Drop In Coach Pam Wamsley – Click HERE to view the Drop In Coach PowerPoint for more information. Email Help@ScienceCoach.org.
Your initial email should include:
Your name and the name of your student/students
School location
Brief description of what type of help you would like to receive
Availability: days/times, Zoom or In person meetings
Society for Science is a CONSTANT resource – sign up for their newsletter (Bottom of home page)
Regeneron STS – 2023 Application NOW OPEN!
ISEF Information, Rules, Forms, Affiliated Fairs, Broadcom MASTERS
High School Research Teachers Conference
Middle School Research Teachers Conference
Advocate Program
STEM Action Grants
STEM Research Grants – Now open through 10/31/22. Teachers can apply for up to $5,000 in order to purchase specialized equipment or $1,000 in preselected equipment including Arduino starter kits, camera traps, and PocketLab sensors.
Research at Home
Advocate Program Webinars
List of linked Publications to Submit Student Research – PowerPoint on How to Get Student Research Published
- The Journal of Emerging Investigators
- The National High School Journal of Science
- Chronicle of the New Researchers
- Young Scientists Journal
- The Columbia Junior Science Journal
- Journal of High School Science
- International Journal of High School Research
- Youth STEM 2030
- Missouri River Bird Observatory Seasonal Newsletter
- The Journal of High School Discovery
If you know of other publications where students can submit their research, please email the information to Shawn to add to this list.
Medical Lab Science (MLS) Career Programs – Connections to hospitals and educational institutions. Gary Stocker is available for virtual presentations with your students to share career resources, videos, and let students know what is involved in these careers. He also has a YouTube MLS channel (Click on the videos tab). Dr. Stocker’s email address is gary@mls2030.com
Dr. Stocker provides support for students as they evaluate and select colleges for their medical laboratory science degree. The BS in medical laboratory science is a 4-year degree and is offered at many colleges in Missouri and across the United States. An internship at a BJC hospital is part of the St. Louis region accredited medical laboratory science (MLS) degree program. There is also a medical laboratory technician’s associate degree program offered through many community colleges (for instance, Moberly Area Community College). The support services provided to St. Louis region students is fully subsidized by BJC HealthCare. For more information, here is the medical laboratory science page.
Dr. Stocker provided the following additional links:
PPT presentation on Medical Laboratory Science
Search tool for MLS programs throughout the United States (Click on ‘Find A Program’)
BJC Outreach to set up medical laboratory shadowing opportunities
American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science for more information
Toshiba Grant – a potential way to fund your Science Coach participation. Applications for up to $5,000 are due 3/1, 6/1, 9/1, 12/1; greater than $5,000 are due 5/1, 11/1. Let us know if you need assistance or wording to complete the grant application.
Betsy Boedeker, Director of the Center for Plant and Life Sciences, St. Louis Community College. Offering resources such as summer teacher and student programs, lab access, and educational outreach. See the website for more information. Contact Betsy directly for questions/access.
Paid and/or Fully Funded Professional Development Opportunities
Resources from #ResearchatHomeChat on 9-23-20
Science Research Free or Inexpensive Resources
Dr. Richard Norris Science Fair Projects (PPT)
Diffusers (Dr. Richard Norris)
How to Properly Use a Logbook (1 Page list)
How to Recruit and Retain Black Students to do High-Level Research (PPT)
Madhav Subramanian – Email Madhav directly to arrange for Drop In Coach, Speaker, Networking Opportunity
Science Competitions: An Overview and Introduction to Forms (PPT)