Posted on September 12th, 2015 by Mary Lord
Help your students discover their heads for math with engaging brainteasers and numerical puzzles. Sign them up for Sony’s Global Math Challenge on Sunday, September 27, 2015.
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Tags: brainteaser, Competitions for Students, Contest, critical thinking, Mathematics, Problem Solving, SONY Global Math Challenge, STEM education
Posted on September 12th, 2015 by Mary Lord
Anywhere, anytime STEM professional development. That’s the idea behind The Smithsonian Science Education Center’s new web series, Good Thinking! The Science of Teaching Science, whose free animated videos identify common misconceptions, explore the science of how humans learn, and provide instructional techniques for effectively conveying scientific principles.
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Tags: Good Thinking!, Internet Resources, Research on Learning, Resources for Teachers, Smithsonian Institution, STEM education, STEM teacher professional development, Teacher Training, video
Posted on May 13th, 2015 by Mary Lord
What do 6th and 7th graders know about where energy comes from, how much we use, and how that affects our daily lives? EnergyTrends.org is hosting a video contest for public school students to find out. Deadline is midnight May 29, 2015.
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Tags: Common Core State Mathematics Standards, Competitions for Students, Contest, Energy, energyTrends.org, Lesson Plans, Lexington Institute, NGSS, power, STEM education, Teacher Resources, Video contest
Posted on April 30th, 2015 by Mary Lord
Want to improve the quality of STEM education? AdvancED devotes its entire Spring 2015 issue to the subject. Articles range from narrowing the STEM achievement gap to 3-D virtual learning to explicitly teaching engineering.
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Tags: achievement gap, AdvancED, Curriculum, Education Policy, Environmental science, Green, Internet Resources, Research on Learning, STEM education
Posted on March 20th, 2015 by Mary Lord
They clean floors, deliver drinks, fetch like puppies, even tell jokes. But can personal robots improve engineering education?
James McLurkin, an assistant professor of computer science at Rice University, certainly thinks so. And no wonder. The pioneer of swarming robotics has seen his bagel-size ’bot transform an introductory engineering course into an unabashedly fun way to convey circuits, mechanics, and other core concepts.
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Tags: ASEE Prism, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Curriculum, engineering education, James McLurkin, programming, r-one, Rice University, Robotics, robots in education, STEM education, swarmbots, VEX
Posted on March 19th, 2015 by Mary Lord
Last year, President Obama fielded basketballs lobbed from a hand-built catapult and test drove a search-and-rescue robot at the 2014 White House Science Fair. On Monday, March 23, the White House agaim will host dozens of young scientists and engineers – and you can watch it live online.
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Tags: live streaming video, Public Policy, STEM education, White House science fair 2015
Posted on March 18th, 2015 by Mary Lord
Want to get students from preschool to high school excited about learning? Discover how to incorporate authentic, hands-on engineering activities and projects in your STEM classes at ASEE’s annual K-12 Workshop in Seattle on June 13, 2015.
Whether you’re seeking fun, immediately useful ways to enrich your STEM classes, teaching tips, or an opportunity to network and learn alongside STEM teachers from across the country, the American Society for Engineering Education’s 12th annual K-12 Workshop is the place to be.
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Tags: ASEE K-12 Workshop, Continuing Education, Curriculum, Professional Development, Programs for Teachers, Seattle, STEM education, Teacher Training
Posted on March 16th, 2015 by Mary Lord
Pow! Kaboom! Building on the surging popularity of the Avengers, Batman, Captain America and other movie superheroes, the National Science Foundation and National Nanotechnology Initiative have launched a new competition to encourage students to “think big” and pursue STEM.
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Tags: Batman, Competitions for Students, Contest, Grades 9-12, high school, Nanotechnology, NSF, Spiderman, STEM education, superheroes
Posted on February 22nd, 2015 by Mary Lord
NASCAR, the National Association of Stock Car Automobile Racing, is speeding into STEM education. Acceleration Nation is a new learning program created in partnership with Scholastic to teach elementary and middle school students about math and science behind the Three D’s of Speed: Drag, Downforce, and Drafting.
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Tags: badges, car, Class Activities, engine, Grades 6-8, Grades K-5, Internet Resources, Math, NASCAR, online games, Resources for Teachers, Scholastic, STEM education
