The Cambridge Science Festival, an annual week-long community celebration of STEM, will return this year September 23-29. Featuring activities, workshops, tours, debates, contests, talks, and more, the festival attracts over 50,000 visitors of all ages and backgrounds each year. The Festival Guide lists dozens of events for each day, including a demonstration of quantum mechanics through juggling (9/23 4-5PM),…
Young Explorers Club
[[{“value”:” CC-BY, provided by author In hundreds of schools in Armenia and in some other educational institutions (secondary, professional, higher) there are no laboratories corresponding to the educational programme, which is an obstacle to the effective organisation of the teaching of scientific subjects and as a result most of the students are oriented towards humanitarian and social sciences. Moreover, this…
How STEM Preschool Toys Enhance Problem-Solving in Young Children
[[{“value”:” Explore the impact of STEM preschool toys on young children’s problem-solving skills, paving the way for a brighter educational future through play. Remember the joy of playing with toys as a kid? The excitement of building a castle with blocks or figuring out how to fit a puzzle piece just right? Now imagine if those same toys could do…
Encouraging students to SHAPE the future
[[{“value”:” Encouraging students to SHAPE the future Published: Professor Julia Black, President of the British Academy and co-founder of the SHAPE initiative, explains the importance of the Social sciences, Humanities and the Arts for People and Economy. Why SHAPE? SHAPE stands for Social sciences, Humanities and the Arts for People and the Economy (and Environment). We wanted to promote the…
Vaccines: building confidence and tackling mistrust
[[{“value”:” Vaccines: building confidence and tackling mistrust Published: The ability to be vaccinated against infectious diseases is a wonder of the modern world, yet mistrust in vaccines is an ongoing issue that is a real threat to public health. Dr Constance Blomgren, Dr Karen Cook and Dr Stella George of Athabasca University, in Canada, are addressing this issue by engaging…