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  • STEM Sims: Data Visualization

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    STEM Sims: Data Visualization Introduction STEM Sims provides over 100 simulations of laboratory experiments and engineering design products for integration into STEM classroom instruction. One particular…

  • STEM Sims: Fleet Manager

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    STEM Sims: Fleet Manager Introduction STEM Sims provides over 100 simulations of laboratory experiments and engineering design products for application in the STEM classroom. One particular simulation found on this…

  • The Early Childhood STEM Institute

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    Guest blogger Cindy Hoisington is a Senior Curriculum/Instructional Design Associate with Education Development Center. Hoisington believes that authentic, cognitively challenging science experiences can be…

  • STEM Sims: The Multicolored Dice

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    STEM Sims: The Multicolored Dice   Introduction As mentioned in our prior overview of STEM Sims [http://nstacommunities.org/blog/2017/02/06/stem-sims-interactive-simulations-for-the-stem-classroom/], this…

  • Stem Sims: Trench Attack

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    Introduction As mentioned in our prior overview of STEM Sims [http://nstacommunities.org/blog/2017/02/06/stem-sims-interactive-simulations-for-the-stem-classroom/], this interactive software package provides over 100…

  • Engaging Students in the STEM Lab

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    In the STEM Lab at Englewood Middle School in Englewood, Colorado, eighth graders discuss plans for building a quadcopter drone of their own design. Students in the Englewood school district research the…

  • Bringing STEM to the Elementary Classroom

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    National initiatives, such as A Framework for K-12 Science Education and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), call for an increase in both the quality and quantity of engineering content. With the addition of…

  • STEM's Good Samaritans

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    Physics and engineering undergraduates and graduate physical therapy students participating in the GoBabyGo program at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, modify electric–powered toy cars for children with…

  • Challenging Perceptions in the STEM Classroom

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    As a female STEM graduate myself (geology), I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how to encourage more women and minorities to get involved with STEM classes and potential careers. I was fortunate that my first job out…

  • Are we in the midst of a STEM movement?

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    NSTA Executive Director Francis Eberle Each day there seems to be more focus and discussion about STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education. The volume of comments in the various social media…

  • STEM competition for middle grades

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    Passing along some information — From Elizabeth Deakin: Heading into its 10th year, eCYBERMISSION is a free, web-based Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics competition for students in grades 6-9…

  • Picture-perfect elementary STEM

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    This year, K–5 teachers from the Baltimore City (Maryland) Public Schools went from thinking they couldn’t teach STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) and their students couldn’t learn it to expressing…

  • With STEM, almost everything is possible

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    The audience for Colonel Geoffrey Ling’s presentation had a treat yesterday. Ling, who is program manager for the Defense Science Office at Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), said that this…

  • Treating the economy with STEM students

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    Treating the economy with STEM students By Shiv Gaglani I began doing medical research as a freshman. Not in college; in high school. I had the good fortune of being able to find a professional scientist who…

  • STEM ed … with whiz

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    Governor Edward G. Rendell of Pennsylvania addressed the “Science Matters” Town Hall Meeting in Philadelphia on Friday, March 19. In addition to describing the success of Pennsylvania’s STEM education…

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