For more information about STEM Education, visit the following websites: 
 
STEM Oregon 
 
Washington STEM  
 
STEM Education Coalition
 
Oregon Department of Education STEM Education Initiative 
 
US FIRST Robotics  

Student Practices in STEM Education  
 
Maker Spaces  
 
 
For Books related to STEM Education and Professional Development and STEM look up:
 

• Lesson Study: A Japanese Approach To Improving Mathematics Teaching and Learning (Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series) by Clea Fernandez and  Makoto Yoshid

• Leading Lesson Study: A Practical Guide for Teachers and Facilitators by Jennifer Stepanek, Gary Appel, Melinda Leong, Michelle Turner Mangan, Mark Mitchel

• Lesson Study Step by Step: How Teacher Learning Communities Improve Instruction by Jacqueline Hurd and Catherine Lewis

• Supporting Grade 5-8 Students in Constructing Explanations in Science: The Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning Framework for Talk and Writing by Katherine L. McNeill and Joseph S. Krajcik

• The NSTA Reader’s Guide to A Framework for K 12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas by Harold Pratt

• STEM Lesson Essentials, Grades 3-8: Integrating Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics by Jo Anne Vasquez, Michael Comer, and Cary Sneider