| American Society for Engineering Education Livestreaming Maker Events Next Week at their Annual Conference ASEE will have a variety of maker activities at its conference, including two that will be shown live. The session on Monday, June 15 from 2 to 5pm (PDT) will bring student teams from various universities to compete on innovative design and manufacturing solutions for environmental enhancement. A session on Tuesday, June 16 from 12:30 to 2pm (PDT) will showcase nearly 20 maker projects. Read more here. Making a Maker Congressional Briefing ASME, along with the Council on Undergraduate Research, SAE International, and the House Maker Caucus, is working on a Congressional Briefing on June 15th at noon in Rayburn B340 entitled "Making a Maker". Piggybacking on the momentum of the Capitol Hill Maker Faire and the National Maker Faire taking place this week, this briefing is intended to highlight the current popularity of "Making" and talk about the skills and knowledge necessary to not only create a Maker but also to help move them to industry later in life. Read more here. Inspiring Students to Study the Brain
DCRC Club Hosts DaVinci Challenge: Flight Day  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
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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 |
The bipartisan Elementary and Secondary Education Act overhaul will likely hit the floor of the U.S. Senate for debate late this month or early July, said Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the education committee and one of the bill's co-authors.
increasing exposure to the world of work, is a core component of the Pathways to Prosperity framework. Work-based learning addresses a shared goal of educators and employers: preparing students with the knowledge and skills, including both technical and 21st-century skills, needed for productive careers.
As important as STEM careers are, the notable dropout rate in STEM focused college programs and the growing segregation of students into STEM versus non-stem categories shows our broad misunderstanding of what STEM really is at its core. Every career is a STEM career. The only difference is the amount of education required for a specific field and the financial compensation received. 
to attend and contemplate their eventual majors and careers, it may come as a surprise that their decisions are fundamental to our national security. The country's defensive capabilities often depend on brains, not brawn. Development of nuclear weaponry is but one example. And the biggest contemporary threat - one that could surface at any time and on an unfathomable scale - is the likelihood of a massive cyberattack.
they can lose the equivalent of two months of their grade-level math and reading skills. To combat summer learning loss and keep those STEM skills fresh over the summer, Project Lead The Way put together a list of super simple (and fun) STEM activities you can do with your children over summer break.
