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4 Ways to Boost Creativity with Your STEM Students
Creativity is a vital part of STEM that is often overlooked because of the focus on building technical skills. When students have an opportunity to be creative, they will look [...]
5 Steps for a Successful Flipped STEM Classroom
Summer is always a really good time to evaluate your goals and see in which areas you want to improve. A lot of the teachers are talking about flipping their [...]
16 Ways to Use Makey Makey in the Gym
Makey Makey is a small circuit board kit that allows students to connect everyday items to their computer’s keys. From there, the number of projects that can be done with [...]
5 Experiments to Teach Chemical Changes to Elementary Students
Why You Should Teach Chemical Changes A chemical change occurs when a chemical substance is transformed into one or more other substances. I find that teaching chemical changes is a [...]
5 Reasons You Need a CreateKit in Your STEAM Classroom
All STEM education research supports that students learn best by engaging in problem-based learning and real-world experiences. To encourage 21st century learning skills like problem solving, critical thinking, design thinking, [...]
Federal Relief Funding STEM Checklist
As a response to COVID-19, the federal government approved funds to be dispersed to schools to address the impact on education. These funds are intended to be used on COVID [...]
8 STEM Professional Development Ideas from Educators
During our Engineers Week giveaway on Twitter we asked educators to share what they do for STEM-related professional development. Many responses included ideas on how to find opportunities on your [...]
2022 Summer Library Program: Read Beyond the Beaten Path
One of the 2022 summer library themes is Read Beyond the Beaten Path. Celebrate with these adventure-filled resources! Backyard Nature Walk Use this PDF to guide a backyard nature walk in your [...]
How Federal Relief Funding for Libraries and Museums Can be Used to Support STEM Education
Public libraries and museums have been a great resource for students of all ages throughout the pandemic. Federal relief funding is available to continue to support the bandwidth, technology, and [...]
