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Why Parents are Ideal STEM Partners

Why Parents are Ideal STEM Partners

By Anne Jolly

How can students continue to grow in STEM habits and attitudes through holidays, weekends, and even during the school day, given the relatively short time that STEM teachers can interact with a class of students?

Consider this: […]

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5 Tips for Engaging Students in STEM

By Anne Jolly

I never intended to be a teacher. I took a “temporary” job as a middle school science teacher when I moved to a new city and no jobs were available in my virus research profession. By the end of that first year, I was in love. I fell […]

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Girls and STEM: One School District's Success

Girls and STEM: One School District's Success

If you’re the parent of a girl, you probably tell her she can be anything when she grows up—even the President of the United States. Somehow, though, a lot of girls don’t hear or believe this message. Women are underrepresented in all of the STEM […]

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Building Life and Workplace Skills through PBL

Building Life and Workplace Skills through PBL

I often see former students of mine around town. Inevitably, I ask them what they remember from class and I expect them to talk about photosynthesis, mitosis, and food webs, but that is seldom what is discussed. Instead, they mention the skills […]

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3 Tips on Connecting Social Studies and STEM

3 Tips on Connecting Social Studies and STEM

Just because the "s" in STEM does not stand for "social studies" does not mean that social studies does not have a place. Economic, geographic, and civic knowledge are crucial components to good citizenship and deserve an equal place in terms of […]

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