Posted on February 1st, 2010 by ASEE
Join the Second Annual African American History Program Free Family Day at the Koshland Science Museum in Washington, DC., Sat., February 6, to explore the issues surround the 2010 census and American cultural perceptions of race.
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Tags: African-American scientists, Family events, Mathematics, Programs for Families, Weekend programs
Posted on February 1st, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
A new report by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) examines mathematics standards used in grades 1-6 by Hong Kong, Singapore, and South Korea, which were chosen for international benchmarking because of their high performance on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) assessments. The analysis finds a number of features that can be utilized for the development of K-6 mathematics standards in the United States.
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Tags: Curriculum, Grades K-5, Mathematics, Research, Research on Learning, Web Resources
Posted on February 1st, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
Elementary school girls start to fear mathematics at an early age. But, is math anxiety contagious? It could be. In fact, it’s possible that young girls pick up their unease with numbers from female teachers who are anxious about their own math skills, a new University of Chicago study found.
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Tags: Girls Education, Math, Mathematics, Research, Research on Learning, Women in Engineering
Posted on January 18th, 2010 by ASEE
When Congress approved the $787 billion economic stimulus package last February, it included a huge chunk of research money: $21.5 billion. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) got a big share of those funds, and now it’s announced it is spending around $18.3 million to bolster STEM education, starting in the early grades.
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Tags: College, Grades K-5, Mathematics, Research, Research on Learning
Posted on January 4th, 2010 by ASEE
The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program and NSF Teaching Fellowship/Master Teaching Fellowship Track seek to encourage talented science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teachers, majors, and professionals in careers as K-12 mathematics and science teachers. Application deadlines: Letter of Intent, Feb. 09, 2010; Full proposals, March 10, April 07.
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Tags: Engineering, Mathematics, National Science Foundation, Programs for Teachers, Scholarships and Fellowships, Science
Posted on January 4th, 2010 by ASEE
Indiana’s I-STEM Resource Network offers a several K-12 activities and lesson plans in areas ranging from Earth Science, Environmental Science, Physics, Mathematics, and Technology Education.
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Tags: Earth Science, Environmental science, Lesson Plans, Mathematics, Physics, Technology Education, Website
Posted on June 4th, 2009 by ASEE
In this activity for grades 6-12, students design a seawall to protect a major coastal highway from erosion by ocean waves and address these questions: Erosion–can you fight it? How much energy is involved with waves and erosion? Can humans stop erosion of the shoreline? Should we? Is it cost effective?
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Tags: Marine engineering, Math Lesson Plans, Mathematics
Posted on January 26th, 2009 by ASEE
This lesson for students in grades 5 through 12 explores how computerized barcoding has simplified distributing and pricing of products. Students learn about encoding and decoding, the barcoding system, and how a mathematical formula is embedded in barcoding to safeguard against errors. They use websites to identify product barcodes, test codes from everyday products, and work as an engineering team to come up with the next generation of information embedding systems.
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Tags: Computer Programming, Computer Science, Math Lesson Plans, Mathematics
