These fall holiday activities will have you building skeletons, chucking pumpkins, exploring careers, and more! With Halloween and Thanksgiving seasons upon us, celebrate with the best STEM resources for home or classroom. Your students will be smiling, laughing, and learning along the way as they complete exciting activities paired with STEM careers. Check out what Career In STEM® has…
Out-of-School Time STEM is a Workforce Investment
Developed in collaboration with Jobs for the Future (JFF) and STEM Next Opportunity Fund, the brief Investing in Out-of-School Time STEM is an Investment in a Robust, Diverse STEM Workforce, shares replicable examples and lessons learned aimed at helping move the needle for young people who represent future STEM employees, leaders, innovators, and consumers. The brief focuses on the…
Boston Area STEM Activities for Kids- November & December 2023
Happy Fall, everyone! As we head into the final part of the year, here are some STEM opportunities to consider. CyberStart America CyberStart America, a free immersive cybersecurity training game for high school students, is open for 2023/2024! Get free access to 200+ fun cybersecurity challenges in CyberStart, plus the chance to win scholarships from … Boston Area STEM…

How are engineers contributing to a sustainable future?
How are engineers contributing to a sustainable future? Tweet Share 0 Skype Reddit +1 Pinterest 0 LinkedIn 0 Email With the Royal Academy of Engineering’s National Engineering Day (1st November) focusing on the theme of engineering for sustainability, we take a look at some of the inspiring engineers we have worked with, whose research, inventions and discoveries are contributing…

The Student Mental Health Crisis: How Out-of-School Time Programs Can Help
In February, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data Summary & Trends Report: 2011-2021, highlighting trends and experiences of U.S. high school students. The findings are sobering. Forty-two percent of high school students surveyed experienced persistent feelings of hopelessness or sadness and 10% of all students had actually attempted suicide. Even before…

Looking to the Future of Education
Image Source: Pexels By Katie Brenneman Education is essential to the development of each generation. Yet, it’s important to recognize that education also develops. New tools and priorities influence both what is taught and how the information is passed on. Our contemporary society is particularly influenced by the growth of the digital landscape. Artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality, and…

Amazing Animals & Adaptations
Are your students intrigued by studying animals? I have some resources that will save you so much time! Take a look! My third graders always loved the animal stories in the basal reader the best. (Yes, we had basal readers and this was in 2013!) One of our favorite stories was about an eccentric old man that visited areas…

Flying high with careers in aviation
Flying high with careers in aviation Published: When it comes to careers in aviation, the sky is the limit! Five professionals at Cranfield University’s Centre for Air Transport Management and the National Flying Laboratory Centre in the UK explain the breadth of possible careers in the aviation industry and discuss how the industry is adapting to modern challenges. Talk…
STEM Education in Juvenile Detention Centers: Importance, Ways to Teach, and More
As a teacher, have you ever felt drawn to helping children who have gotten into legal trouble? Do you want to use STEM education to give them a better understanding of the world? Would you like to assist them in developing efficient skills for their future? In any case, if you’ve got a board certification, you can teach at…
Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP) for High School Students
Apply for SEAP: Summer Naval Research Program in the Department of Navy Laboratories Are you a high school student who is intrigued by maritime research? Or maybe you’re into ships and seafaring. Perhaps you want to work with robotics, jets, or other types of classified advanced technology someday. Or you just enjoyed Top Gun: Maverick! … Science and Engineering…