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In Rhode Island, a partnership brings STEM lessons to life

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The pilot program, in which four GSO students worked with approximately 200 students from the Providence Public School District middle school, was developed by the Rhode Island Department of Education and funded by a $10,000 STEMx Challenge Grant.

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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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. “Meet the Magnets” Virtual Field Trip (Grades K-5) Hosted by Sesame Workshop and the National Science Foundation (NSF), this interactive experience takes young learners to NSFs Magnetic Field Laboratory, igniting their curiosity about the everyday applications of magnet science in our lives.

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7 ways data collection is improving STEM education

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To date, we’ve installed these labs in one K–8 school and two middle schools. Several years ago, the nearby University of South Florida reported that they had to spend a significant amount of time teaching freshmen how to use probeware devices in their science laboratories.

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Using digital tools for engaging remote STEM instruction

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Secondary students in particular need to be able to see and ask questions during remote STEM instruction, such as during laboratory experiments or when receiving feedback when developing their own solutions to math problems. Related content: How collaboration enables meaningful distance learning.

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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. Middle school students from four states competed in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade level teams. In Illinois, the U.S. In New Jersey, the U.S.

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For Pi day, a free virtual field trip all about 3.14159

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To help celebrate Pi day, Discovery Education will host a live virtual field trip to the laboratories of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) featuring mathematicians and scientists demonstrating practical uses of the numerical value of the ratio of the circumference of a circle on March 13 — Pi day eve. (3/14

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14-year-old Named America’s Top Young Scientist for Inventing an AI Handheld Pesticide Detector

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  – 3M (@3M) and Discovery Education (@DiscoveryEd) named Sirish Subash, a 9 th grader at Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology in Snellville, Georgia, the winner of the 2024 3M Young Scientist Challenge, the nation’s premier middle school science competition.