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Solar Eclipse Activities For Kids

Carly and Adam

This natural phenomenon, where the moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, briefly turning day into night, can ignite the imagination of young minds and foster a lifelong interest in astronomy. Build a Paper Plate Solar Eclipse Model Creating a paper plate solar eclipse model is an interactive way to teach kids about astronomy.

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Teaching STEM with the Power of Games – Interview with Rosie Hamed

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Razan Hamed (who goes by “Rosie”) is a graduate student at Purdue University who’s on a mission to make learning physics fun. (Or Rosie’s research is focused on teaching physics using the power of games, both physical and digital. Meanwhile, I came across an astronomy class that I fell in love with and wanted to dive deep into.

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10 Ways Parents Can Introduce STEM Learning at Home through Disguised Learning

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3) Building and Construction Play Building and construction play is fundamental in developing spatial awareness, problem-solving skills, and an understanding of engineering principles. Nature Engineering: Go outdoors and construct forts or fairy houses using sticks, leaves, and other natural materials.

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To Serve All of Our Students, 'We Have to Do Something Different'

ED Surge

And finally, sometimes it makes sense to set our local contexts aside and explore the universality of a particular content area such as math, or physics, or social science. In a world driven by race, class, caste and difference, we don’t do enough in schools to candidly confront those realities with an attentive awareness.

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On the Nature of Time

Stephen Wolfram

Yes, the microscopic laws of physics may be reversible (and indeed if our system is simple—and computationally reducible—enough of this reversibility may “shine through”). But in our Physics Project that’s not at all how things fundamentally work. But the point is that computational irreducibility is in a sense a much stronger force.

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What Fields Are Included in STEM: A Comprehensive Overview

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In this article, we will delve into the fascinating worlds of Physics and Astronomy, Biology and Life Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Mathematics and Statistics, Chemistry and Materials Science, as well as Computer Science and Information Technology. Did you know that over 6.2 KEY TAKEAWAY What fields are included in STEM?

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Monthly Newsletter – July 2022

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STEM as the Foundation of Construction: Interview with Daphene Koch. Instagram : tech_on_air – #1 Astronomy community on Instagram. Astronomy | Physics | Science. With this image, we are viewing this galaxy cluster as it was 4.6 billion years ago, essentially traveling back in time! Our Latest Blog Posts.