There are a number of videos that try and get the point across that we need to do something about our education system.
Crazy Awesome Animation/Drawing Teaches You About Our Education System
Posted in: Animation, Educators, STEM video clips, Students
STEM Education is More Than Just Science and Math
Are schools teaching 50 year old science? This video does a great job explaining why we need to change our education from science and math to science, technology, engineering and math.
Posted in: Educators, STEM video clips
Too Many Students Think of STEM as too Difficult or Uninviting
In September 2010, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology released a report about the future of the students.
Posted in: Counselors, Educators, Report, STEM, Students
NASA Education Materials Update
Check out the following NASA opportunities for the education community. Full descriptions are listed below.
Posted in: Counselors, Educators, NASA, Opportunity, Parents, Students
Smart is the New Cool…let’s hope!
This site is dedicated to helping young people overcome the peer pressure to dumb down.
Team America Rocketry Challenge
Start a rocket club and compete in the Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) http://www.rocketcontest.org
Posted in: Counselors, Educators, Rockets
$10,000 Grants For Solving Problems
Create an InvenTeam of high school students, teachers, and mentors that receive grants up to $10,000 each to invent technological solutions to real-world problems. Start your InvenTeam today. http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/about.html
Posted in: Counselors, Educators, Grant, Problem Solving
Beyond “Waiting for Superman”
and how she gives kudos movie for raising interest levels for public education.