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Want an idea for a hands-on STEM lesson that’s guaranteed to fuel student engagement? Hand the kids lighters, and tell them to start fires. Even better (and safer): Invite local firefighters to help out.
North Bend School District’s e-portfolio initiative showcases skills for success, including digital-age literacy, inventive thinking, effective communication and high productivity.
Educators didn’t expose students to any screen time when introducing preschool coding and robotics in Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
Integrating the arts into science lessons helps the lowest-performing students retain more content, and doesn’t require much funding to do.
This web seminar explored how district leaders can promote collaborative, immersive learning environments that engage all students in STEM.
Today’s focus on STEM projects seems irrevocably linked to makerspaces. Educators have seen students thrive when they experiment with tools and technology to create various objects.
Dayton Public Schools’ Challenger Learning Center in Dayton, Ohio, is one of 44 centers around the globe aimed at engaging students in “hands-on exploration and discovery opportunities that strengthen knowledge in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.”
Consider these ideas: Some kids are STEM kids and some aren’t. Students need to master science and math basics before moving on to STEM. STEM focuses on jobs, so it should be concentrated in middle and high school. Wrong, wrong and wrong.
Districts of Distinction update: Lennox Elementary School's Schools of Engineering program is still moving full STEAM ahead.
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes a bigger part of everyday life, schools are integrating study of the technology into curricula across subjects to prepare students for eventual jobs.
An increasing number of educators use similar augmented and virtual reality experiences to teach scientific concepts, as online and digital curricula continue to guide classroom instruction. Still, many teachers rely on hands-on activities and lab kits.
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