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GRANTS & RESOURCES

The George Lucas Educational Foundation is a nonprofit operating foundation and is not a grant-making organization. However, in order to realize the potential of 21st-century education, we are fully aware that our community needs to secure grants and be aware of other exciting opportunities in education, such as the following:

• The George Lucas Educational Foundation Grant Information List
• K-12 Aerospace Education Grants: The Air Force Association is sponsoring $250 grants for K-12 programs that significantly influence aerospace and STEM learning in the classroom. Deadline: October 17, 2012.
• Using Music to Teach Mathematics Grants: Grants of $3,000 will be awarded to PreK-2nd grade teachers or groups of teachers seeking to use music to enhance math learning. Applicants must be members of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) before October 15. Sponsored by NCTM and the Ester Mendlesohn Fund. Deadline: November 15, 2012.
• Online Graduate Credits: The American Museum of Natural History is offering a fall lineup of online courses in their Seminars on Science series. Up to four graduate credits are available in several subjects -- Earth, Evolution, Ocean System, Water and Solar System -- and courses run Oct. 1-Nov. 11 or Oct. 29-Dec. 9.
• "If We Were President": Pearson and WeAreTeachers are teaming up to engage student in the 2012 Presidential Election with the "If We Were President" contest. The project-based contest asks K-12 classes to develop a project in any media that answers what they would do if they were president. The winning classroom receives an inauguration party, and the teacher takes home $500 and an iPad 2. Deadline: October 18, 2012.

Conferences

• Open Hardware Summit September 27, 2012, New York, NY.
• Edscape Conference 2012 October 13, 2012, New Milford, NJ.
• Grantmakers for Education Conference 2012 October 24 to 26, 2012, Brooklyn, NY.
• Fall CUE 2012 Conference: Supercharged Learners October 26 to 27, 2012, Napa Valley, CA.

Unconferences

• edcamp Dallas September 29, 2012, Plano, TX.
• edcamp Seacoast October 27, 2012, Portsmouth, NH.
• edcampOU October 27, 2012, Rochester, MI.

Webinars

• The New Education Digital Divide: Home Access for Low Income Families (CoSN) September 20, 2012, 10:00 a.m. PT, 1:00 p.m. ET.
• Reading, Understanding, and Unpacking Common Core Standards (SimpleK12) September 22, 2012, 10:00 a.m. PT, 1:00 p.m. ET.
• Developing Transferable Knowledge & Skills in the 21st Century (Partnership for 21st Century Skills) September 25, 2012, 10:00 a.m. PT, 1:00 p.m. ET.
• Going Google: The Quick Start Guide to Getting Started with Google Tools (SimpleK12) September 16, 2012, 11:30 a.m. PT, 2:30 p.m. ET.