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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 [...]
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 Mathematics [...]
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. Depending [...]
Top Four Things to Consider When Building your Makerspace
Many educators have set up their makerspace for the year. Every school year, I grow excited about what the new year will hold. I also create big plans for my [...]
Five Video Games that Build STEM Skills
Video games were once thought of as a kids’ hobby that was not productive. Most parents often calling them a waste of time. I remember as a kid, my mom [...]
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 can [...]
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. The [...]
