STEM Clubs in Aldine ISD
FAQS about creating clubs for STEM in Aldine
Are you interested in Sponsoring a Coding Club at your school?
It's that time again for Aldine's Campus Coding Club (CCC) KickOff! If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of your campus coding club, please complete the form below to sign up!
Why Become a Sponsor?
We are looking for teachers who don't mind students being smarter than themselves! When facilitating a STEM club at your campus, the entire club is student-centered as students are the leaders!
- Aldine's Campus STEM Clubs are focused on creating an environment that supports STEM on campuses.
- Our goal is to create opportunities to showcase student products and creations.
- All Sponsors will receive unique opportunities for professional developments, industry support, and field trip options.
- We now a small district inventory of physical computing equipment available for check out to support your clubs. (will vary due to our current circumstances)
- We will also be able to provide compensation for your time (with requirements) as the sponsor. (A max of 2 sponsors will be compensated per campus.)
What type of CLUBS will you host?
We are expanding our options this year with a variety of choices for platforms. Here are just a few of the platforms we recommend (but are not limited to):
Coding (primarily with options for Physical computing)
- CS with Google
- Girls Who Code
- CodeMonkey
- CodeClub (Raspberry Pi)
- Facebook's Engineer for the Week (EFTW)
ROBOTICS (aka Physical Computing (PC) focused clubs)
- Lego (WeDo and/or Mindstorms)-- possibly VIRTUAL TEAMS!
- Wonder Workshop (Dash & Dot)
- Makey Makey with Scratch
- Raspberry Pi
- Spheros
- Ozobots
- Bloxels
- Microbit
New Additions for 2020-21
- eSports (Piloted with ONE Middle and ONE High School)
- Rubrik Cube
What are some of the projects students can create, produce, or make?
CS First with Google
- Build and Tell Interactive stories.
- Play musical notes, and create a music video.
- Create photograph filters for social media!
- Make their own commercials
- Build their own video games.
Girls WHO Code (GWC)
- Helps girls build identities as computer scientists by highlighting female role models.
- They build a Computer Science Impact Project through a design-build-test cycle.
Makey Makey
- Create your own interactive Word Wall.
- Build interactive stories.
- Students can build a flight simulator.
What are the REQUIREMENTS to be a sponsor?
As a sponsor you must meet these few requirements:
- Submit your club activity report every two weeks.
- Submit your club weekly sign in sheets.
- Students must participant in District Hour of Code and STEMFest events.
Need support? Have questions or concerns?
There will be a meeting once a nine weeks face-to-face for all sponsors as well as a virtual meeting that will be recorded. However, I wanted to share that you can request me DIRECTLY to come to your campus or attend my Virtual Office Hours from 5-5:30 pm on Wednesdays starting in September!
I will place it on your Google Calendar and all you will have to is join in using Google Meet!
Shaina Glass
Program Director of Technology Applications & STEM
Professional Learning & Technology Integration
Aldine ISD
Email: snglass@aldineisd.org
Website: cs4aldine.blogspot.com
Location: 9999 Veterans Memorial Drive, Houston, TX, USA
Phone: 713-539-8620
Twitter: @SVicGlass