Tag Archives: STEM

Bring your class on an amazing scientific expedition through the jungles of Nicaragua

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Sylvia Martinez

From Exploration Nation - In April of 2013, join Team XN - a team of kids, Special Forces veterans and surgeons who will travel from around the world to San Jose, Costa Rica to begin a 14 day scientific expedition … Continue reading →

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Research roundup: The 14 Key Indicators that Measure STEM Progress

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Sylvia Martinez

The National Research Council has just published goals for U.S. STEM education. Monitoring Progress Toward Successful K-12 STEM Education gives 14 key indicators for measuring improvements to STEM education and suggests that tracking these indicators will require asking federal and state … Continue reading →

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STEM resources

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Sylvia Martinez

New NASA iPad Magazine App “Space Place Prime” is a new NASA magazine only for the iPad. This brand new app gathers some of the best and most recent Web offerings from NASA. It taps engrossing articles from The Space Place website, … Continue reading →

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STEM related contests and competitions

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Sylvia Martinez

Check out some of these Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) related contests and competitions. (from ITEEA) Trash Transformation Challenge from Tech Directions Challenge your students to apply their creativity to invent something useful that incorporates one or more of these … Continue reading →

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Free webinar: The voices of girls & women and the future of STEM

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Sylvia Martinez

Girl Scout Research Institute STEMinar: The voices of girls & women and the future of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math When: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 Time: 2PM EDT (time in your time zone) This “STEMinar” will bring together experts from diverse backgrounds … Continue reading →

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White girls can’t do math, teachers say

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Sylvia Martinez

From NCWIT (National Council of Women in IT) - Did you know that a recent study using data on 15,000 students from the National Center of Education Statistics found that teachers consistently rate girls as less good at math than … Continue reading →

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Generation STEM: What Girls Say about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Sylvia Martinez

The Girl Scout Research Institute has released Generation STEM: What Girls Say about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (2012). Generation STEM is a national research report investigating girls’ perceptions, attitudes, and interests in the subjects and general field of science, … Continue reading →

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Beyond Pink and Blue

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Sylvia Martinez

In “Beyond Pink and Blue” on the blog site for The Nation magazine, author Dana Goldstein writes about children and gender norms. She quoted me for a part of the article about tinkering, and how that kind of hands on … Continue reading →

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In Praise of Tinkering - Time magazine online

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Sylvia Martinez

Time Magazine online : In Praise of Tinkering: How the decline in technical know-how is making us think less Annie Murphy Paul has written an opinion piece about how tinkering is essential to learning - and I’m quoted! How cool … Continue reading →

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Ten Lessons the Arts (and STEM) Teach

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Sylvia Martinez

In researching my talk for the Arts & Education Symposium last week I ran across Ten Lessons the Arts Teach from the National Art Education Association. Since my talk was about the intersection of arts and STEM education, I thought it … Continue reading →

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