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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none'>Ronza Othman, </span></b><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none'>President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none'>National Federation of the Blind of Maryland<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none'>443-426-4110<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none'>Pronouns: she, her, hers</span><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'> james.garret.mooney@gmail.com <james.garret.mooney@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, May 15, 2023 6:32 PM<br><b>To:</b> mdopbc@nfbnet.org<br><b>Subject:</b> NFB STEM2U register by May 18 for blind children and parents <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><h1 align=center style='margin-top:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:24.0pt'>National Federation of the Blind of Maryland STEM2U—Program and Agenda<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt'>with the Maryland Organization of Parents of Blind Children, May 20, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt'>National Federation of the Blind 200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230 410-659-9314<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 align=center style='margin-top:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:#E7E6E6'><span style='font-size:22.0pt;color:black'>Welcome</span><i><span style='font-size:22.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></i></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:14.0pt'>Thank you for joining us for STEM2U! We are so excited to have your child participate in our experiments. We are equally excited to have parents join us for our MDOPBC workshop on making science accessible. We have a very exciting day planned for you. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 align=center style='text-align:center;background:#E7E6E6'><span style='font-size:22.0pt;line-height:105%;color:black'>Registration and Membership</span><span style='font-size:22.0pt;line-height:105%'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>There is no cost for parents and students to register. You can sign up your child and register for the MDOPBC workshop by visiting the link Below:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="https://nfb.org/programs-services/education/nfb-stem2u"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>https://nfb.org/programs-services/education/nfb-stem2u</span></a><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:14.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Also, please join and/or pay your membership dues. It is not required for families to pay membership dues to participate in the workshop. Dues cost $15 and include the whole family. Pay your membership dues by visiting the following link: </span><a href="https://www.nfbmd.org/join"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>https://www.nfbmd.org/join</span></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 align=center style='margin-top:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:#E7E6E6'><span style='font-size:22.0pt;color:black'>Student Schedule for Saturday May 20, 2023</span><span style='font-size:22.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><a name="_Hlk134549108"><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>STEM2U</span></a><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM </span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:14.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>9:30 AM—Check in<br></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:normal'>Participants can meet new friends while waiting on others to arrive.</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style='margin-top:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>9:45 AM —Introductions and Instructions</span> <o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Garret Mooney, President Maryland Organization of Parents of Blind Children<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Brittany Bomboy, Board Member Maryland Organization of Parents of Blind Children <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin-top:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>10:15 AM —Experiment 1 Blasting off to the Moon <o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>With a limited number of supplies, students must construct a balloon rocket that will blast them off to the moon. <br><br><b>10:45 AM —Experiment 2 3, 2, 1, BLAST OFF!!!</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:14.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Students can Blast off if they can figure out how to make fuel with only two ingredients. <o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin-top:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>11:15 AM —Experiment 3 Surviving on the Moon <o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=xmsonormal style='margin-bottom:14.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>A new research station is needed on the moon. Students must use there engineering minds to create the station out of sticks and doe. <o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin-top:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>11:45 AM —Lunch <o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>WE will be providing free lunch for both parents and students. Please contact Brittany Bomboy if your child has any Dietary restrictions. Brittany can be reached by calling 757-969-3724.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin-top:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>12:30 PM—Robotics Demonstration<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>MMadhav Rao, Mentor First Chesapeake Robotics Team <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin-top:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>1:15 PM—Experiment 4 Moon Research<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Weight and Gravity make all the difference in this experiment. Students will test which objects have the greatest impact on the moon.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin-top:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>2:00 PM—Experiment 5 No Place Like Home<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Mission Accomplished on the moon. Now students must find their way home safely. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin-top:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>2:45 PM—Competition and Closing Remarks<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Students and parents will both compete against each other under learning shades to decide who is the better astronaut.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 align=center style='margin-top:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:#E7E6E6'><span style='font-size:22.0pt;color:black'>Parent Schedule for Saturday May 20</span><span style='font-size:22.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>9:30 AM to 3:30 PM STEM2U Parent Workshop<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin-top:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><br>9:30 AM—Check in<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:14.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Parents can check in and have an opportunity to network with other parents. <o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin-top:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>9:45 AM —Introductions and Instructions <o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Garret Mooney, President Maryland Organization of Parents of Blind Children<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Brittany Bomboy, Board Member Maryland Organization of Parents of Blind Children <o:p></o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin-top:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><br>10:15 AM—Bringing STEM to Your Child’s Education <o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Mark Riccobono, President National Federation of the Blind <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin-top:0in;line-height:normal'><a name="_Hlk134549949"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>11:00 AM—Q and A, Shared Experiences from the Blind STEM Student <o:p></o:p></span></a></h3><p class=xmsonormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk134549949'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Melissa Riccobono, Board Member Maryland Organization of Parents of Blind Children <span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk134549949'></span><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin-top:0in;line-height:normal'><a name="_Hlk134550363"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>11:45 AM—Round Table Discussion: Thinking of Ways to Make STEM Accessible <o:p></o:p></span></a></h3><p class=xmsonormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk134550363'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Garret Mooney, President Maryland Organization of Parents of Blind Children <span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk134550363'></span><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin-top:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>12:30 PM—Lunch <o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>WE will be providing free lunch for both parents and students. Please contact Brittany Bomboy if your child has any Dietary restrictions. Brittany can be reached by calling 757-969-3724.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin-top:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>1:15 PM—Robotics Demonstration<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>MMadhav Rao, Mentor First Chesapeake Robotics Team <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin-top:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>2:00 PM—From the Moon to the Classroom<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Parents will learn how to conduct one of the student experiments under learning shades to prepare for their competition. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h3 style='margin-top:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>2:45 PM—Competition and Closing Remarks<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Students and parents will both compete against each other under learning shades to decide who is the better astronaut.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>We want to thank all our speakers and guests who participated in our workshop from around the state of Maryland. We also want to thank all the volunteers who helped run the workshop. This workshop could not have been a success without you. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>It was such a wonderful opportunity to meet new friends and catch up with old ones. We wish everyone safe travel home.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Board of Directors <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Maryland Organization of Parents of Blind Children <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 align=center style='margin-top:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background:#E7E6E6'><span style='font-size:22.0pt;color:black'>Connect with Us</span><span style='font-size:22.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Connect with the Maryland Organization of Parent of Blind Children in the following ways:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%'>Join our listserv for email updates: </span><a href="https://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/mdpobc_nfbnet.org"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%'>https://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/mdpobc_nfbnet.org</span></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%'> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%'>Follow the conversations in our private Facebook group: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/935679223195091/"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%'>https://www.facebook.com/groups/935679223195091/</span></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%'> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%'>Follow the National Federation of the Blind of Maryland on Facebook: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/nationalfederationoftheblindofmaryland"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%'>https://www.facebook.com/nationalfederationoftheblindofmaryland</span></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:105%'> <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Thank you for being with us! The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>Garret <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>James G. Mooney, Esq<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>President, Maryland Organization of Parents of Blind Children <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>(480) 433-8003 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><a href="mailto:james.garret.mooney@gmail.com">james.garret.mooney@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>