STEM/STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and the Arts
Here you'll find articles and resources for STEM+Arts education, also known as STEAM. Topics include science, technology, engineering, math and arts education and range from research reports to feature articles to profiles of makerspaces to news about new STEAM and STEAM initiatives in schools.
The FIRST LEGO League season is kicking off today. Team registration for three age divisions will be open. The season's gaming begins on Aug. 4, 2020.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/15/20
Scholastic esports is gaining momentum in the Lone Star State. The Texas Scholastic Esports Federation (TexSEF) is becoming an affiliate of the North America Scholastic Esports Federation (NASEF).
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/14/20
A new nonprofit maker organization is working with a company that creates computer kits to encourage people to make respirators for their communities.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/13/20
Education technology company CoderZ has introduced a new course for students in grades 2-5 to learn how to program.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/11/20
A listing of arts resources organizations are offering for free in response to COVID-19-related school closures. (Updated May 6)
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/06/20
A listing of crafting and making resources organizations are offering for free in response to COVID-19-related school closures. (Updated April 30)
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/30/20
Competitive student robotics are back in business. On Saturday, Apr. 25, 2020, the Robotics Education and Competition (REC) Foundation will be broadcasting a fantasy robotics competition on YouTube. Competitors will be virtually generated using past match results from the VEX IQ Challenge Squared Away and VEX Robotics Competition Tower Takeover world championships, with the winners of the new tournament recognized during the "VEX Virtual Worlds Celebration."
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/24/20
A Missouri college will shortly be running its first open esports tournament. That will take place online between May 1 and 3, 2020 and be hosted by Crowder College, a two-year community college serving nine counties in the state. The event will feature one-on-one competitions with Super Smash Brothers Ultimate on Nintendo Switch. The semi-finals and finals will be live-streamed on May 3.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/24/20
Research from the NWEA has projected that current school closures could, indeed, result in major declines in student learning. The preliminary estimates found that math would take a bigger hit than reading, and that some students could return in the fall with less than 50 percent of the typical learning gains.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/21/20
The College Board has teamed up with Amazon Future Engineer to donate 4,000 laptop computers to students who want to access Advanced Placement Computer Science courses and can't because they lack a device at home to take the exams. Students receiving the donated laptops will get to keep them to support their educational journey beyond the COVID-19 outbreak.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 04/17/20