{"id":5,"date":"2012-01-18T12:02:35","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T17:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/ctems\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2024-10-02T14:50:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T19:50:38","slug":"stem","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/stem\/","title":{"rendered":"SAU STEM Center for K-12 Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 2px gray;\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/files\/2013\/02\/STEM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"371\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The SAU STEM Center for K-12 Education is housed in the College of Science and Engineering at Southern Arkansas University. The STEM acronym stands for Science,\u00a0Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. The <a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/stem\/purpose-objectives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mission and objective<\/a> of the SAU STEM Center is to\u00a0provide assistance for K-12 STEM teachers in our region with assistance in their classrooms, in\u00a0their districts, and to provide professional development workshops in our Center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/files\/2012\/01\/ChildsHall.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2212 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/files\/2012\/01\/ChildsHall-300x156.jpg\" alt=\"The STEM Center encompasses the entire first floor of Childs Hall.\" width=\"450\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/files\/2012\/01\/ChildsHall-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/files\/2012\/01\/ChildsHall.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The STEM Center has the following equipment available that can be used by trained teachers in\u00a0our region on a temporary basis.<\/p>\n<p>SAU has allocated over 6000 square feet of laboratory and classroom space for the STEM Center in Childs Hall on the SAU campus. Our space is divided into three teaching laboratories, one chemical preparation\/research laboratory, a computer classroom, office space and teacher-equipment storage.<\/p>\n<p>The SAU STEM Center is working in collaboration with the SAU Educational Renewal Zone\u00a0(ERZ) and the South Central and Southwestern Educational Cooperatives.<\/p>\n<p>The staff of the SAU STEM Center currently includes a Math Specialist, a Science Specialist and\u00a0a University Director. The specialists are provided through an annual grant from the Arkansas\u00a0Department of Education and the Arkansas STEM Coalition.<\/p>\n<p>The primary task of the Math and Science Specialists are to help individual or small groups of\u00a0teachers reach their classroom goals. Many teachers are asking for help in developing hands on\u00a0activities that can count as inquiry lab based activities. Common Core Math Standards and the\u00a0Next Generation Science Standards are changing the way Math and Science are taught in our<br \/>\nschools.<\/p>\n<p>The SAU STEM Center for K-12 Education\u00a0welcomes school districts and other state agencies to work with us for professional development and model teaching activities in our center and at your location.<\/p>\n<p>The STEM Center encompasses the entire first floor of Childs Hall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The SAU STEM Center for K-12 Education is housed in the College of Science and Engineering at Southern Arkansas University. The STEM acronym stands for Science,\u00a0Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. The mission and objective of the SAU STEM Center is to\u00a0provide assistance for K-12 STEM teachers in our region with assistance in their classrooms, in\u00a0their&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/stem\/\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1283,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"content-sidebar","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-5","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1283"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5070,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/5070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}