A State-By-State Look at Top Ed-Tech Initiatives
STEM and STEAM help students build lifelong skills: critical thinking, collaboration, problem-solving, and more.
Boosting student engagement on World Math Day
Solutions that build lesson practice in a gaming environment have proven very effective in helping students build a love for learning
Intel Foundation: Changing attitudes is key in STEM education
Several studies have reported that during the next 10 years, there will be millions of open jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields – also known as…
App of the week: Zorbit’s Math Adventure
This app lets preschoolers learn math concepts through practice and play–listening to the storyline.
The STEM crisis is a myth
You must have seen the warning a thousand times: Too few young people study scientific or technical subjects, businesses can’t find enough workers in those fields, and the…
Milestones in science education
“Leadership tomorrow depends on how we educate our students today — especially in science, technology, engineering and math,” President Obama has declared.
MIT unleashes new online game for math and science
As the buzz around games and learning continues to grow, one particular subset — Massive Open Online (MMO) games — is catching the attention of educators as a…
7 powerful STEM resources for girls
The statistics surrounding STEM education and jobs in the US are rather staggering to me, Edudemic reports.
Air Force wants student help on STEM projects
New U.S. Air Force STEM projects asks students and educators to come up with solutions for a series of real-world STEM challenges.
Engaging, educating students with chemistry app
This summer’s chemistry section at University of Illinois-Springfield began with the same challenge that I always face with my students: how to get them to engage with the…
Nurturing a STEM sisterhood
The Huffington Post reports that a popular adage holds that it takes a village to raise a child.
What educators should know about funding STEM initiatives
SmartBrief reports that with STEM funding on hold at the federal level, schools are turning to corporations, foundations and private investors to help fund new initiatives, consultant Doug…
Boise company works to steer girls into science, engineering careers
Company leaders at PCS EDventures in Boise are working to get more girls interested in science and engineering, KTVB.com reports.
App of the week: ChemDraw
A chemistry app for drawing and publishing chemical structures.
Barbie Mars-bound? Mattel, NASA team up to make doll Martian explorer
A new collaboration between NASA and Mattel, the largest toy company in the world, is turning the Red Planet a tad more pink, The Huffington Post reports.
Helping students learn the language of science
Science students at all grade levels often struggle with the vocabulary, according to the NSTA blog.
Why aren’t more girls attracted to physics?
You don't need to be a social scientist to know there is a gender diversity problem in technology, NPR reports.
August: Four education grants you don’t want to miss
School funding difficulties show no sign of abating, and school budgets are stretched to the limit.
Why engineers and scientists should teach children
Projects these days are especially complex, The Huffington Post reports.
Mathlanding helps elementary educators with math instruction
Developed by Maryland Public Television in partnership with The Math Forum at Drexel University and the International Society for Technology in Education, Mathlanding is a new website to…
Computer models help students examine biological structures
Many scientists agree that the best way to learn the anatomy of any species is to utilize donor bodies. However, thousands of junior high, high school and college…
Left behind in science: Why Mississippi’s children lose out on STEM jobs
At the end of his sophomore year, Damonta Morgan left Clarksdale High School as one of its top students, according to The Hechinger Report.
At street fair, science replaces sausage
From a distance, it could have been just another New York City street fair, The New York Times reports.
Genome-related website helps unlock ‘life’s code’
UnlockingLifesCode.org provides a multimedia-rich, interactive experience to educators, students, and the general public seeking to further their knowledge of genomics.
STEMPREP project empowers teen scientists
Dressed in lab coats and peering intently into microscopes, the teenage scientists are already gaining critical skills—skills that camp sponsors hope will one day translate into science, technology…
App of the week: MayaNumbers
