STEM

toc =STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics=

• Robotics

 * Robot Algebra - CMU
 * Robotics Academy - CMU
 * Robotics Institute - CMU
 * Robot City - Pittsburgh, CMU
 * LEGO Mindstorms NXT
 * IFI VEX
 * Competitions:
 * 1) FIRST FLL -
 * 2) FIRST FTC -
 * 3) FIRST FRC -
 * 4) MATE- Marine Advanced Technology Education - Underwater Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV)
 * 5) 1st Pennsylvania Regional MATE - May 22, 2010 - Villanova University - photos/videos
 * 6) Advisors' Meeting - January 15-16, 2010 - Villanova University, photos/videos

• Opportunities for __High School Students__ related to STEM (free or cheap)
OUTREACH LISTS (SORT THESE!): @http://teachers.egfi-k12.org/category/k-12-outreach-programs/ - outreach K-12 @http://teachers.egfi-k12.org/category/k-12-outreach-programs/grades-k-5-outreach-programs/ - outreach K-5 @http://teachers.egfi-k12.org/category/k-12-outreach-programs/grades-6-8-outreach-programs/ - outreach 6-8 @http://teachers.egfi-k12.org/category/k-12-outreach-programs/grades-9-12-outreach-programs/ - outreach 9-12 @http://teachers.egfi-k12.org/category/k-12-outreach-programs/for-teachers/ - outreach for teachers

My diigo bookmarks for "student opportunities" - My delicious bookmarks for "student opportunities" -

NOTE: Go to the "We Are HOPE" blog which lists many great student summer opportunities

Governor's Schools - Pennsylvania camps for high school students that are topic/theme focused at hosted at PA colleges/universities - canceled for 2009 summer due to budget cuts. PSSI (Penn Summer Student Initiative), University of Pennsylvania SMT (Summer Music Technology), Drexel University SEED, Drexel University G.I.R.L.S. (Games In Real-LIfe Situations), Drexel University, 2007 Summer was last one Summer Mentorship, Drexel University GEMS Camp, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN - math camp for girls Leadership Academy - Chevy Chase, MD (Washington, D.C.) at the National 4H Club - political camp - conservative values 

• Opportunities for __Teachers__ related to STEM (free or cheap)
My diigo bookmarks for "teacher opportunities" - My delicious bookmarks for "teacher opportunities" -

NOTE 1: Go to the "We Are HOPE" blog which lists many great teacher summer opportunities NOTE 2: for some photos of past teacher opportunities go [|here].

Governor's Institutes - Pennsylvania workshops for certified PA teachers that are topic/theme focused and usually hosted at PA colleges/univeristies I have done 4 GIs. photos
 * 2011 Governor's Institute on Financial Literacy - Elizabethtown College - Elizabethtown, PA - blog - my photos/videos -
 * 2008 Governor's Institute on STEM
 * 2007 Governor's Institute on Technology Education
 * 2007 Governor's Institute on Implementing Math in Career & Technology Education

Hands-On Nanofabrication Workshop for Teachers - Penn State University - 2008 photos

Fellowships: I have done 3 extended research periods (fellowships) at 3 universities:
 * 2010 Bioinformatics Summer Research Fellowship, Franklin & Marshall College , Lancaster , PA - photos/videos - my research slide show Machine Learning to Differentiate coding RNA from non-coding RNA - used Python programming language
 * 2002 RET ( Research Experience for Teachers) Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, Research Experience for Teachers - Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM) : “ Synthesis and Characterization of CdS Nano-Wires ” and my follow up presentation " Simulating the Natural Process of Growth through Fractals and Measuring It’s Complexity Through Fractal Dimension " - photos
 * 2004 RET ( Research Experience for Teachers) Nanotechnology Fellow, RET Fellow, Drexel University (& University of Pennsylvania), Research Experience for Teachers - “Electro-Magnetic Control of Nano-Rods” - photos

• Research and Articles:

 * STEM program in new Peoria elementary school -