Teachers will partner with scientists and engineers in the summer to design and test STEM enhancements to science curriculum. Their students will develop new STEM knowledge and skills through authentic real-world projects. The STEM-It Now project brings elementary teachers together to work with Georgia Boatman from ESD 123 and Peggy Willcuts from PNNL to strengthen the teachers' STEM content knowledge and help them align current science units to state standards through new lesson plans and assessments.

1. For More Information Contact:
Georgia Boatman, Regional Science Coordinator, ESD 123
Phone: 509.544-5738
E-mail: gboatman@esd123.org
OR
Peggy Willcuts, Senior STEM Education Consultant, PNNL
E-mail: peggy.willcuts@pnnl.gov
In the summer, teachers will partner with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists
and engineers to design, pilot test and disseminate STEM design enhancements. Their
students will develop new STEM knowledge and skills while increasing their confidence to engage in
integrated science, technology, engineering and mathematics in authentic real-world contexts.
STEM-It Now!
Who: Elementary Teachers for identified science units :
 Organisms (STC)
 Life Cycles of Butterflies (STC)
 Plant Growth and Development (STC)
 Land and Water (STC)
 Soils (STC)
 Ecosystems (STC)
When:
 Four days in the summer-August 2nd-5th
 Four after school Follow-up learning opportunities during the
school year (TBD)
Where: Summer at PNNL, School year at ESD 123
STEM-It Now Benefits and Logistics:
 $1000 Teacher Stipend
 36 hours of high quality professional learning
 24 hours during the summer
 4 three hour after school follow-up learning experiences
during the 2016-17 school year
 36 Clock Hours available
 Eligible for 15 mandatory Integrated STEM Clock Hours for
recertification
 Cost per person to districts: $100 per teacher (scientist time,
materials, copies)
The STEM-It Now project brings together elementary teachers from across the
region to work in collaboration with Georgia Boatman (ESD 123) and Peggy Willcuts
(PNNL), two well known professional development providers, who will lead the
teachers on a deep dive into currently taught science units to increase their STEM
content knowledge, and develop a deeper understanding of the Washington State
Learning Standards (Common Core ELA and Mathematics and NGSS). They will work to
create standards-aligned lesson additions and formative assessments that can be widely used.