Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 12, 2020

STEM is an acronym that stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Science project-based activities for elementary school students (“Spill oil,” “Water cycle in a bag,” or “It’s about time”) can attract even those who always thought that math or engineering was not for them.

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Carly and Adam

JANUARY 16, 2025

Developing an effective STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) curriculum for elementary students is crucial for fostering critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills. How Do You Build an Elementary STEM Curriculum?

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ED Surge

MAY 8, 2024

In a time when technological advancements shape our daily lives and drive economic growth, focusing on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education in K-12 schools is not just a trend but a necessity. Principals from several elementary schools have reached out to me to ensure Minecraft Education is in their programming.

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ED Surge

MAY 15, 2024

These programs include computer science courses, computational thinking integration, code/CS clubs, app challenges, spatial computing, environmental stewardship, robotics, esports, Minecraft Education, SECME /engineering, maker spaces and a PBL portal.

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User Generated Education

APRIL 22, 2022

I call it a perfect STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) unit. But elementary school-age kids do have the natural curiosity, imagination, drive, and ability to come up with innovative ways to change the world for the better. It was one of my favorite units. Why a Unit on Social Entrepreneurship.

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ED Surge

MAY 8, 2023

Since math classes progress in a mostly linear way, students have to get fractions to set them up for algebra; and how they do in algebra will likely influence whether they even get to try for advanced courses like calculus, a traditional weed-out metric for lucrative science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers. isn’t working.

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STEM Sport

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Elementary education is a pivotal time in a child’s education journey. Early implementation of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is key to student success in these complex subject areas. This hands-on lesson introduces basic principles of engineering and allows students to use their imagination.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 10, 2017

STEM is the acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Engineering is why traffic flows smoothly on crowded roads and why bridges survive despite massive loads of trucks, and is the foundation for much research into global warming and alternative energy. It’s where engineering becomes something all kids can do.

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Talk STEM

JANUARY 6, 2025

The spreadsheet matches each video with the TEKS addressed, including the Science & Engineering Practices, Recurring Themes & Concepts (K-8), and Core Content. Our hope at talkSTEM is for every student to explore their world with curiosity and to be engaged in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 6, 2020

Age group: Upper elementary, middle and high school. Age group: Upper elementary. Age group: Upper elementary, middle and high school. Engineers Week — A Must for High School. At the end, they take a post-test to measure improvement in their financial literacy. Financial Football. Hands-on Banking. Living Wage Calculator.

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Carly and Adam

JANUARY 13, 2022

Can your elementary students help Rosie design, build, and test her flying machine? In the story, Rosie Revere, Engineer, by Andrea Beaty , Rosie is trying to build a flying machine. Looking for more STEM challenges like Rosie Revere, Engineer? The trouble is, her first attempt doesn’t turn out as planned.

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STEM Next

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day 2022 is one of our favorite days of the year. Girl Day is part of Engineers Week that celebrates how engineers make a difference in our world and engages youth in engineering. The 2022 Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day is an opportunity to reimagine possibilities.

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National Science Foundation

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Engineering learning is a lifelong process that starts from a very young age as children discover the world through tinkering, touching, and being curious. Some refer to children as natural engineers (Dorie et al., Young children naturally and informally engage in engineering-related behaviors and activities (Petroski, 2003).

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Carly and Adam

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Students develop critical thinking and engineering skills. It's an amazing resource for STEM club, STEM Teachers, and elementary teachers who want to create a hands-on educational environment in their classroom! Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas.

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STEM Education Guide

AUGUST 28, 2022

At the top of that list of innovative toys, you’ll find LEGO engineering kits. Best STEM LEGO Engineering Kits. These are some of the best LEGO sets I’ve found to spark the engineering curiosity in all kids. Remember learning about Newton’s Law in elementary school? Children of all ages can find fun in learning.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

And she thought it would make a great setting for a sitcom in the style of her favorite comedies, including “Parks and Recreation” and “Abbott Elementary.” “A In one scene, Borgen’s character, MC, is giving a campus tour and describing the new 10-story engineering building with a food court and gleaming library.

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EiE Blog

APRIL 26, 2023

In Pre-K education through the first years of elementary school, engineering skills may not be top of mind for parents or educators, but a solid foundation of problem-solving practice familiarity with the engineering design process will serve learners long beyond their early learning years.

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ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2023

Code Next helps students picture themselves working in a STEM field by providing hands-on training and exposure to the tools and strategies used by scientists and engineers. In the last seven years, the program has helped thousands of students feel more at home exploring science, technology, engineering and math.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 4, 2023

Students middle school and up (or precocious elementary) can find easy-to-understand facts for a state report or a perspective project evaluating what happened around the world while they were winning a soccer game. Students 9-13 may prefer the younger-oriented, Fact Monster.

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Carly and Adam

JANUARY 31, 2022

14 Diverse STEM Picture Books for Elementary Students Our classroom libraries and the stories that we share with our students should be reflective of the diversity that makes up our world. This is especially important in STEM, demonstrating that science, technology, engineering, and math are accessible to ALL students.

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Science and Steamteam

MARCH 14, 2022

Here are the new science picture books for elementary grades. STEM Concepts: problem-solving, engineering and design. The post 14 of the Best Picture Books for Elementary Science appeared first on Science and STEAM Team. I found this year’s list particularly good. The Beak Book. Author and Illustrator: Robin Page.

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ED Surge

MARCH 21, 2024

That’s one of the findings by a committee tasked by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine with looking into social media and its impact on children’s health and well-being. The committee’s roughly 250-page report also made recommendations for governmental policies and future research on the topic. “It

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Now, they are in display cases in the lobby of our elementary school. As mentioned in the title, I believe this to be a perfect STREAM (Science, Technology, wRiting, Engineering, Art, Math) lesson. Example Stories: Engineering Related Activities and Standards. NGSS Engineering Standards: 3-5-ETS1-1. Wow, wow, wow!

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Teach Science for All

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

I’m always on the lookout for high-quality FREE science units that are specifically designed to address the instructional shifts in the NGSS. I thought I would share a unit called Community Waters that I’ve been using for a couple of years in my science methods courses. I like to use these kinds of units as […]

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ED Surge

JUNE 21, 2022

Students can start as early as upper elementary school with programs like Ozaria , a narrative adventure game that sets a foundation of core computer science (CS) concepts. The game does the heavy lifting, while the included lesson plans and student-facing lesson slides make in-classroom implementation turnkey and enjoyable.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Throughout her educational journey, she has spanned various roles, including teaching elementary math, instructing web communications for career and technical education students and serving as an edtech consultant and speaker. AR sparks curiosity in students so that they are asking, “How does that work?”

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Cool Cat Teacher

MAY 15, 2022

In particular, math teachers and elementary teachers will love the manipulatives that you can adapt for your own lessons. . El Bojairami and Driscoll (2019) found a positive effect on course content reflections of engineering students. Add free manipulatives and lessons to your library first. On the Fly Editing.

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EiE Blog

JULY 12, 2024

Brief recap of recent activities from Youth Engineering Solutions and Engineering is Elementary at the Museum of Science, Boston

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The Maker Mom

JANUARY 2, 2025

University of Nevada Reno (UNR) UNRs College of Engineering has engineering camps for future engineers in grades K-12. Camps are age-specific and cover Engineering Exploration, Engineering Adventures, Civil Engineering, and Environmental Engineering.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2018

Now, one search engine result can produce thousands of performance-enhanced tasks, ready to print.pdfs, and links to supplemental activities. Felicia Zorn has taught both middle school in Georgia and elementary school in Tennessee. Assessments can be altered with settings to meet the needs of all students with a few short clicks.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 10, 2016

C-STEM Studio is a California A-G approved curriculum and turn-key solution for teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics through computing and robotics. This web-based scalable program is available for elementary through high school students and can last anywhere from four weeks to a year. why bother.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Basically, it’s because there aren’t enough education opportunities that require that sort of skill and those there are, usually rhyme with ‘math’ or ‘science’ which to many kids are “just too complicated” Enter STEM–Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. “I

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Start-Engineering

JANUARY 28, 2022

A rock-star engineer Mark Rober might be the most visible mechanical engineer in America. The videos also serve to funnel viewers to Rober’s “Creative Engineering” course , offered through the Monthly online learning platform. Just a few of the larger collection address engineering topics, though. Eric Iversen.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 21, 2018

Once the invention is complete, Monster Physics will render it with a built-in physics engine and let students operate their creation in real time. It can be filtered by type (activity, model, or sequence) and grade (from elementary to higher education). 5 Engineering games. Free, web-based and mobile. 6 SciToys.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 20, 2023

It is one of many activities from ISTE-GM AI Explorations Hands-on Guides for Elementary Teachers. For a pollination lesson, students used Teachable Machine to identify flowers that could be pollinated and created the engineering design. She taught machine learning to young students through understanding the characteristics of animals.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 31, 2023

The best hint of an answer I've found is in elementary school education where I've seen several very good quality experiments where they have had little kids — like every 20 or 30 minutes — they'd have them get up and do some little physical activities to get their wiggles out,” he said. Games are engagement engines,” he said.

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Carly and Adam

JUNE 4, 2024

In the rapidly evolving landscape of education, a robust STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) curriculum has become indispensable. However, crafting an effective STEM curriculum for elementary students requires more than just a collection of activities and lessons.

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