Monday, June 10: Engineering is Elementary (EiE) for Pre K and Kindergarten Educators - 6 hrs Wee Engineering (ages 3-5) and EiE for Kindergarten: Hands-on engineering challenges young children to see themselves as problem solvers. They learn that there’s more than one way to solve a problem, and that it’s okay to fail and try […]

An overview of how to use the most common features of Vex Coding Studio and Vex V5 systems in both the classroom and in competition.  - Setting up the motors and sensors in Vex C++ - Using a V5 Controller - Accessing and using the competition templates - Using logic expressions in code - Standard […]

Program faculty will develop a customized professional development (PD) course that will use Library of Congress’s digital primary sources as a portal to cross-curriculum teaching in the 6-12 classroom. 2019 is the Bicentennial of Thomas Nuttall’s Journey across Arkansas and into Oklahoma where he documented in great detail the Native Americans he encountered, the flora […]

Cross-curriculum STEM Teaching in the Classroom (grades 6 -12) – Grant funded project with participant stipend of  $500. For Science, Social Studies, and Media Specialist. LOC Information and Registration Program faculty will develop a customized professional development (PD) course that will use Library of Congress’s digital primary sources as a portal to cross-curriculum teaching in the 6-12 […]

Monday, June 10 - Friday, June 14 Open to High School Students grades 9-12, and teachers of Computer Science. Teachers will receive 15 hours of professional development credit. Cost is $175 per student or $50 per teacher. More information can be found here.

High School Teachers will spend 5 days in the summer (June 10-14, 2019) There is also an opportunity for teachers to bring their students on a CAW field trip in the 2019-20 school year. Teachers will spend two and half days at Central Arkansas Water facilities, including the Lake Maumelle watershed and the CAW Water […]