- STEM IE
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Resources and Further Reading about Activity Settings
Professional Development Resources on Activities and Settings Developed by the STEM IE Project
Materials for professional development are provided. PowerPoint slides and an accompanying Facilitator's Guide can be customized for professional development offered to STEM summer program staff or used individually for self-study.
General Resources and Further Reading
This brief, practical article from ExtendED Notes provides time management tips for afterschool program leaders.
The article Field Trips Are Valuable Learning Experiences, posted on the Informal Science website, provides a brief overview of research findings
A Program Planning Tool for STEM in expanded learning programs was developed through a partnership between Public Profit and the California AfterSchool Network (host of The Power of Discovery: STEM2) to create the STEM readiness tool for out-of-school time programs. The readiness tool is practitioner-friendly and aims to help organizations prepare to offer STEM expanded learning programs for youth.
This article on Summer STEM programs points to the benefits of activities in such programs.
