STEM
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Ten Insights regarding STEM research
- 10 Big Insights on Teaching, Learning, and STEM Education: 100Kin10's Trends Report for 2018:
Here at 100Kin10, we are constantly learning from our nearly 300 leading partner organizations while maintaining a pulse across the field, via teachers, researchers, and other leaders dedicated to supporting excellent STEM teaching and learning for all students. It’s a unique and privileged position to be in, at the intersection of so much wisdom. Recognizing that, we start each year by synthesizing all that information into our Trends Report: ten bite-sized insights that emerge from the data.
Curiosity and exploration walk hand-in-hand at our learning center!
The Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana is Chicagoland's premiere Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education facility for field trips and more. From our famous simulated space missions to hands-on workshops, labs, summer camps and planetarium experiences, we offer unique learning opportunities for children of all ages as well as STEM resources and curriculum for their teachers.
Virtual Field Trips
Welcome to SMILE (Science and Math Informal Learning Educators )
Search over 3,500 of the very best science and math activities on the web. Find handpicked activities from your favorite science museums, public television stations, universities, and other educational organizations. All activities are available to anyone, free of charge. Start searching now and filter by age, material costs, and learning time to find exactly what you need for your class, educational program, or family.
After 5 years online, and serving almost one million individual web visitors, we have launched a new responsive website that you can use on any size screen. Let us know what you think about the new streamlined howtosmile by emailing us at questions@howtosmile.org.
THE I-STEM RESOURCE NETWORK HAS A VISION:
Indiana can be a national leader in student achievement and demonstratively improve college and career readiness in the STEM disciplines. The I-STEM Resource Network is a partnership of public and private higher education institutions, K-12 schools, businesses, and government, hosted by Purdue University. I-STEM was started in 2006 as a collaboration among 18 institutions of higher education in 10 regions throughout Indiana. I-STEM includes committees comprised of educational content experts and practitioners who come together to design and employ programs to address STEM issues. I-STEM supports K–12 teachers and education leaders working to implement high academic standards towards STEM literacy for all students. It also provides Indiana education leaders with new knowledge about teaching and learning.
ETHOS-Encouraging Technology Hands-on-Science
- Inquiry-based science provides the foundation for advancing STEM education.
- STEM education is key to equipping our future workforce with 21st-century skills.
- Competent and confident teachers are necessary for effective STEM/Inquiry education.
- Every child will find joy and inspiration when they are actively engaged in his or her own learning.
- A community thrives when it collectively supports the positive growth and development of its children.
FREE Premium Memberships for Students and Teachers
Instructables has a ton of awesome projects for your classroom,
and supports teachers and students by providing free Premium Memberships. Step by step lessons for creating rockets, robots, paper mache, electronics, art, and much much more.
PRISM-Rose Hulman Institute of Technology provides STEM resources for K-12
PRISM RESOURCES
PRISM opened its electronic doors in September 2003. Funded through the generous support of the Lilly Endowment, we started by providing digital resources for middle school STEM. Gradually, we extended to STEM across all grade levels.
We now offer our free services to all disciplines and all grade levels. These include:
- Digital Resource Library - Currently containing 5,600 free, online teaching resources (e.g. simulations, scientific visualizations, virtual labs, collaborative skills builders, process modelers, serious gaming, and access to live data). Searchable and indexed to Indiana Academic Standards and to the Common Core Standards. Comparable library for other disciplines now under construction.
- Access to Moodle - Provides course management tools for tracking such things as student participation, homework/quizzes, and grades. In addition to these traditional features, Moodle uses many elements of social networking and new media to engage young people in active learning.
- Professional Development / Training - Three 5-week courses (beginner, intermediate, and advanced) on PRISM’s full-featured, online learning environment (Moodle). Three “quick start” courses on adapting pedagogy to specific Moodle features. Over 3,000 Indiana teachers have completed at least one of these courses. PGP Points available.
- Help Desk – Real-time support Monday – Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Contact us by phone or email.
- Electronic Lesson Plan Builder - A guided interface that links activities, resources, and objectives to the Indiana Academic Standards. Creates uniform PDF documents for easy submission or for sharing with teaching teams. Storable in the PRISM electronic library, which can be set to publically available or to private / limited circulation.
Please tell your non-STEM colleagues that PRISM now supports all Indiana K-12 teachers.
Project Based Learning Tutorial
Sample-Challenge question
How can we as 1st and 2nd graders use our strengths to make a difference and support our classroom, school, and community through service, recycling, or helping improve our environment.
Tech Point Foundation- GROWING INDIANA'S FUTURE
As the leader in technology education efforts for the state of Indiana since 2001, TechPoint Foundation for Youth is committed to inspiring our state's underserved K-12 students to explore science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). We believe that our youth should be equipped to address Indiana's growing demand for a skilled workforce.