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 [...]
Good news – if you’re looking for funding to help integrate STEM programs into the classroom, HP has allocated $1 million of grant money to help. The grant initiative, called Catalyst, was designated to support professional development for educators and back STEM learning.
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HP will provide $1 million in cash, technology, and professional services to [...]
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 [...]
IRVINE, Calif./PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Broadcom Foundation announced today that it has launched its website, www.broadcomfoundation.org, paving the way for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education program funding and grants for 2011 and beyond. Created in 2009, Broadcom Foundation supports STEM education and research, as well as community organizations supporting STEM [...]
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 [...]
