Click here to read a refresher about the reality of science and physics as told by NPR.
How to Save the World through Science and Engineering
Grades 6-12 are invited to create a short video explaining how to “Save the World through Science and Engineering”. Parents, educators, counselors, get your students to compete in this for the chance to win $2000 (first prize) and a travel stipend to Washington DC to attend the festival.
Research Experience of Undergraduates
The National Science Foundation has a Research Experience of Undergraduates program. Go here for more information on this great program.
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
Foreign-Born Getting STEM Degrees at Higher Rates
Census data shows foreign-born Americans are earning STEM degrees in disproportionately large numbers, compared to the native-born U.S. population
Posted in: Counselors, Students
We Need More STEM Students
30% of students entering college are seeking a bachelors degree, but only 8% of STEM graduates are working in STEM 10 years from graduation. What’s happening?
Students Advance STEM Career Site
There are always new things to post about, and people have been sending them to us at STEM Career, and we thank you for that. Today, I would like to thank 6 students in Mrs. Moreau’s Senior Career Class for their help with some great resources.
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





