Subject: Ideas for Engineers Week (Feb 22-28) in Your Monthly STEM Newsletter!

Transform Your Future: Celebrate Engineers Week 2026

From the devices in our pockets to the bridges we drive across, from clean water systems to lifesaving medical innovations, engineering touches every part of our lives. That's why each year, Engineers Week is a time to celebrate the people who make all this possible - and to inspire the next generation of problem-solvers.


This Engineers Week (February 22-28, 2026) we hope that you'll take a moment to recognize and celebrate the work of engineers and engage students in engineering. DiscoverE, the organization behind Engineers Week, has free resources you can use to inspire future innovators.


Here are some resources from our partners at DiscoverE to help inspire more students in engineering!


For tips and advice to plan a successful Engineers Week event, watch DiscoverE's recent Engineers Week 2026: Planning Events webinar and download the Event Planning Toolkit!

Durable Skill Development and Career Exploration in Middle School

This workshop highlights free, ready-to-use resources that help youth connect the YES Engineering Antivirals challenge to real health careers - from biomedical engineering to nursing - while building skills like collaboration and critical thinking. Educators will leave with downloadable activities and strategies they can use immediately with YES engineering units. Attendees who complete the post-training survey will be entered into a raffle to receive a STEM kit for 20 youth.


Register today!

Engineering for Every Learner: Strategies for Students with Support Needs

Explore how the YES curriculum can engage students with disabilities through inclusive strategies and adaptations. This webinar explores how hands-on engineering experiences can support and engage students with disabilities, including those with intensive support needs.


Educators will gain insight into how engineering can be a powerful tool for students with support needs and leave with concrete ideas for adapting instruction to better support all learners.


Date: February 19, 2026

Time: 4:00 PM EST


Register today!

Building Bridges with Industry

STEM Next is proud to introduce the next resource in their ongoing work to strengthen career-connected learning across afterschool and summer programs: Building Bridges with Industry: A Playbook for Integrating Career-Connected Learning into Out-of-School Time. 


Developed in partnership with Jobs for the Future, this playbook supports leaders of afterschool and summer learning in building and sustaining employer partnerships that expand access to meaningful career exploration and preparation for young people. The Playbook offers practical guidance for creating partnerships that meet both youth and employer needs.


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