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Quiz Yourself: How Much Do You Know About STEM Best Practices?
Quiz Yourself: How well do you know STEM best practices?
Future of Work
Online Summit
How Schools Should Prepare All Students for the Future of Work: The Big Equity Challenge
Register for this Online Summit and learn ways you can support all students in the effort to ready them for the workplace of tomorrow.
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Opinion
Working With the Likes of Lego, Disney, and Lucasfilm to Engage Students in STEM
Rick Hess speaks with FIRST's Erica Newton Fessia about inspiring young people's interest in STEM using team-based robotics programs.
Future of Work
Q&A
How to Get More Students of Color Into STEM: Tackle Bias, Expand Resources
Mathematician and former National Football League player John Urschel on what it will take to see more students of color in STEM careers.
Science
Remembering Challenger, 35 Years After Space Shuttle Tragedy
The launch had a lasting impact on a generation of teachers and children who watched.
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What will learning look like in the future? Get insights into how you can be ready for blended learning.
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How a STEM Program Helps Students of Color See Themselves in Science
Portland youngsters gather in gardens and cook vegan meals as part of Camp ELSO’s mission to foster STEM learning for students of color.
Science
Video
Try This at Home: How to Make Invisible Ink
In this third experiment, teacher Jonte Lee teaches students how to make invisible using ingredients that can be found around the home.
Science
Video
Try This at Home: How to Make Slime
Coolidge High School science teacher Jonte Lee teaches students how to make slime using home ingredients.
Science
Video
Try This at Home: How to Make a Rubber Egg
Science teacher Jonte Lee teaches students how to make an egg bouncy, using ingredients that can be found around the home.
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Briefly Stated
Briefly Stated: Stories You May Have Missed
A collection of short stories you may have missed.
Science
Low-Achieving Boys Opt for STEM Careers More Than Most Girls Do
A New York University study finds that the women who go into male-dominated science fields tend to be only the most high-achieving, but poor math and science grades and test scores don't deter young men by anywhere near as much.
Science
What Young People Don't Know About Money Could Hurt Them in This Economic Crash. How Schools Can Help
The latest Program for International Student Assessment results paint a lackluster picture of U.S. students' financial skills going into the worst economic crisis in years. But they also highlight ways schools could help.