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.
A new analysis by the Education Commission of the States has identified those states where students do and don't play musical instruments outside of school.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 06/03/19
A company that produces virtual laboratory simulations for education has struck a deal with the Danish Ministry of Education to provide its schools with access to its programs. Beginning this month, students in lower secondary (grades 8-10) and upper secondary grades will have access to STEM-focused simulations from Labster, which has its headquarters in Denmark.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/30/19
A small South Carolina school district is making a large investment in STEM education. The three-school Florence School District Four opened a STEM "innovation lab" in its elementary school for the 2018-2019 school year and introduced drone pilot certification lessons to high schoolers. Now it plans to open a second STEM lab in its middle school in time for the start of classes next fall.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/30/19
The initiative intended to enhance the community's digital literacy for workforce competitiveness, beginning in K-12.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/28/19
More work needs to be done by states to emphasize required instructional time for science in early grades, establish a course sequence for science topics in middle school and match graduation requirements with state-defined science learning for high school.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/22/19
A million-dollar technology project is helping students at one Michigan school gain job skills in robotics.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/21/19
A recent report encourages corporate and philanthropic organizations to invest in high school and college STEM programs, and proposes a framework to help define and measure those investments' impact.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/20/19
American girls' scores were higher than boys' scores in the latest national technology and engineering literacy exam, an assessment that asks eighth graders to solve real-world technology and engineering problems.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/20/19
Wyoming is adding computer science to its state K-12 learning standards after agreeing to reduce the amount of the instructional burden for them placed on elementary teachers.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/14/19
Every Tuesday, the entire middle school student body heads to Chabot, where the sixth, seventh and eighth graders work with their own teachers and Chabot staff to learn about science topics using the center's own exhibits and expertise.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/14/19