Fall STEM Activities
Tea Bag Ghosts - Watch tea bags lift-off while explaining the science behind exothermic reactions! This is also a great time to explore the scientific method. Halloween [...]
Halloween Chemistry: Foaming Pumpkin
It is spooky season! Celebrate with your students by doing Halloween chemistry activities that include creativity, a bit of baking, and learning along the way! Set-Up First things first, carving the pumpkin. [...]
3 Educational & Active Video Games
When you hear, “children playing video games” you don’t often associate that with an educational activity. With all the criticism video games receive you might assume none of them [...]
What Does Federal Funding Look Like Now?
As you know, the government responded to the financial loss of the COVID-19 pandemic with supplemental relief assistance. This was given to many entities – one being educational agencies. [...]
3 Ways to Get Ready for Back to School
It’s hard to believe, but the next school year is right around the corner. To ease some of the stress that comes with starting a new school year, make [...]
5 Reasons to Become A STEM Teacher
Over 300 amazing STEM teachers and advocates shared why they love teaching STEM with us! We compiled their top reasons below to inspire and encourage young teachers entering the [...]
How to Use Federal Funding for Summer Programs
Through the Federal Education Stabilization Fund, $279 billion became available to schools to help mitigate the impact of COVID-19. Within that, $30 billion was specifically allocated for summer school, [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
