astronomy. Radio astronomy allows for the detection of objects and phenomena not possible with optical astronomy, utilizing a radio receiver that can amplify faint cosmic signals, making the waves strong enough to be recorded and charted.
 
Follow along with all the festivities tonight @STEMconnector. The ceremony begins at 7:00 PM and we'll be live tweeting the event!

 

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Invent Now's National Inventors Hall of Fame Induction

2013 Tri-State Generation and Transmission Conference

REGISTER HERE

About the Conference
 
The 2013 Tri-State Energy Conference brings together educators (teaching grades 4-12), who are  electric cooperative members or teach at schools that are members of   Tri-State’s service area.  The three day conference provides participants with the most up-to-date information on all aspects of energy including the science of energy, sources of energy, transportation, consumption, electricity, efficiency and environmental and economic impacts.
 
 Participants receive the training and materials to implement innovative hands-on energy units for their classrooms, multi-disciplinary teams, and after-school programs. 
 
 Conference Details
 
Thanks to support of Tri-State’s member cooperatives, there is no cost for educators in the Tri-State service area to participate. Educators outside of the Tri-State service area are welcome to apply and funding will be sought on their behalf.  Lodging, meals, transportation and conference materials are provided.  Attending teachers receive a NEED Science of Energy Kit, a class-set of NEED Energy Infobooks (at grade level), access to all NEED Curriculum Guides, and supplemental resources.
 
The goals of the conference include expanding educator knowledge of the following subjects related to energy:
• The science of energy, forms of energy, and energy transformations
• Renewable and nonrenewable energy resources, their development, use, and impact on economics and environment
• Generation and transmission of electricity
• Development and use of transportation fuels and the connection of all fuels to the economy and the environment
• Efficient use of energy and the use of energy technologies for conservation and reduction of waste
 
The conference will also integrate energy curriculum materials into classrooms at any grade level and with any group of students and with all learning styles. It will also focus on the successful achievement of state education goals using correlations of NEED materials to the National Science Education Standards and state standards.  Need to meet your math and language arts Common Core Standards?  This conference will help!
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The 21st Century Workforce [Infographic]

<div><a href="http://www.raytheon.com/newsroom/rtnwcm/groups/public/documents/image/rtn13_mathawareness_info_lg.jpg"><img src="http://www.raytheon.com/newsroom/rtnwcm/groups/public/documents/image/rtn13_mathawareness_info_lg.jpg" alt="The 21st Century Skills Gap & the STEM Dilemma Infographic"></a></div>
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Tornado Week on The Weather Channel

This week The Weather Channel is showing some awesome programming in a special week long project called: "Tornado Week."  Sometimes we forget how much science is involved in analyzing our weather.  Yes we have radar, and other fancy technological tools to model weather systems, but the science and math behind those systems is fascinating!

My main reason for posting this, isn't the fact that meteorology is a field of STEM often overlooked, but the more you tweet with #tornadoweek the faster the wind speeds in this office!  Watch the livestream below.

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