Posted on September 4th, 2019 by Mary Lord
American students spend more time studying science but perform less well than their international peers. That’s just one of the fascinating comparisons in the latest OECD Education At A Glance report, which analyzes data on topics from early-childhood education to time spent instructing students.
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Posted on August 5th, 2019 by Mary Lord
Winners can receive up to $250,000 in the 2020 Regeneron Science Talent Search, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science, technology, engineering, and mathematics competition for high school seniors. Apply by November 12, 2019.
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Posted on July 8th, 2019 by Mary Lord
If you were an engineer or scientist, what would you wear to work? That’s the fascinating focus of Scientists Get Dressed, a new STEM-themed children’s book by award-winning author Deborah Lee Rose. The book, available this fall, includes an NGSS-aligned STEM activity called the Scientists’ Glove Challenge.
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Posted on May 20th, 2019 by Mary Lord
Basic research is often invisible, though its results show up in game-changing technologies from MRIs to mobile devices to safer aircraft. To help Americans understand their oversize return on investment, the National Science Foundation has created a short video, “Your World: Brought to You by NSF,” and website depicting some of the many fruits of the lab that have roots in NSF funding.
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Posted on May 9th, 2019 by Mary Lord
The driving of the last spike of the Transcontinental Railroad on May 10, 1863, capped more than a century of engineering triumph and human tragedy. Teach your students about the historical impact of engineering and technology on society with these activities and resources designed to mark the anniversary of that fateful meeting of two steam locomotives at Promontory, Utah, 150 years ago.
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Posted on March 7th, 2019 by Mary Lord
Just as athletes “learn from the game,” the annual NCAA March Madness basketball competition offers students a timely, engaging way to hone their STEM knowledge and skills. eGFI has compiled some bracket-busting resources to pep up your math and science classes.
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Posted on February 20th, 2019 by Mary Lord
The work of engineers is all around us, but many students don’t know about the exciting careers they could pursue by studying engineering. That’s particularly true for girls and students of color. Discovering You: Engineering Your World, a new STEM education initiative by NBC News Learn in partnership with ASEE, Chevron, and the National Science Foundation, aims to inspire the next generation of engineers with video profiles of diverse engineers, real-world lesson plans, and resources for teachers.
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Posted on January 10th, 2019 by Mary Lord
Spatial visualization – the ability to imagine objects from different angles – is a key STEM problem-solving skill that varies widely by gender, race, and cultural background. Yet it’s rarely taught. The University of Colorado-Boulder’s College of Engineering developed an inexpensive training program that closed STEM performance gaps so well it’s required of all incoming engineering students. The curriculum is now available for free online so any school can advance STEM equity.
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Tags: 3-D modeling, ASEE Prism magazine, Curriculum, Design, Engineering Plus, Internet Resources, Jacob Segil, Outreach, Research on Learning, Resources for Teachers, spatial visualization training workshops, STEM education, STEM equity, Technology for Learning, University of Colorado Boulder College of Engineering, Web Resources
Posted on January 3rd, 2019 by Mary Lord
Middle and high school students learn about the importance of the polar regions by connecting with scientists and the data generated by their cutting-edge research on penguins and ocean environments.
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