While dissections are an integral part of most biology classes, many states now have laws in place that give students the right to opt out of animal dissections. The new solution offers schools an option, starting with a VR frog, which is expected to be available in this quarter.
01/30/2019
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KinderLab Robotics has released a new curriculum for early elementary grades designed to support education in robotics, coding and computational thinking. "Growing with KIBO - A Progressive Robotics Curriculum for Grades Kâ2" also offers integration with arts and literacy activities.
01/29/2019
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STEAM Universe webinars available on demand!
01/28/2019
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English language learners are underrepresented in STEM fields, in both college and on the job. To understand how education can better work with these students (who could speak one of 350 different languages in the United States) is the topic of a new report from the National Academy of Sciences.
01/23/2019
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A Michigan institution is taking advantage of proximity to a local makerspace for student learning. The University of Michigan-Flint Department of History has purchased 15 passes for Factory Two, a facility a 10-minute walk from campus, that will allow students to go in and use the space's resources for their projects.
01/17/2019
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A new 3D printing technique developed by University of Michigan researchers is producing results in one-one hundredth the time of conventional printers.
01/16/2019
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A Michigan district is hoping voters will agree to a $39 million bond to cover capital needs, security and the addition of makerspaces to every school.
01/16/2019
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Three Southern California nonprofits with a global reach in STEAM and maker creativity have merged. LA Makerspace and Imagination.org have joined forces with Two Bit Circus Foundation. All are focused on helping students gain access to science, technology, engineering, art and math in creative ways.
01/16/2019
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If you're facing a teacher shortage for math and a sizable number of potential candidates are failing a math test designed to check their expertise, what do you drop â the teachers or the test?
01/15/2019
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It's time to ramp up STEM in early childhood education, according to the Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE).
01/07/2019
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Could we be over-promoting the importance of soft skills to young people at the expense of helping them understand the relevance of other, "harder" skills?
01/07/2019
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