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 new PBL unit will provide teachers with resources to explore hunger and malnutrition issues around the world in their classrooms.
OpenSciEd is rolling out one of the first curricula that both aligns with the Next Generation Science Standards and, as an open science education resource, is free.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 09/23/19
The Oracle Academy Cloud Program will give students, schools and higher education institutions access to workshops, product discounts and other resources focused on computer science.
The company is giving $18.2 million in grants to the San Francisco and Oakland school districts and two nonprofits to improve student outcomes and opportunities.
The content covers learning standards in areas such as careers in gaming, maintaining healthy practices, self-management and interpersonal communications, as well as an overview of esports gaming and complete lesson plans.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 09/13/19
The Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest gives classrooms the opportunity to compete for funding to develop projects that serve their local communities.
ED is funding an effort to widen the scope of a national initiative aimed at providing STEM resources and training for museums and science centers.
Of five major content areas covered in math classes â numbers and operations, measurement, geometry, data and statistics, and algebra and functions â teachers are putting a bigger emphasis particularly on algebra and functions in math class beyond what they were doing a dozen years earlier. And in science, students are discussing the kinds of problems engineers solve more frequently.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 09/03/19
Georgia State University, Clayton County Public Schools and Curriculum Associates are working together to find ways to effectively teach math and improve student achievement.
Registration is now open for the third annual Cyber Robotics Coding Competition.