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8 Ways to Bring STEM into Your Own Backyard
With Spring approaching, I am reminded now that this is the perfect season to start teaching and promoting environmental science. In my opinion, environmental science is one of the most [...]
2022 Summer Library Program: Oceans of Possibilities Activities
Celebrate the 2022 summer library theme, Ocean of Possibilities, with these ocean-related resources! 4 Ocean Books for Kids Use this PDF to hand out to kids as a fun list [...]
Pi Day Classroom Activities
Celebrate Pi Day with these fun classroom activities! If you're curious to learn about the history of Pi Day, check out this article! Scavenger Hunt For this activity, students will [...]
5 Places Where STEM Education is Happening in Your Community
As our world becomes more technologically advanced, the demand increases for more people to fill science, technology, engineering, and math jobs. As a result, STEM education has exploded over the [...]
Four Ways Non-School Entities Can Support STEM Education in Schools
STEM education should not be restricted to the confines of a school classroom. In fact, there is an entire branch of informal STEM education that includes STEM teachings at public [...]
Four Ways to Address Teacher Burnout
This time of the year is always hard as a teacher with burnout. As educators, we give our entire hearts to our profession and our kids. As a result, sometimes [...]
How To Podcast In The Classroom
Podcasting is being utilized more and more as a tool by teachers. It allows students to create a product of their own. Podcasting allows students to be creative and explore [...]
5 STEM Products to Exercise the Brain and the Body
At STEM Supplies, we love creating unique STEM products that combine active movement with STEM concepts – also known as kinesthetic STEM! With research showing that active students learn better, bringing physical activity and hands-on STEM principles together only made sense. Below are 5 kinesthetic STEM products that [...]
5 Ways to Make Math More Hands-On
STEM education has been built on the idea that students learn best by exploring complex science, technology, engineering, and math ideas through hands-on and inquiry-based methodologies. However, the “M” in [...]