STEM education

Aug

Exploring STEM Careers: Your Comprehensive Back-to-School Resource Guide

The back-to-school season is here! As dedicated STEM educators, we understand the importance of starting the year with a burst of excitement and curiosity. To help you save time on preparation and provide your students with captivating opportunities for STEM career exploration, we’re thrilled to present a curated list of must-have resources from our store, […]

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Tags: career exploration, career guidance,

Jul

Does your SAT score matter to prospective employers?

When you’re preparing for college, the SAT exam can become the center of your focus. You put countless hours into revision and practical preparations for the day itself, and it feels like this test is the make or break point of your future. However, things are changing. Particularly since the pandemic, not all colleges require [...]

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Jul

National Parks STEM Activities

Are you one of the millions of people taking a trip to a National Park this summer? If so, use these tips to learn how to incorporate STEM activities at the National Park, as well as STEM career exploration! “On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the "Organic Act" creating the National Park Service, [...]

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Jul

Top Five Summer STEM Activities For Kids and Families

Looking for some fun summer STEM activities? Don't be bored at home this summer! Here are some of my favorite ideas to get active, engaged, and exploring in STEM all summer long: Museums and Libraries Your local libraries and museums are a great resource. Many offer summer programs for kids to keep them engaged [...]

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Tags: citizen science, makerspaces, summer activities for kids, summer STEM activies, virtual field trips,

Jun

5 Fun STEM Summer Activities for the Whole Family!

1. Go Geocaching One of the best way to get kids up and moving during the lazy days of summer vacation is through geocaching! Geocaching is the process of searching for geocaches – containers hidden by fellow Geocache explorers that are pre-approved by the Geocaching company. There are over three million caches across the globe, [...]

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Jun

5 Career-Planning Activities to Tackle Over Summer Break

Okay, before you freak out at the title, I know – summer is supposed to be fun! It’s when you get to hang out with friends during the day, sharpen your Fortnite skills or just have a chance to relax after another crazy year. But… It’s getting closer to graduation. Another year under your belt […]

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Tags: career, career exploration, career planning, stem, summer, work,

Jun

STEM Career Scholarship Contest NOW OPEN

WIN $500 to launch your future STEM career, today! Dates: June 1 to August 16 Award Amount: $500 Description: In the Career In STEM® Summer Scholarship Contest you will plan, create, and share a Personal Passion Project (PPP). A PPP can be anything – create a video game, organize an event, invent something using engineering, it’s [...]

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Jun

Summer STEM Career Exploration Made EASY!

I hope this post finds you well, and that you are gearing up for an exciting summer! Did you know that this upcoming summer is the perfect time for STEM career exploration?! It’s true! In the summer months students have more time to explore, discover, and get involved in career exploration initiatives over summer break. [...]

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May

65 STEM Themed Personal Passion Project Ideas

A Personal Passion Project (PPP) can be anything – create a video game, organize an event, invent something using engineering, it’s your call! The goal of the PPP is to take an intense, deep dive on something you are interested in to build your talents and change the world. If you love science, technology, engineering, […]

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