Teacher Resources

Below you will find resources that can support PK-12 STEM educators in developing quality, equitable, online and in-person learning experiences for their students.

Anti-racism Resources
Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in STEM
Online & Remote Teaching Resources
STEM Curricular Resources
AweSTEM Resources

Talking About Race (Website) - National Museum of African American History & Culture

16 Words and Definitions to Kickstart Your Anti-Racism Journey (Article) - Medium

Are you racist? 'No' isn't a good enough answer (Video: < 2.5 min) - Marlon James, The Guardian

Systemic Racism Explained (Video: < 5 min) - act.tv

Anti-Racism Handout (Handout) - Robin DiAngelo

Whites Receiving Feedback on Racism and Responding from the Mainstream (Handout) - Robin DiAngelo

Antiracist Checklist for Whites (Handout) - Robin DiAngelo

Dismantling Racism Works Web Workbook (Website) - DR Workbook

What does it mean to be Antiracist? (Handout) - Anneliese A. Singh, Ph.D., LPC; The Racial Healing Handbook

Scaffolded List of Anti-racist Resources (Handout) - Anna Stamborski, Nikki Zimmermann, and Bailie Gregory

Anti-Racism Resource List (Resource List) - 100Kin10

Seeing White (Podcast) - John Biewen, Chenjerai Kumanyika

Anti-Racism Resource Roundup (Website) - Caise Informal Science

Don’t Talk about Implicit Bias Without Talking about Structural Racism (Article) - National Equity Project

Harvard Implicit Associations Test (Website) - Harvard

Social Identities And Systems Of Oppression (Website) - National Museum of African American History & Culture

White people assume niceness is the answer to racial inequality. It's not (Article) - The Guardian

21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge (Resource List) - Edit Moore Jr.

5 Tips for Being an Ally (Video) - Franchesca Ramsey

How to Support Students Reentering the Classroom After Facing Severe Disciplinary Actions | MSW@USC (Article)

10 Ways Educators Can Take Action in the Pursuit of Equity (Article) - Cult of Pedagogy

Beyond the Stoplight (Website) - Beyond the Stoplight

How Ibram X. Kendi's Definition of Antiracism Applies to Schools (Article) - KQED

10 Ways Well-Meaning White Teachers Bring Racism Into Our Schools (Article) - Everyday Feminism

27 Mistakes White Teachers of Black Students Make and How to Fix Them (Article) - Education Post

Resource Guide For White Teachers & Parents Developing Racial Consciousness and Moving into Action (& the POC Working or In Relationship With Them) (Handout) - Christine Saxman

How Indigenous, Black and POC Educators Envision a Better School Experience (Article) - KQED

A Guide to Equity and Antiracism for Educators (Article) - Edutopia

White Teachers Need Anti-Racist Therapy (Article) - Education Week

Anti-Racist Educator Questionnaire and Rubric (Handout) - Anna Stamborski

In an Era of Pandemic and Protest, STEM Education Can’t Pretend to Be Apolitical (Article) - Truthout

The racial politics of STEM education in the USA: interrogations and explorations (Article) - Taylor and Francis Online

Coded Language Is Part of Our Racist Education System (Article) - Teen Vogue

Teachers on the Frontlines: Dismantling White Supremacy from Within the Classr oom (Video: <1 hr 15 min) - Davis Square Consulting

How to Center Equity and Humanize the Process of Coming Back Together: A Focus on Joy and Justice in STEM Education (Video: < 1 hr) - AAAS, NSF; Transcript

How to Create Anti-racist Virtual Classrooms: Strategies for Teachers and Families (Video: <1 hr 20 min) - University of Pittsburg; Related

The Multiple Fallacies of Reopening School (Article) - Next Generation Learning

Teaching While White Series (Podcast) - Teaching While White; Related

“Nice White Parents” (Podcast) - The New York Times; Related

Black Students Need Changes, Policies, and Structures Beyond Higher Education (Article) - Inside Higher Ed

The Underrepresentation Curriculum Project (Website) - URC

Black Lives Matter at School (Website) - Chris Rogers

Social Justice Mathematics and Science Curricular Resources for K-12 Teachers (Resource List) - Compiled by Dr. Kari Kokka

How Indigenous, Black and POC Educators Envision a Better School Experience (Article) - KQED

A Guide to Equity and Antiracism for Educators (Article) - Edutopia

How to Develop Culturally Responsive Teaching for Distance Learning (Article) - KQED

Teaching Tolerance (Website) - Southern Poverty Law Center

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Science: A Reading List (Article) - Medium

Silence Is Never Neutral; Neither Is Science (Article) - Scientific American; Related

An Open Letter: Scientists and Racial Justice (Article) - The Scientist

Decolonize science – time to end another imperial era (Article) - The Conversation

Responses to 10 Common Criticisms of Anti-Racism Action in STEM (Essay) - Anti-Racism in STEM

Helping students (re)think of themselves as scientists (Article) - Chemical and Engineering News

Lifting Up Youth Work: A Perspective from Spencer Visiting Scholar Bianca Baldridge (Article) - Spencer Foundation

Podcast Episodes related to Education (Podcast) - Dr. Molade Osibodu, York Uni

#ShutDownSTEM Resources (Website) - ShutDownSTEM

Refusing to Forget (Website) - Refusing to Forget

Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism (Website) - California State University San Bernadino

Unsung Heroes (Article) - Society of American Archivists

Great Yet Unsung African-American Scientists in History (Article) - Nation Research Mentorship Program

The Untold History of Women in Science and Technology (Article) - The White House

16 black STEM innovators who have defined our modern world (Blog) - iD Tech

31 Highly Influential African American Scientists (Article) - Interesting Engineering

6 Important LGBTQ Scientists Who Left a Mark on STEM Fields (Article) - Orlando Science Center

ACS Celebrates the Achievements of Women Scientists in American History (Resources) - ACS

Closeted discoverers: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender scientists (Article) - Science Mag

Women in Auto History (Article) - AAA

Where Women Made History https://savingplaces.org/where-women-made-history#.Yh0YZejMKUk (Website)

The Underrepresented Curriculum Project

STEM Lessons for Historically Underrepresented Students (Blog) - CODERZ

Lesson Plans (Resources) - Learning For Justice

A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction (Website) - Equitable Math

Why it is crucial to make cultural diversity visible in STEM education (Article) - STEM Teaching Tools

How to avoid possible pitfalls associated with culturally responsive instruction (Article) - STEM Teaching Tools

Diversity And Inclusive Teaching Practices In STEM (Handout/Resources) - UVA Center for Teaching Excellence

Incorporating the Stories of Women, People of Color, and LGBTQ+ Scientists Into the Physics Classroom (Article) - National Science Teaching Association

16 Black History Month STEM Activities (Article) - iD Tech

Culturally Responsive and Social Justice Focused Science Lesson Plans (Resources) - Science in the City

New Toolkits Aim to Increase STEM Diversity (Article) - K-12 Dive

The National Association for Multicultural Education; advancing and advocating for equity and social justice (Website)

National Indian Education Association (Website)

Indigenous Peoples Lesson Plans and Resources (Website)

¡Colorín Colorado! (Website)

Culturally Responsive Curriculum Scorecard CRE-Rubric-2018-190211.pdf (nyu.edu) (Handout)

500 Queer Scientists Page (Website)

I am a Scientist (Website)

Out in STEM (Website)

National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Science and Technical Professionals (Website)

STEM Career Coalition (Website)

Minorities in Engineering and Technology (Resources) - PBS Learning Media

STEM Careers: Just for Students (Resources) - National Alliance for Partnership and Equity

Women of Mars (Videos) - NASA

IF/THEN® Collection (ifthencollection.org) (Website)

Career Guidance & Empowerment for Girls - Career Girls (Website)

To get you started:
STEM Teaching Tools—Supporting Students’ Science Learning

These tools and resources may assist you with communicating with your students/classes online.

ASSISTments - a web-based mathematics assignment and analysis tool
Book Creator - an online tool for creating and publishing digital books
Brush Ninja - a web-based tool for creating hand-drawn animated GIFs
Canva - a web-based graphic design platform
Coggle - a web-based tool for creating collaborative concept maps and diagrams
EdPuzzle - an online tool that allows you to create interactive video lessons
Educreations - an interactive whiteboard and screencasting tool
Edulastic - an online student assessment tool
FlipGrid - a video discussion platform
Go Formative - a web-based student response and assessment tool
Graspable Math - a web-based interactive tool for math
Jamboard - an online, collaborative whiteboard tool
MathShare - an online tool for students to organize and share their processes
Milanote - an online workspace and project organizer
NearPod - an online tool that allows you to create interactive, media-rich presentations
Padlet - an online bulletin board
Pear Deck - a tool that allow you to create interactive presentations with Google slides
Scoutlier - an online learning platform
Screencastify - a Chrome browser extension that allows you to record your computer screen
SeeSaw - a platform for student engagement
Storyjumper - a website that lets students create and publish their own stories
Whiteboard.fi - an online whiteboard tool
Zoom - a cloud platform for video and audio conferencing

Looking for more? Check out - Webinars for Teachers - by the MetroWest STEM Education Network

Great resources for science/STEM lessons and activities.

Need materials? Check out the Central MA STEM Network Ecosystem Lending Library of STEM Kits!

Project ideas, activities, and simulations for teachers to use with students.

Ideas and ways to engage yourself and your students in project-based learning.

Buck Institute for Education (My PBL Works)
Project-Based Learning for Educators (Edutopia)
MIT Blossoms Project Based learning Units (9-12)
Student Projects and PBL Project Ideas (High Tech High, 9-12)
WPI STEM Education Center

Introduce students to coding or allow them to explore or practice their skills.

Seeds of STEM: Problem solving activities for young children

Seeds of STEM is a year-long, standards-aligned, STEM curriculum for preschool and pre-K classrooms. The curriculum was developed by a partnership that included researchers from WPI, the College of the Holy Cross, and teachers from the Worcester Child Development Head Start Program. Seeds of STEM was tested in multiple Head Start classrooms, through funding from the US Department of Education (IES, grant #R305A150571).

To encourage teachers and parents to solve problems with their young children at home, Seeds of STEM is offering sets of weekly STEM activities, derived from the curriculum and simplified for the home environment.

Interested in bringing Seeds of STEM to your school or organization? Check out our latest PD Offerings or email Mia Dubosarsky with questions.

I am STEM - STEM I am Lesson Library

The I am STEM lesson library was created by teachers for teachers! It consists of a wide variety of STEM challenges for PK-6 Educators, all focused around solving problems in books! Thanks to a grant from the MA STEM Advisory Council the library will be available to all educators before, during, and after STEM Week.

Be sure to check it out and consider joining us for the next I am STEM FREE PD.

Questions? Contact Donna Taylor

Engineering Design Activities

These resources were developed by the STEM Education Center for Massachusetts STEM Week 2019, and include a short opening bridge design activity (one lesson or shorter), a 2-lesson STEM challenge related to properties of materials, and a full week STEM project about natural disasters.

Short Bridge Design Challenge (one lesson or less)
Project Transport, Help a Friend in Need (2-lesson project)
Protecting the Community from Natural Hazards (full week STEM project)

If you use these curricular resources, please contact Donna Taylor to let us know.

AweSTEM!

Over the past several years, AweSTEM! has provided the STEM Education Center with the opportunity to recognize educators and education leaders for their outstanding work in STEM education. In addition, educators have presented dozens of STEM lessons and projects and have shared student experiences.

You can find links to numerous resources and project ideas by clicking on each year provided.

Be sure to check them out!

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Additional PK-12 STEM Education Teaching Tools available through WPI

There are many efforts happening at WPI to advance PK-12 STEM education. Check out some of these opportunities offered by our colleagues!

ASSISTments

Graspable Math & From Here to There

Project Lead The Way (PLTW)

Teacher Resources

Anti-Racism Resources for STEM Educators

Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in STEM

Online & Remote Teaching Resources

STEM Curricular Resources developed by the STEM Education Center