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STEM links
The following are a list of STEM initiatives and businesses that contribute to STEM education efforts in Wisconsin. If you know of other businesses or initiatives please email us, and we can include them here.
- Wisconsin Technology Council
- The Wisconsin Technology Council is the science and technology advisor to the Governor and the Legislature. Launched in 2001, the Tech Council was created by a bipartisan act of the governor and the Legislature. It is an independent, non-profit and non-partisan board with members from tech companies, venture capital firms, all levels of education, research institutions, government and law.
- The Wisconsin Technology Council is the science and technology advisor to the Governor and the Legislature. Launched in 2001, the Tech Council was created by a bipartisan act of the governor and the Legislature. It is an independent, non-profit and non-partisan board with members from tech companies, venture capital firms, all levels of education, research institutions, government and law.
- System-Wide Change for All Learners and Educators (SCALE)
- The SCALE partnership brings together mathematicians, scientists, social scientists, engineers, technologists, and education practitioners to build a whole new approach to reforming K-12 math and science education. SCALE is a partnership involving two major educational research and development groups: the University of Wisconsin's Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) and the University of Pittsburgh's Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC).
- The SCALE partnership brings together mathematicians, scientists, social scientists, engineers, technologists, and education practitioners to build a whole new approach to reforming K-12 math and science education. SCALE is a partnership involving two major educational research and development groups: the University of Wisconsin's Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) and the University of Pittsburgh's Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC).
- Mobilizing STEM Education for a Sustainable Future
- Mobilizing STEM Education for a Sustainable Future is identifying new strategies to transform the organization and practice of STEM education.
- Mobilizing STEM Education for a Sustainable Future is identifying new strategies to transform the organization and practice of STEM education.
- Project Lead the Way, Igniting Imagination and Innovation Through Learning
- Project Lead The Way (PLTW) prepares students to be the most innovative and productive leaders in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and to make meaningful, pioneering contributions to our world.
- Project Lead The Way (PLTW) prepares students to be the most innovative and productive leaders in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and to make meaningful, pioneering contributions to our world.
- National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) Fluid Power Challenge
- The NFPA Fluid Power Challenge is a competition that challenges eighth grade students to solve an engineering problem using fluid power. They work in teams to design and build a fluid power mechanism, and then compete against other teams in a timed competition.
- The NFPA Fluid Power Challenge is a competition that challenges eighth grade students to solve an engineering problem using fluid power. They work in teams to design and build a fluid power mechanism, and then compete against other teams in a timed competition.
- Building, Architecture, and Technology (BAT) Academy, Bay View High School
- Bay View High School has partnered with the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Greater Milwaukee to provide students a program of study called the Building, Architecture & Technology Leadership Academy (BAT).
- Bay View High School has partnered with the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Greater Milwaukee to provide students a program of study called the Building, Architecture & Technology Leadership Academy (BAT).
- Bay View Compass article
- BAT house construction project featured on Blueprint documentary. This article discusses the construction program at Bay View High School, which teaches students real-world, home-building skills and has been responsible for the rehabilitation or construction of 11 Milwaukee houses in the last two decades.
- BAT house construction project featured on Blueprint documentary. This article discusses the construction program at Bay View High School, which teaches students real-world, home-building skills and has been responsible for the rehabilitation or construction of 11 Milwaukee houses in the last two decades.
- Burlington High School (BHS)
- BHS Chemicals is a non-profit organization that blends household and industrial cleaners. We are dedicated to the production of high quality cleaning supplies that perform multiple cleaning applications. We also create products for many health and beauty products such as lotions, scrubs, shampoo's, conditioners, and body soaps. Link to article about them being the Blueprint program.
- BHS Chemicals is a non-profit organization that blends household and industrial cleaners. We are dedicated to the production of high quality cleaning supplies that perform multiple cleaning applications. We also create products for many health and beauty products such as lotions, scrubs, shampoo's, conditioners, and body soaps. Link to article about them being the Blueprint program.
- The Lynde and Harry Bradley School of Technology and Trade (Bradley Tech)
- Bradley Tech’s mission is to offer students a four-year comprehensive academic and technical education. Through research-based learner-centered curriculum, students meet clearly identified competencies for each course that are based on learning target proficiencies and state & national standards.
- Bradley Tech’s mission is to offer students a four-year comprehensive academic and technical education. Through research-based learner-centered curriculum, students meet clearly identified competencies for each course that are based on learning target proficiencies and state & national standards.
- Bay View Compass article about construction of the green garage
- The Green Garage project is preparing Bradley Tech students for green construction jobs by providing an opportunity for students to participate in a new, green curriculum.
- The Green Garage project is preparing Bradley Tech students for green construction jobs by providing an opportunity for students to participate in a new, green curriculum.
- Growing Power, partners in green garage project
- Growing Power is a national nonprofit organization and land trust supporting people from diverse backgrounds, and the environments in which they live, by helping to provide equal access to healthy, high-quality, safe and affordable food for people in all communities.
- Growing Power is a national nonprofit organization and land trust supporting people from diverse backgrounds, and the environments in which they live, by helping to provide equal access to healthy, high-quality, safe and affordable food for people in all communities.
- WUWM story about green garage project
- WUWM Environmental Reporter Susan Bence paid the Green Garage site a few visits to see the project take shape from the ground up and how it is helping to define the futures of students taking part in the project.
- WUWM Environmental Reporter Susan Bence paid the Green Garage site a few visits to see the project take shape from the ground up and how it is helping to define the futures of students taking part in the project.
- Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction STEM website
- List of STEM resources in Wisconsin
- List of STEM resources in Wisconsin
- PBS STEM Education Resource Center website
- PBS offers all Americans the opportunity to explore new ideas and new worlds related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning through television and online content. On-line broadband access and digital media are dramatically changing the opportunities available to the nation’s educators improving STEM education.
- PBS offers all Americans the opportunity to explore new ideas and new worlds related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning through television and online content. On-line broadband access and digital media are dramatically changing the opportunities available to the nation’s educators improving STEM education.
- The NSF-funded Centers for Learning and Teaching (CLT) aim to enrich and diversify the national infrastructure for instruction in K-12, undergraduate, and graduate education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
- The Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research is a half yearly, peer-reviewed publication for educators in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education. The journal emphasizes real-world case studies that focus on issues that are relevant and important to STEM practitioners.
- Mobilizing STEM Education for a Sustainable Future is identifying new strategies to transform the organization and practice of STEM education. Our vision is of a society whose citizens and professionals value the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics both as an exciting venture of the human mind and for their essential role in addressing the urgent scientific, social, and economic challenges that face our planet and our inhabitants.