The National Science Foundation has a Research Experience of Undergraduates program. Go here for more information on this great program.
Research Experience of Undergraduates
Posted in: Counselors, Educators, Parents, research, Students, Undergraduate
Assessing the Cultural Context of STEM Pursuits
Angela Byars-Winston reports on ways to recruit and retain women and girls in STEM. Read more from the article.
Posted in: Counselors, Educators, Students, Women
Google RISE Awards
The Google RISE – Roots in Science and Engineering – program is a program where educators can apply for grants to do cool STEM work.
Need More Women In Your Technology Class?
If you want to improve your woman enrollment in your technology class, check out what IWITTS has to offer.
Posted in: Counselors, Educators, Technology, Women
BEST Robotics Competition
Last weekend and this weekend are the 2011 BEST Robotics competitions across the nation. BEST Robotics is a high school robotics competition designed to inspire students to pursue careers in STEM through participation in a sports-like science and engineering based robotics competition.
Posted in: BEST Robotics, Competition, Educators, Robotics, Students
Kids are Looking for Relevancy in STEM
The title of this blog might seem intuitive, but sometimes the most simple things are what get overlooked. As soon as I really thought about it, I can confirm it with my own learning experiences. This blog title came from a snippet of this article and it does a great job implying the next steps in STEM education.
STEM Education Statistic
I’ve seen statistics about STEM Education before, and they all say the same thing; we need more of it. I found this statistic particularly interesting off of this website filled with statistics:
STEM Design Challenge Curriculm (ALL AGES)
Have you Explored the EbD™-NASA STEM Design Challenges?
Posted in: Curriculum, Educators