Leap into Science Cohort one State Leadership Teams, The National Girls Collaborative Project and The Franklin Institute are thrilled to celebrate the inaugural National Leap into Science Week, taking place February 25 – March 3, 2019. As you know, National Leap into Science Week is an annual celebration of science and literacy across all national Leap into Science partner organizations. We are asking all of our Leap into Science partner organizations to be active on social media that week—to share Leap into Science programs you are hosting, as well as your excitement and support for science and literacy learning! You will find a reminder of the expectations, social media guidelines, and template messaging for connecting with educators in the National Leap into Science Week Toolkit<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VDdXIIc9_D89bdcy4HdpD135YeWBm4lQ/view?usp=sharing>. Please complete the National Leap into Science Week Planning Survey<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Ak6g6jao571nbNBzGglila3crKFN1WE5U3YR1cowvrdvCgLt_bkDG_OvWg6NTTU4gXszB_JSw6xCc9NHzSkTu1WQz8qXkC0ipRa8QBU5XPgzhgLIJqsb-TM03okCvJN9-K8IUmBhbTbC1NKFMMnuuVrBvnfvtqh_jRHVIw9xvsjvipSBFETJXjEo-2ztdB3JK6Q3g9MQV63MZ3P5UfYcsDc9boI8BCEHk5UQVTBxXRJ_RqPc29V77cZrM1shiGBJK1FXjuJONdI1vZ8YL0qNl8Oi-Riw1uai836WsPQgeYt6nz8czPN3EQ==&c=AmrNUb9i7DxCfgrqMy4zJUm8TjINeFUSCHzhTwiLrSUlOnFE3bM2Jg==&ch=Fbo54egEVvF0kl2hEurEIGXQ-sQ9xWidB0JQW1jmMZbeQVEtoQPKXQ==> by February 15, 2019 and encourage your educators to do the same. This will help us gather information about what’s happening throughout the week. Additionally, we would like to extend a very special invitation for you to participate in our National Leap into Science Week Twitter Chat on February 27 at 11:00AM Pacific | 1:00PM Central | 2:00PM Eastern. During this Twitter chat, we will be asking the questions below. We are providing these to you ahead of time so that you can prepare responses in advance. Q1: Why do you think #storybooks help early learners understand #STEM concepts? #LeapWeek #LeapintoScience Q2: What is your favorite storybook that highlights a STEM theme? #LeapintoScience #LeapWeek Q3: What strategies are you using to engage diverse communities in science & literacy learning, particularly in rural or urban locations? #LeapintoScience #LeapWeek Q4: How has collaborating across libraries, museums, science centers, and out-of-school time programs helped you be more effective at implementing #LeapintoScience? #LeapWeek Q5: What strategies are you using to engage 3-10 year olds in STEM learning? #LeapWeek #LeapintoScience Q6: How has #LeapintoScience changed the way in which you plan to implement future #STEM or #literacy programming? #LeapWeek Q7: What other exemplary practices of interdisciplinary learning have you seen work and why? #LeapWeek #LeapintoScience Q8: If you could give one piece of advice to an educator considering using literacy for early STEM engagement, what would it be? #LeapWeek #LeapintoScience We would also like to ask that you help us promote the Twitter Chat across your respective social media networks, and have provided you some sample Tweets (below) and a graphic (attached). Join the #leapintoscience national #leapweek Twitter Chat with us, @TheFranklin, @ngcproject, and @julia_skolnik on Wednesday, February 27 at 11:00AM Pacific/2:00PM Eastern. We will discuss ways to engage communities in STEM and literacy across the country! [Your organization] is proud to be a part of the #leapintoscience community. We will be celebrating national #leapweek in partnership with @TheFranklin, @ngcproject, and @julia_skolnik, to engage communities in high-quality science and literacy learning for children and families. In order to give us an idea of who plans to join the Twitter Chat, please confirm your participation by emailing me by Friday, February 15. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you, -- Casi Herrera Educational Programs Manager Pronouns: she/her National Girls Collaborative Project<https://ngcproject.org/> | The Connectory<https://theconnectory.org/> | FabFems<https://fabfems.org/>