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.
OpenAI has launched o1, a new family of AI models that are optimized for "reasoning-heavy" tasks like math, coding and science.
Through its Verizon Innovative Learning HQ suite of free learning content and resources, Verizon has launched its first-ever scholastic high school esports league. The league opened for registration on Aug. 8 and will run from Sept. 23 to Dec. 13.
Designing games is a powerful way for students to learn transferable and in-demand skills, and teaching it can be as easy as allowing students to demonstrate their learning using tools they choose.
Texas Instruments (TI) and Vernier Science Education have announced a new collaboration that enables Vernier Go Direct sensors to connect wirelessly with TI-Nspire CX II and TI-Nspire CX II CAS graphing calculators.
Prodigy Learning and Minecraft Education have partnered to bring computer science (CS) and coding skills to learners through the immersive world of Minecraft.
A survey conducted by the Society For Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) during this year's annual M3 Challenge (MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge) in March 2024 showed that nearly half the high school students participating in the contest who responded to the survey worry that generative AI will impact their future job prospects.
As part of its multiyear partnership with Discovery Education (DE), Oregon's Klamath Falls City School District (KFCSD) has selected two new digital resources for its high school science curriculum, Science Techbook for Oregon and Pivot Interactives.
McGraw Hill has launched ALEKS Adventure, a new AI-powered space adventure math program for first- and second-grade students for the 2024-25 school year. It will add third grade support the following year, the company said.
Technology provider YouScience and nonprofit organization Black Girls Do STEM have reported notable gaps between Black students' high aptitude for STEM careers and low interest in pursuing them. Their 2024 report, "From Classroom to Career," offers recommendations for closing these gaps.
The Society for Science organization has announced 41 educator awardees of its 2023-2024 STEM Research Grants to provide research kits or funding for middle and high school hands-on science education projects.