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STEM teaching toolkit supports deeper learning

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New NCTAF toolkit intends to help educators integrate instruction with new science standards, STEM concepts. A new STEM teaching toolkit from the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future (NCTAF) aims to improve curriculum design through authentic, collaborative, project-based learning experiences.

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This tech academy is using project-based learning to close the STEM gap

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While ChiTech, as the school is known, aims to help students become leaders, it also seeks to increase the number of minority and low-income students pursuing STEM in college and the workforce. “Part of our curriculum design is project-based learning. ” Next page: How industry partnerships target the STEM gap.

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5 Ways to Prepare Every Student for the STEM Economy

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High quality STEM learning and engagement opportunities can be life changing for young people in disenfranchised communities who otherwise might not have a direct pathway to the fast-growing STEM economy. Students engaged in STEM programs are prepared for success in the classroom and the workforce.

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Look who’s talking—Classroom Robotics Continue to Flourish

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Who : Brittney Tarr is a PreK-6 STEM Specialist at Thomas Metcalf Laboratory School and a doctoral student at Illinois State University researching the development of STEM identities within elementary aged students and the benefits of play-based, exploratory learning. Lighting Up Your Classroom with Electrical Engineering

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Friday 5: STEAM education in action

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Makerspaces are a great example of STEAM learning, letting students combine creativity and art elements into more traditional STEM topics. As STEM has risen in prominence over the past decade, arts education has yet to achieve the same recognition and integration. Here’s why creativity is essential in today’s curriculum.

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Prepared for tomorrow: Reimagining readiness in Indiana education

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The other, from the president and CEO of Project Lead The Way (PLTW), a national nonprofit organization that provides schools with innovative, hands-on, project-based STEM curriculum designed to develop critical skills and knowledge, while preparing students for careers beyond the classroom.

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Robotics plays a key role in early STEM education

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In this episode of Innovations in Education , hosted by Kevin Hogan, you’ll hear from Jason Innes, Director of Curriculum, Training and Product Management at KinderLab Robotics, Inc. discuss why robotics is an excellent way to introduce young learners to coding, computational thinking, and design principles.

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