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Engaging Students in STEM Through a Solutionary Approach

By Gigi Dekko Goldman

Informal Education 5E Climate Change Engineering Interdisciplinary STEM

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Inspiring Young Minds

By Kelly Feille, Annie Wildes, Janet Pyle, and Jessica Marshall

Elementary STEM Technology

Web Seminar

Archive: Science Update: Virgin Galactic’s Space Flight System, April 8, 2021

Virgin Galactic is in the business of making astronauts with a mission to open up space to change the world for good. How do they do it? With a six seater, two stage, air-launched, rocket-powered spaceplane. Virgin Galactic's Space Flight System cons...

Middle School Elementary High School Aerospace Engineering STEM

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Archive: Science Update: Soaring into the Future with NASA Aeronautics, May 13, 2021

With so much recent media attention on our Commercial Crew Program and Mars 2020 “Perseverance” rover, it might be easy to forget the first “A” in NASA. However, without the foundational “small steps” of aeronautics research, there would ...

Middle School Elementary High School Aerospace STEM

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Archive: Science Update: NASA's Perseverance Rover Landing on Mars...What to Expect!, February 17, 2021

The main goal of NASA's Perseverance Rover mission is to seek for signs of ancient life on Mars and collect samples of rock and regolith for possible return to Earth.  The Rover is expected to land on the surface of the Red Planet on Thursday, F...

Middle School Elementary High School Astronomy Earth & Space Science Engineering STEM

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Let’s Clear the Air

By Nancy Nasr

High School 5E Earth & Space Science Inquiry Labs Lesson Plans Multicultural NGSS Pedagogy Phenomena STEM Teaching Strategies

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Sparking a Movement

By Matthew D. Stilwell, Chunhua Yao, Dale Vajko, Kelly Jeffery, Douglas Powell, Xudong Wang, and Anne Lynn Gillian-Daniel

High School Chemistry Crosscutting Concepts Engineering Interdisciplinary Labs NGSS Physical Science Physics Science and Engineering Practices STEM

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Incorporating Programming, Modeling, and Data Analysis Into an Introductory Biology Course

This paper describes an introductory biology course for undergraduates that heavily incorporates quantitative problem solving in activities and homework assignments. The course is broken up into a series of units, each organized around a motivating b...

By Eliot C. Bush, Stephen C. Adolph, Matina C. Donaldson-Matasci, Jae Hur, and Danae Schulz

Postsecondary Biology Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching Strategies