Have you seen the movie Hidden Figures? I haven’t made it to the theater yet, but the movie sounds like a must-see.
Hearing about the many STEM lessons packed into the story reminded me of a neat book I received from Nomad Press. Aviation: Cool Women Who Fly introduces readers to a master certified flight instructor, a production support engineer, and an Air Force F-22 Raptor pilot.
Post a comment to this blog no later than 11:59 pm EST on January 31, 2017, to tell me if you’ll be seeing Hidden Figures. One lucky teacher will be randomly selected to win our prize! (Update: congratulations to Elizabeth, who is the winner of our prize.)
In the meantime, here’s an assortment of STEM-related freebies you can use in your classroom right away to start students dreaming of futures filled with math and science.
In the EngineerGirl essay contest, students write about how engineering might improve the life of a vulnerable animal species. Cash prizes will go to winners in grades 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. The deadline is February 1, so visit engineergirl.org.
The Captain Planet Foundation awards ecoTech grants of up to $2,500 to K-12 schools. Find out if your school is a good match at captainplanetfoundation.org/ecotech-grant. Enter by March 15.
Young inventors in grades K-12 can enter the Spark!Lab Invent It Challenge to win prizes and see their creative environmental solutions patented. Get the details at challenges.epals.com/inventit2017. Entries are due March 17.
Hoping to see you at the movies,
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PS: Here’s one more freebie that’s too good to miss. Natives in STEM offers free posters to increase awareness of Native Americans in STEM occupations. Request yours at nativesinstem.org.
I’ll definitely be seeing Hidden Figures. Hope to take students to see it on a field trip.
What an awesome field trip! Very cool!
Yes, I will definitely be seeing Hidden Figures.
Its about time women have gone to the forefront on many things in our history.
My tickets are waiting for “Hidden Figures”
I do plan on seeing “Hidden Figures”. I also am looking at maybe reading the book to my older students & showing them the movie – I will need to pre-read & pre-watch first to see if it is appropriate.
Yes, I would really like to see Hidden Figures. It sounds like it will be a very interesting movie.
I’d like to see Hidden Figures.
It looks like a great movie! I would love to see it!
I will be going to see this movie.
Planning to go next week can’t wait to see it. Would love to win
We plan to watch it at home with our older children, who are currently studying space for home school curriculum. My oldest says she wants to be an astronaut, but wrinkled up her nose when she found out they wore diapers! Kids are so funny!
I saw it and it was wonderful!!! Brains breaking down barriers! I love it!
I cannot wait to see Hidden Figures! I have heard that it is a great movie. I am all about girl power and STEM!!