TV Series Stars Women in STEM
Posted on March 4th, 2020 by Mary Lord
Most kids think scientists and engineers are men. Mission Unstoppable With Miranda Cosgrove, a new CBS Saturday morning program aims to inspire teenage girls to pursue STEM by showcasing female STEM researchers and their exciting work.
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Introduce a girl to engineering. Make slime and other cool stuff. National Engineers Week takes place Feb. 16 to 22 and this year’s theme – Pioneers of Progress – marks 30 years of celebrating the diversity of engineers and their work on the frontiers of discovery. Check out local events, downloadable activities, and other ideas for bringing EWeek 2020 to your classroom.
Whether its protecting their safety, spotting scams, or taking an online course, all students can benefit from “digital citizenship” skills. San Francisco-based nonprofit Common Sense has,teamed up with Harvard’s Graduate School of Education to create a free curriculum for kindergarten through high school.
To help teachers and students as young as six explore the rewarding fields of computer science and engineering, eGFI has compiled this list of activities, free online courses, computer animations, and other resources.
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. 
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.
TeachEngineering, the digital library of hands-on curriculum curated by the University of Colorado, Boulder’s College of Engineering, has added several new features to help STEM teachers integrate authentic engineering activities into their physics or math classes – or simply introduce concepts that engineers use on the job in fields from aerospace to software development.
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. 
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. 
