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5 Planning Tips for a Memorable Summer STEM Program
With the end of the school year quickly approaching, you may be thinking towards summer. For many teachers, summer is a time to plan for the next school year. However, [...]
5 Questions to Ask to Secure Federal Relief Funding for Your Makerspace
More federal relief funding has been provided to help schools safely reopen and mitigate learning loss. If you’re planning to talk to your administrator about purchasing items for your STEM classroom or makerspace it’s best to come prepared. Here are 5 [...]
3 People to Ask About Federal Funding
As you take in information pertaining to the Education Stabilization Fund it seems to get more and more confusing. Between CARES, CRRSA and ARPA it can be hard to determine [...]
What Does STEM Look Like At A Vocational School?
As the ongoing debate of college as a destination for young people spins on, vocational schools are coming back into focus. They are a unique place for application style learning, [...]
Educational Resources Covered by CARES & CRRSA
In 2020, educators faced a lot of challenges providing hands-on STEM education to students. STEM concepts had to be taught virtually and STEM camps were canceled but we are all [...]
How to Bring a Scientist into Your Library or Classroom
One of my favorite things to do is to bring science to life to my students. So often my students have their theory about scientists acting and looking a certain [...]
Understanding Federal Funding: CARES, CRRSA & ARPA
updated: March 16th, 2021 It’s easy to get overwhelmed with an excess of information especially as it pertains to the past year. As teachers, you know that delivering information in an organized fashion [...]
How to Get STEM Supplies to Students at Home
In 2020, educators became experts on new teaching styles they never thought they’d have to do. Distance and hybrid learning were introduced to keep both students and teachers safe. So [...]
Science Classroom Resolutions 2021: Part 2
As we close out 2020 and greet 2021 with open arms, it seems like a good time to reflect on how classroom practices have changed due to our changing education [...]
Science Classroom Resolutions 2021: Part 1
What a year 2020 was for education. We faced the challenge of remote, hybrid, and in-person learning during a pandemic. As STEM teachers this was especially difficult. As we close [...]
Start2STEM: A New Comprehensive STEM Curriculum Program
In 2020, we learned a lot about our students, our schools, and ourselves. This year was challenging, but teachers were resilient and found ways to teach across virtual platforms despite [...]
Looking forward to 2021: STEM Resolutions for a New Year
This has been the most adventurous year yet in education (and that is saying it lightly). All educators have basically reinvented the wheel without any time at all, and this [...]
