STEM
America is losing half its future innovators by failing to cultivate the pipeline of girls and women entering STEM. Role modeling and hands-on innovation experiences must begin by age 4 and be sustained without interruption. By the time a woman walks onto a college campus, the window for identity formation has largely closed.
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Get kids investigating real questions that arise day-to-day — that’s authentic science in action!
Science fairs and expos provide exciting opportunities for kids to work as scientists. Stop rehashing overused projects, like “Model Volcano,” and follow these tips to help your kid develop a project based on his or her own authentic question.
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The fab four (clockwise from left): App Lab (Code.org), A-Frame (CodeHS), MakeCode for micro:bit, and Scratch (MIT) provide fun, free platforms to get kids coding!
Parents want schools to offer computer science, but most don’t. Here are four, fabulous, free, fun ways to get your kid, tween, or teen coding!
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Chuteless Skydiver? Artist? Tech Guru? Kid personalities inform how to best teach them coding.
Knowing the personalities of your young coders — from the chuteless skydiver to the angst-ridden artist — is the first step toward creating positive instructional experiences in computer science.
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Seniors giving their culminating Egg Crash Helmet presentation.
Conducting their problem-solving in an applied context showed students that computing a final velocity or a “delta t” is not the end of a problem, but the beginning of a solution – the solution to protecting heads from crash injuries.
Read MoreHuman capital matters. Showcase your teachers to parents, and potential parents, frequently.
Read More"How did woolly mammoths go extinct?" Examining the delicate balance of life in the most recent ice age, middle schoolers engage in systems modeling, using STELLA software, to understand interacting variables and their impacts on the fate of the mammoths.
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