Vulcan Materials Partners with STEM West to Offer Classroom Grants!
Vulcan Materials Company is the nation’s largest producer of construction aggregates—primarily crushed stone, sand and gravel—and a major producer of aggregates-based construction materials, including asphalt and ready-mixed concrete. Our coast-to-coast footprint and strategic distribution network align with and serve the nation’s growth centers. In the STEM West market, Vulcan operates 3 quarries: Morganton, Lenoir, and Boone. Our crushed stone products are the literal foundation of these communities. At Vulcan, we live by the “Vulcan Way” which is “Doing the right thing, the right way, at the right time.” We believe in supporting earth science education in a way that will not only provide knowledge about our earth and the many ways we use natural resources in our everyday lives, but facilitate career interest in our industry. If you can’t grow it, you have to mine it!
Submission is DUE December 1st, 2021 with grant funds being supplied by January 30th, 2022.
Project Learning Tree’s E-Newsletter: September 2021
| Activity Collection: Nature of Fire for Grades 6-8 By Jaclyn StallardNature of Fire is the next installment in a series of theme-based PLT Activity Collections. It features three PLT activities for educators of students in grades 6-8 that invite learners to investigate wildfire and ecosystem change. Learn More |
| EDUCATOR TIPS Activities and Experiments to Explore Photosynthesis in the Classroom By Rebecca Reynandez We’ve compiled a selection of hands-on activities and experiments to help show students some of the concepts of photosynthesis in action. Learn More RESOURCES STEM Strategies: Habitat Pen PalsBy Kris Irwin Ph.D. Challenge students to use their creative skills to define a habitat, investigate related species, engineer a wildlife corridor, and manipulate an interactive model to demonstrate population growth. Learn More  NEEF’s Climate Superstars Challenge & NAAEE’s Conference An online environmental challenge that gets kids excited about nature, provides fun activities, and offers a chance to win one of six vouchers for $5,000 worth of Samsung products — what’s not to love about the National Environmental Education Foundation’s (NEEF) Climate Superstars Challenge? We’re looking forward to presenting and attending a variety of events and workshops at the North American Association for Environmental Education’s (NAAEE) annual conference next month. See you there! |
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| We have two exciting panel discussions coming up in partnership with Amazon that we think your students will love!During the transportation-focused discussions, they’ll have the opportunity to connect with Amazon professionals and hear about their career journeys and work in technology. The free panels will be moderated by FIRST® Education Director Libby Simpson, and cover topics from the package transportation process to disaster relief, community delivery, and more. Amazon Transportation 101 | September 29, 2021 | 3pm ET Students will learn how Amazon delivers packages all the way to their doorstep and meet experts from each part of the transportation process. Transportation for Good | October 13, 2021 | 6pm ET Learn about how Amazon utilizes its extensive transportation and delivery network to do good through programs like Disaster Relief, Community Delivery, and more!** By registering, you may be asked to supply personal data to the event organizer, and this data will be subject to the organizer’s privacy policy. You should review the organizer’s privacy policy and understand how your data will be used before participating in the event.  |
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The Science House Offerings:
 Hickory STEM to Your Doorstep Grade Level(s): K-16 Date(s): October 21, 2021 Location: Hickory, NC Cost: $65 Instructional Hours: 5.0 |
 Epigenetics Grade Level(s): 5-12 Date(s): November 30, 2021 Location: Mountain Horticulture Research Station (455 Research Drive, Mills River, NC 28759) Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Cost: $65 Instructional Hours: 5.0 |
 Safety Sense: Science Lab Safety Train-the Trainer with Regina Barrier Grade Level(s): K-16 Date(s): December 6-7, 2021 Location: Mountain Horticulture Research Station (455 Research Drive, Mills River, NC 28759) Cost: $150 Instructional Hours: 10.0 |
 Turning Misinformation into Education: Leveraging Fake News to Teach Climate Change Grade Level(s): 5-12 Date(s): December 14, 2021 Location: Mountain Horticulture Research Station (455 Research Drive, Mills River, NC 28759) Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Cost: $30 (Materials and lunch provided) Instructional Hours: 5.0 |
 STEM to Your DoorstepGrade Level(s): k-12 Date(s): February 2, 2022 Location: Mountain Horticulture Research Station (455 Research Drive, Mills River, NC 28759) Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Cost: $65 Instructional Hours: 5.0 |