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Using digital tools for engaging remote STEM instruction

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Providing science and math content online can be relatively straightforward, but engaging students in true distance learning requires more than just transmittal of information. Math made meaningful. Related content: How collaboration enables meaningful distance learning.

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New Slate of Inspiring and Engaging Standards-Aligned Content Added to Discovery Education Experience for Back-to-School 2025

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Available within Discovery Education Experience, the essential companion for engaged K-12 classrooms, this new content supports instruction in a variety of disciplines including ELA, Math, Social Studies, and Careers Exploration.

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Discovery Museum Launches Its 3rd Hands-on STEM Distance Learning Resource

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Discovery Museum announced today the launch of its Feel the Force laboratory toolkit, the first offering in a new product series for K-5 remote learning called Field Trip on Tour. It includes seven hands-on STEM explorations to prompt in-depth experimentation at home, in the classroom, or both.

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Friday 5: STEAM education in action

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In these STEM laboratories, students can develop their science, engineering, and mathematics skills by using technology to create, collaborate, and complete projects–learning and applying knowledge to find new solutions. These educational spaces encourage active learning and problem solving. What is the value of STEAM education?

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4 considerations for your first makerspace

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Containing 3D printers, laser cutters, and soldering equipment, this space may look reminiscent of a NASA laboratory. Makerspaces are popular because they incubate STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) skills, which are marketable proficiencies for students in the 21st century economy.

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Middle schools take part in Department of Defense math games

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Educational video game developer DimensionU hosted the 3rd Annual Department of Defense Math Games Tournament at four military research laboratories around the country. In New York, the Griffiss Institute and the Air Force Research Laboratory sponsored students from Rome City Schools in Rome, NY. In Illinois, the U.S.

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3 things you didn’t know your classroom management software could do

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Building the home-to-school connection A 2002 report from the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory found that “when schools, families, and community groups work together to support learning, children tend to do better in school, stay in school longer, and like school more.”