Wonder Workshop Debuts Robotics PD Initiative for Teachers

Wonder Workshop, provider of educational robots, has launched the Teach Wonder initiative, a new program that leverages nonprofits to give teachers the skills they need to bring coding and robotics into their classrooms. 03/20/2018 Read More

Interest in STEM Flat Among Graduates, with Severe Gaps Seen Among Underprivileged Groups

In spite of a concerted effort by educators, parents and policymakers over the last several years, STEM interest among high school graduates has remained virtually unchanged. 03/19/2018 Read More

Girls Who Code Founder to Receive 2018 McGraw Prize in Education

Next month's ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego is the venue where three people will be recognized for their innovative contributions to education. They include an individual who has brought coding to girls, another who has dived into the science of learning and a third who has used data to increase student achievement at his university. 03/19/2018 Read More

MIT Students Break Speed Record with Rubik's-Solving Robot

Students at MIT have designed a robot that can solve a Rubik's Cube in 0.38 seconds, setting a world record. Designed and built by a pair of students using the student-run hackerspace MIT Electronics Research Society, the robot broke the previous world record, set in 2016, of 0.67 seconds. 03/19/2018 Read More

Grants & Upcoming Events (Week of March 19, 2018)

MIT and the Lemelson Foundation will award up to 15 "InvenTeams" grants of $10,000 each. Applications are due in less than a month. 03/19/2018 Read More

TechGirlz Sets STEM Outreach Goal: 20K by 2020

Podcasting. Designing mobile apps. Using digital mapping. Creating animation with Python. Encrypting messages. Arduino programming. These are a few of the free workshop plans made available as "TechShopz in a Box" by TechGirlz. 03/15/2018 Read More

Games for Change Competition Deadline Approaches

Students in five different cities have until the end of April to submit their games to the "Games for Change Student Challenge," taking place right now in Los Angeles, New York, Pittsburgh, Atlanta and Detroit. The competition is intended to encourage young people to create digital games that combine story-telling with civic engagement. 03/15/2018 Read More

Understand NGSS in 5 Minutes

NGSS – The Next Generation Science Standards – is the hot new way to teach science in K-12. NGSS is a revolution in science education. In our blog, we briefly try to do that revolution justice by explaining its five key terms. 03/14/2018 Read More

Closing the STEM Gap

Generally girls lose interest in STEM careers as they get older. But, according to a new study, small changes at school and at home can have a profound impact on how girls perceive STEM careers, how confident they feel in class and how likely they are to pursue STEM academically and into their careers. 03/13/2018 Read More

3 Ways to Help Students Build Empathy Using Technology

Can your students build empathy skills even while using technology? Yes! In fact, exercises that help students build empathy in digital spaces are a crucial part of positive social and emotional learning. 03/13/2018 Read More

John Carroll U Working to Bolster Student Success in STEM

Students working toward degrees in science, technology, engineering or math at John Carroll University are getting a boost, thanks to a $640,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The university aims to "increase the enrollment and graduation rates of academically high-performing students [in STEM subjects] who have demonstrated financial need, particularly among first generation college students and underrepresented minorities," according to a news announcement. 03/13/2018 Read More

Smithsonian Science for the Classroom Brings Engineering Modules to Elementary Grades