April 2025 STEM Newsletter

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April 2025

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Texas STEM Announcements

Texas Mobile STEM Laboratory Application Window is Open!

Through a partnership between the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and Learning Undefeated, the Texas Mobile STEM Lab will continue to provide STEM engagement opportunities for students during the 2025–2026 school year. Using custom-outfitted STEM learning spaces, the mobile labs offer engaging, hands-on educational experiences for kindergarten through grade 8 students and teachers. The application window is April 1, 2025, through May 31, 2025. All Texas public schools that offer classes for kindergarten through grades 8 are eligible to register for a free visit during the 2025–2026 school year. Apply on our STEM web page. For more information, please refer to the video or contact Michelle Sedberry. 

 

The TEA STEM Toolkit:

Are STEM community and family engagement opportunities a key focus for the spring? TEA has developed tools to help stakeholders engage with each other through STEM education. These tools support interactions between districts, non-profits, institutes of higher education, business and industry, and families. 

TEA STEM Toolkit: External Stakeholder Engagement

 

Texas EcosySTEM
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Texas EcosySTEM  Professional Development

 

 

Statewide STEM Teacher Training (A TEALearn Badge can be earned for this training.)

This professional development prepares teachers for successful implementation of STEM instruction in their classrooms by immersing teachers directly in the role of STEM learner, engaging first-hand in high-impact STEM practices such as project-based learning, design-based challenges, and computational thinking.

 

 
Leadership Badge

Statewide STEM Leadership Training (A TEALearn Badge can be earned for this training.)

 

This immersive professional development prepares campus administrators to shape, support, and sustain STEM initiatives within their district or campus. Participants will learn by doing, engaging directly in the instructional approaches most critical to the STEM endeavor: project-based learning, design-based challenges, and computational thinking.

 

Upcoming Events

Texas Mobile STEM Lab April Visits

Region 1: San Isidro ISD

Region 2: Orange Grove ISD and George West ISD

Region 3: El Campo ISD

Region 4: Waller ISD

Region 13: Hutto ISD, Austin ISD, and Bastrop ISD 

 

 

ESC STEM Conferences:

Region 19: May 17, 2025 Registration

Region 15: June 10, 2025 Registration
Michelle Sedberry

Contact Information

Michelle Sedberry Statewide STEM Coordinator Texas Education Agency

Texas EcosySTEM STEM Leads, Education Service Centers 

STEM Lead Contact Information

 

Texas Education Agency Curriculum Standards and Student Support For general curriculum questions or additional information, please submit a Curriculum Request Form through the TEA Help Desk.                

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Other newsletters you may be interested in are Science List, Mathematics, and Technology Applications.
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Monte Alto ISD (Region 1)

In March, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) launched the first Texas Mobile STEM Laboratory from the expanded fleet. The Texas Mobile STEM Laboratories are innovative labs that provide kindergarten through 8th grade students with hands-on opportunities to tackle engineering design challenges and collaboratively create products or processes. Developed by Learning Undefeated and supported by the TEA, the activities are aligned with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) standards and offered at no cost to participating schools.

The inaugural session saw grades 2–5 students from Roberto Grate in Monte Alto ISD become the first in Texas to experience the new laboratory. During their visit, 121 students designed solutions for delivering a package, created hand pollinators to address bee shortages, and solved flooding-related problems. The Monte Alto ISD students excelled in these engineering design challenges, showcasing their creativity and problem-solving skills.

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The Texas Mobile STEM Laboratory is Hiring Education Outreach Coordinators

The Texas Mobile STEM Laboratory operated by Learning Undefeated in partnership with the Texas Education Agency is expanding. Learning Undefeated is currently hiring education outreach coordinators to work on new traveling laboratories.

Position Description:

The Education Outreach Coordinator is a passionate and effusive ambassador for education who inspires K–12 students to connect with STEM content and careers aboard custom-designed mobile laboratories that travel from school to school. Primary responsibilities include leading hands-on laboratory activities and facilitating innovative STEM career experiences inside the mobile laboratories or school classrooms.

For more information, visit the job posting.

STEM Program Highlights

If you have a STEM event or program you would like to feature in the STEM newsletter please, send your information and picture to michelle.sedberry@tea.texas.gov. 

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