​The Million Girls Moonshot shines a national spotlight on girls in STEM, spurring actions and solutions aimed at positively changing the way girls engage in STEM, and inspiring them to become builders, innovators, makers and problem solvers.
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Let’s build this Initiative together—everyone has a role to play. Every parent. Every business. Every educator. Every scientist.  Every engineer. Every policy maker.
The Million Girls Moonshot is a movement of the STEM Next Opportunity Fund

Featured STEM Webinars

ENGINEERING DESIGN WITH TECHNOVATION WEBINARS
AUDIENCE: FOR PROGRAMS AND PROGRAM STAFF IN YOUR STATE
Engineering Design Challenges Session 3
Thursday December 10, 12:00-1:00 pm PST/3:00-4:00 EST
Experts: Technovation Program Staff
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  • You’ll make a plan to help your students deal with hard parts like persisting through failure and encouraging creativity
  • You’ll reflect and revisit tools introduced earlier to look at them differently
  • All while making a water collection system in a design challenge you can use with your students.
Bring these materials to the session with you:
  1. Skewers
  2. Tape
  3. Scissors
  4. Cardboard or foam core
  5. Cups
  6. Straws
  7. Foil
  8. Cups (with holes punched in the bottom) + water for testing

Engineering Design Challenges Session 1: Engineering Design Challenges Session 2:
EQUITY AND INCLUSION WEBINARS
AUDIENCE: FOR NETWORKS AND KEY PARTNERS IN YOUR STATE

Equity & Inclusion in Afterschool: Skill Development in STEM Programming
December 15, 12:00-1:00pm PST/3:00pm-4:00pm EST
Experts: National Girls Collaborative Project Team
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Working with the National Girls Collaborative Project, STEM Next developed an Equity and Inclusion Framework to use as a guide for supporting programs as they identify resources and strategies that broaden participation. This webinar dives more deeply into the Skill Development concept and the strategy of Career Exploration. The webinar highlights research-to-practice as well as resources that can help educators utilize 21st Century Skills within their programs.
 Audience: For Network Leads and Key Partners in Your State
Registration Link: https://bit.ly/3kG1KMW

ENGINEERING MINDSET WEBINARS
AUDIENCE: FOR PROGRAMS AND PROGRAM STAFF IN YOUR STATE
APPLICATION: Here are three ideas for communicating with afterschool program leaders about the Engineering Mindsets Training Module: 
  1. Share it with afterschool program staff in your state to improve STEM quality; 
  2. Incorporate it into your own professional development or community of practice for afterschool providers; 
  3. Feature it in your virtual state conferences exhibit halls and resources 

Engineering Practices Support Equity Part I: Recording 
Engineering Practices Support Equity Part II: Recording 
Engineering Practices Support Equity Part III: Recording
Engineering Mindset Activities (Includes facilitation instructions and materials list)

QUALITY TRAININGS WITH PEAR
AUDIENCE: FOR PROGRAMS AND PROGRAM STAFF IN YOUR STATE
APPLICATION: Share with Network STEM Staff, Key Partners, and Program Leaders in your state interested in becoming Dimensions of Success Certified. More information found here.

Dimensions of Success (DoS) Certification Training
December 16 - 17th, 2020; 7:00am - 1:00pm PT / 10:00 am - 4:00pm ET
Experts: PEAR DoS Trainers
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Dimensions of Success (DoS) Certification Training
January 20th - 21st, 2021; 8:00am - 2:00pm PT / 11:00 am - 5:00pm ET
Experts: PEAR DoS Trainers
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BEST PRACTICE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
AUDIENCE: For Networks, Partners, and Programs
APPLICATION: Share the following best practices and resources about transformative practices with partners and providers in your state. Use them to create professional development for afterschool programs in your state.

Developing and Expanding Partnerships
Broadening Participation in STEM
TOGETHER AT HOME
AUDIENCE: For Programs, Youth and Families
APPLICATION: Share the following engineering activities with programs and families for additional STEM learning in your state. 

  • Student Activity: Materials and Manufacturing - In this activity based on the story of the three little pigs, students examine the properties, limitations, and durability of a variety of materials, then evaluate which of the materials would be best for building a model house.
 
  • Student Activity: Engineering Solutions to Freshwater Problems - In this activity, students are introduced to six freshwater supply problems in various locations around the world. Students brainstorm their own ideas for solving each problem and then learn about the specific solutions that engineers have proposed.
 
  • Student Activity: How High Can a Super Ball Bounce? - In this activity students explore how engineers might use elasticity of material to help them design products. Working in pairs, they drop bouncy balls from a meter height and determine how high they bounce. Youth measure, record and repeat the process to gather data to calculate average bounce heights and coefficients of elasticity.
 
  • Student Activity: Community Engineering - This website provides engineering challenges that are community-based and includes learning modules on topics like school gardening, classroom renovation, and designing an accessible playground.
 
ADDITIONAL VIRTUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
AUDIENCE: For Partners and Programs
APPLICATION: Share the following training opportunities with partners and program leaders to build their understanding of engineering, equity and inclusion, and STEM.