New After-School Program for Kids Achieves Funding Success As the 2014-2015 school year wraps up, teachers in Greater New Orleans will have earned more than $23,000 in additional income through Thinkerella, a local startup that provides interactive learning programs for children ages 3-13. Read more here EUMETSAT: How Do We Monitor the Weather From Space?
The Boy Who Played With Fusion: The Youngest Person Ever to Build a Working Nuclear Reactor The Boy Who Played with Fusion tells the extraordinary story of science prodigy Taylor Wilson. By the age of nine, Taylor had mastered the science of rocket propulsion. At eleven, his grandmother's cancer diagnosis inspired him to seek new ways to produce medical isotopes. And by fourteen, Wilson had built a 500-million-degree nuclear fusion reactor. Read more here Run Across the Moon: A Documentary on Land Speed Racing and Aeronautic
"Run Across the Moon," is a feature documentary following Scott Kolb's journey to be the fastest man on a 125cc motorcycle. In addition to creating a compelling movie, the filmmakers are hoping to turn the film's real-life application of engineering and aerodynamics into teaching tool for educators by creating curriculum supplements to get kids exciting about science.
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Supporting Women STEM Students and Researchers
Doshi STEM Institute Fundraising Opportunity Doshi STEM Institute is one of the few schools fully dedicated to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics or STEM schools on Long Island. It seeks to continue to be the home for students with the potential to become the bright future of Long Island. Read more here STEM Magazine, June 2015 edition Be sure to check out this month's edition of STEM Magazine. This issue includes the magazine's first-ever Spanish language article from a new contributor in Spain. Read more here STEM Enrichment Center Opening in Shreveport According to published national research data, students are not well prepared for college level math and science. With the new state core curriculums that are being introduced, students are having additional challenges with learning these subjects. This is a great disparity that Young Scholars hopes to address. Read more here
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