Does your school include engineering lessons in the science curriculum? Many schools do, and more plan to – with states competing for funds from incentives such as President Obama’s Race to the Top funding program that is slated to grant over $4 billion to those who do include STEM in elementary classrooms. See how hands-on [...]
The SME Education Foundation announced today they’ve enhanced and expanded their award-winning website, Manufacturing Is Cool. The site features a kid’s desk theme and offers options for fun activities; K-12 STEM resources for teachers; Moving Mechanics where students can test drive planes, trains, race cars, etc.; see real engineers in action; learn how snack foods [...]
Educators constantly seek ways to include STEM topics in the classroom – and especially look for professional development to support the lessons they’re teaching, and Saint Lucie County Schools are no exception. Saint Lucie recently brought PCS Brick and Discover labs with hands-on training on site for their team of after-school educators.
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SAINT LUCIE COUNTY SCHOOLS [...]
One Minnesota middle-school is excited about the success of the engineering classes that are now in place. There is a lot of excitement about it from both teachers and students. Students think it’s cool and teachers are thrilled to have embarked on meaningful integration of STEM education with hands-on projects that reinforce math and engineering [...]
Students and educators are gearing up for hands-on learning and fun this summer at Robotics camps across the nation. One Florida-based program is offering a girls-only camp for tweens that is hoped to create excitement about manufacturing jobs – a hot local job market in the area.
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BRANDON – A robotics camp specifically designed to excite [...]
Kay Bailey Hutchison | U.S. Senator | WASHINGTON — Science and technology are at the core of America’s ability to compete in an increasingly globalized economy and to solve many of the challenges we face as a nation in energy independence, biotechnology, communications and healthcare.
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics education, or [...]
By Bob Kirby - Snowshoes, GPS receivers and a geocaching treasure hunt. We sure didn’t do anything like that during P.E. on snowy days when I was in elementary school. But that’s exactly what happens these days at East Kingston Elementary in New Hampshire.
While I found this instructional approach intriguing (see “From the Get-Go”), it prompted [...]
BOSTON, May 5 /PRNewswire/ — Students need to begin training in the sciences and math as early as pre-kindergarten for success in today’s global economy, according to a report released today by Wheelock College’s Aspire Institute. The report, commissioned by the John Adams Innovation Institute of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, recommends the establishment of a [...]
PCS Edventures is having a summer giveaway for after-school programs. Go to edventures.com/discogiveaway to enter for your chance to win the new Discover STEM Lab for your after-school students grades 4-6.
PCS understands the growing need to find activities to get kids actively participating in after-school programs and the Discover STEM Lab will improve student retention and create [...]
When it comes to learning math, English language learners (ELLs) have a unique challenge. Unlike most English-speaking students, ELLs have the task of learning a second language and learning content simultaneously. Contrary to popular assumption, language plays a critical role not just in reading and writing, but in learning mathematics as well. As a teacher, [...]
