Posted on February 14th, 2021 by Mary Lord
Learn skills and tools to help you integrate engineering and design in your STEM classes with TeachEngineering’s virtual professional development summer workshops for PreK-12 teachers. ASEE endorsed!
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Posted on February 14th, 2021 by Mary Lord
Broadway tech, robotics, and racecar engineering are among dozens of engaging, interactive sessions being presented at Awesome Girls: National Girl Scout STEM Festival, a free virtual showcase for K-12 girls – including non-Girl Scouts – and their families. Register by April 9 for the Saturday, April 17 event.
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Posted on February 14th, 2021 by Mary Lord
Schools are deploying robotic floor cleaners and other autonomous systems to free up maintenance personnel for more critical tasks during the pandemic. Some are even using the autonomous scrubbers to teach coding!
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Tags: avidbots, building maintenance, Churchill-Chili Central School District public schools, Engineering, robot floor scrubbers, Robotics, Rochester Minnesota Public Schools, school cleaning robotic sweeper, St. Marks School Plano Texas, Sterilight UV air sanitizing robot, Tennant automatic floor scrubber
Posted on February 4th, 2021 by Mary Lord
Join ASEE’s P-12 Educator Series for a free online panel discussion February 24, 2021 at 6:30 p.m. Eastern on the challenges students and teachers face and strategies for dismantling racial barriers that will lead to more equitable and inclusive STEM learning environments.
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Posted on February 4th, 2021 by Mary Lord
Biomedical and tissue engineers are harnessing the power of 3-D printing, engineered bioinks, and novel materials with the aim of one day fabricating replacement hearts and other body parts.
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Tags: 3-D bioprinting, Adam Feinberg, Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, heart, regenerative medicine, replacement body parts, tissue engineering
Posted on February 4th, 2021 by Mary Lord
Because of COVID-19, National Engineers Week (February 21 – 27, 2021) is being celebrated virtually. This year’s theme, Imagining Tomorrow, salutes the critical work of engineers in creating a world safe from pandemics, climate change, cyber-attacks, and other daunting global challenges.
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Posted on February 4th, 2021 by Mary Lord
The Ohio Technology and Engineering Education Association hosts free monthly webinars for teachers. Next presentation: Monday, February 22 from 4 to 5 p.m. Eastern on the Standards for Technological and Engineering Literacy and a roadmap for teaching with ITEEA executive director Steve Barbato. See blog post for Zoom log in and link to standards.
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Posted on December 29th, 2020 by Mary Lord
Join the University of St. Thomas’s Playful Learning Lab on January 29 and 30 for PLAYfest 2021, a two-day virtual festival of free, hands-on STEAM professional development and speakers from around the world.
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Posted on December 29th, 2020 by Mary Lord
The second annual New York Times STEM Writing Contest invites middle and high school students around the world to choose an issue or question in science, technology, engineering, math, or health that fascinates them, then write an engaging 500-word explanation. Contest runs from January 19 until March 2, 2021.
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