Happy Teacher Appreciation Day! We want to say THANK YOU for all you invest in our nation’s students. We appreciate your work to inspire and educate students every day. We are thankful to all of the educators who bring our online programs into their classrooms and bring their students to our events!

From all of us at the USA Science and Engineering Festival, thank you!

Check out an exciting opportunity just for teachers from our wonderful partners at PocketLab below!

WestEd, a nonprofit education research and development organization, is currently seeking middle school science teachers to participate in the upcoming Fall 2023 PocketLab Pilot Study. Participating teachers will be randomized into the PocketLab group or the control group. PocketLab teachers will be asked to use PocketLab G-Force sensors and the PocketLab Notebook with their students to complete classroom activities focused on concepts of forces and motion. Control group teachers will be asked to teach these topics as they normally do and will have the option to use PocketLab with their students at the conclusion of the study.

As a thank you for your time and efforts, you will receive either $500 or $800 (Control group or not), a one-year license to PocketLab Notebook Pro ($150 value), and your choice of a PocketLab Voyager sensor ($198 value) or a PocketLab G-Force sensor ($129 value).

If you or somebody you know are already teaching these concepts to middle school students this Fall 2023, and are interested in participating in this study, please fill out this interest form: https://airtable.com/shrn2Wp03FiEHl2ci

Did you know that we now have 23 lessons in PocketLab Notebook? PocketLab Notebook is software that makes science come alive. There are X-STEM All Access topics ranging from Animal Science to Engineering to Chemistry and Space! Check out these ALL NEW lesson plans and so many more over at PocketLab Notebook! 

Join aerospace systems engineer and science communicator Susie Martínez for a Q&A session with Capt Tasia Reed of the U.S. Space Force. Get a glimpse into Capt Reed's journey and life as a U.S. Space Force Space Operations Officer. Watch the episode here. Click here for the FREE NGSS and CASEL aligned companion lessons. 

Join Erin Winick Anthony for an engaging conversation with Lt Col Cassandra McCloud about her role as a licensed professional engineer! Watch the episode here. Click here for the FREE NGSS and CASEL aligned companion lessons.

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