With these funds I will...

Pay for registration fees, hotel costs, and travel expenses to attend the NSTA STEM Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The registration fee is $260 for the three day conference. The hotel costs at $159/night for 3 nights is $477. An airline ticket from Chicago Midway to Minneapolis, Minnesota is $171.20. The total cost of the trip is $908.20.

By attending this conference, I will be able to learn new innovative material on how to incorporate STEM into our current state curriculum. I will also be able to use this resource to ignite my students' interest in future STEM careers by providing them with quality learning opportunites and activities that spark their curiosity, promote confidence, support the rigor of the current standards, and develop competence in STEM subjects helping students become 21st century learners.

I will also personally invest $260 into this project to pay for part of the trip and car rental expenses.

To view more of the NSTA STEM conference please click on the following link:

http://www.nsta.org/conferences/stem.aspx

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