STEM-Based PBL Projects at a Glance

STEM and project-based learning (PBL) are closely connected. In fact, well-implemented STEM projects generally require a PBL approach. That leads to this question from teachers, "If I’m doing PBL, am I doing STEM?" The short answer is – maybe or […]

Connecting Families and STEM Learning

Engaging students in STEM learning is critical at school and at home. Here are some helpful and fun ways families can connect with STEM learning to help students learn and grow beyond the classroom.

My sons and I recently visited the Children’s […]

3 Ways to Help Students Get Real with Research

Project-based learning is an engaging way of learning for students. It’s real. It’s creative. It helps kids make sense of the subject matter they’re learning.  That’s why the PBL process is closely tied to STEM projects. But, despite the fact that […]

How Consistent Collaboration Among Teachers Fosters Effective STEM-Based Instruction

A STEM education consultant explains how consistent collaboration among teachers can foster effective STEM-based PBL instruction.

I entered the teaching profession directly from working in a virology lab. Every day our lab team met to discuss what […]

Establishing a Schoolwide STEM Focus

Learn how an AZ school used the engineering design process to successfully establish a schoolwide STEM focus.

Teachers are good at juggling all of the new each year — new admin, new standards, new curriculum, new students, new assessments, new […]

Early STEM Career Exploration

When we were kids we thought about future careers as a doctor or a lawyer or a teacher. Maybe we dreamed of being dancers or football players. Today, kids still think about those options, but they are quickly developing a growing knowledge of […]

What skills will students need?

About a year ago, I read about something called the “gig economy.” Not knowing what that meant, I turned to Google to do a search and within . 30 seconds, I had over 35 million results. After a more advanced search and filter, I learned that the […]

How Can Educators Nurture Innovators?

By Anne Jolly

Kids are born creative, curious, and imaginative. They like to daydream and ask questions. Children you teach have the potential to make unusual connections, imagine, and come up with multiple ways to do things differently and […]