
FLIERS +PAMPHLETS
(FOR SHARING INFO ABOUT OUR PROGRAM WITH SCHOOLS, TEACHERS, AND POTENTIAL MENTORS)
TEACHERS/GROUP LEADERS
(LESSON PLANS AND BOOKS/ARTICLES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS)
FLIERS FOR POTENTIAL MENTORS
FLIERS FOR TEACHERS
Coming soon!
LESSON PLANS
All lesson are submitted by other teachers and group leaders who used our platform.
Have lesson plans you'd like to share? Please send them to: contact@symbioticstem.org
Lesson plans are coming soon!!
BOOKS/ARTICLES FOR STUDENTS
Books, articles, and excerpts for students suggested by teachers and mentors. Feel free to suggest ones to add to the list!
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The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan. Features captivating essays covering:
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Amazing things we've accomplished through science
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Investigations into pseudoscience (including aliens, crop circles, ESP, etc)
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Spotting pseudoscience ("the baloney detection toolkit")
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What makes a question or hypothesis scientific
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.
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A page-turning story about recent racial injustice in medicine and its consequences today
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Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
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Beautifully written essays that shows the challenges and powerful results of bringing new ideas from one's culture to science.
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For a glimpse, check out this amazing excerpt from the book (personally, one of my favorite chapters).
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INEXPENSIVE/FREE TOOLS
Ways to do serious science without university-level equipment.
HELPFUL ARTICLES
Some useful articles we've come across for bringing DEI and/or STEM mentoring into the classroom:
We're always open to suggestions, so send us other materials you've found useful!
MORE MENTORING + STEM PROGRAMS
More great, online programs that tackle issues of STEM inclusion and mentoring from different angles.
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Skype a Scientist: video calls for entire classrooms, clubs, or families with expert scientists (graduate students and researchers with a PhD or MD). Geared towards science and broad career questions, not one-on-one mentoring.
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SciTeens: online courses (especially in coding) and a forum to ask specific questions (science projects, applying to college, etc) and get feedback from the community or one-on-one with a mentor.
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Sprouting: online courses (especially in coding) written for teachers in both Spanish and English.
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DataClassroom: interactive online lessons to teach students data analysis.
ASPIRING SCIENTISTS
(MORE MENTORING + STEM PROGRAMS)
MENTORING/STEM PROGRAMS
More great, online programs that offer STEM mentoring and research-based conversations.
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Skype a Scientist: video calls for entire classrooms, clubs, or families with scientists who are in graduate school or have a PhD. More intended for asking science questions and broad career questions than providing one on one mentoring
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SciTeens: online courses (especially in coding) and a forum to ask specific questions (science projects, applying to college, etc) and get feedback from the community or one-on-one with a mentor. Mentors are mostly undergraduate and graduate students.
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Sprouting: online courses (especially in coding) written for teachers in both Spanish and English.
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DataClassroom: interactive online lessons to learn data analysis.
INTERNSHIPS/RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
MENTORS
(HELPFUL ARTICLES FOR IMPROVING MENTORING + STEM COMMUNICATION)
DEI AND BIAS TRAINING
The importance of participating in DEI as a non-minority:
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De-centering whiteness: where do white people belong in DEI work?
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How to show white men that diversity and inclusion efforts need them.
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Alleviating the Burden of Education from Marginalized Employees
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The Keys to Allyship: Understanding What an Ally Is and the Role They Play in an Inclusive Workplace
Help us put together a list of resources by sharing them with us here.
MENTORING TOOLKITS + ARTICLES
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STEM Mentoring guidelines from mentoring.org
Help us put together a list of programs by sharing them with us here.
HELP WITH STEM COMMUNICATION
MENTORING COMMUNITY
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New England Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (NE GWiSE): a student-led cooperative of individual graduate women's groups celebrating women and gender minorities in STEM fields.