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Strengthening Rigor

Strengthening Rigor in STEM- Defining Rigor in the Classroom

Merriam Webster has many definitions for rigor. Among the most relevant are: 1: a (2) : …

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STEM Skills

STEM Skills Challenge- Save Fred

How do you teach kids how to work as a team? Unite them in a…

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STEM Skills

STEM Skills Challenge- Smooth Sailing

Throughout this series, we've been talking about the importance of soft skills and how many…

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STEM Skills

STEM Skills Challenge- Souper Structures

USA Today College and other leading publications report that employers strongly value soft skills. The…

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STEM Skills

STEM Skills Challenge- Build a Better Boat

Recently, CNBC conducted a survey of 500 top executives. Of those surveyed, 92% said that…

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STEM Skills

STEM Skills Challenge- Spacesuit Spuds

As we focus on STEM skills that can be achieved through short (or long) duration…

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STEM Skills

STEM Skills Challenge- Crazy Catapults

Even though the STEM acronym stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, there are a…

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STEM Skills

STEM Skills Challenge- Plastic Cup Pyramid

In aiming to provide students with engaging STEM challenges that push the envelope on developing…

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STEM Skills

STEM Skills Challenge- Newspaper Table

Over the past couple of weeks, I've been sharing the importance of teaching STEM skills…

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STEM Skills

STEM Skills Challenge- Paperclip Airplanes

During this series on STEM Skills Challenges, we are focusing on the soft-skills that help…

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STEM Skills

STEM Skills Challenge- Gumdrop Bridge

Employers today are looking for students who have learned how to think and how to…

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STEM Essentials

STEM Essentials- Developing Effective STEM Units

Planning a STEM unit can be very time-consuming if done right, but the outcomes and…

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STEM Essentials

STEM Essentials- Redesigning and Debriefing

In this series, we're learning how to plan a proper STEM unit. If you've been…

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STEM Essentials

STEM Essentials- Communicating Results

In working to create a comprehensive STEM unit plan, we've talked about how to develop…

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STEM Essentials

STEM Essentials- Decision Making

In this series, we've been investigating how to best plan a STEM unit. We have…

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STEM Essentials

STEM Essentials- The Engineering Design Process

On the road to planning an effective STEM unit, we have: Sketched out a plan…

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STEM Essentials

STEM Essentials- Creating Rubrics

When developing a STEM unit, it's important to put a lot of time into the…

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STEM Essentials

STEM Essentials- The Assessments

After you have thought about your STEM unit and have developed a plan that contains…

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STEM Essentials

STEM Essentials- The Plan

So what is the first thing that you need to know to plan a STEM…

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STEM

Mars Rover Celebration Update

Very rarely do I get to "advertise" projects that I'm working on since they are…

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Brown Bag STEM Challenge

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge- 10 Projects for Engaging STEM

One of the biggest challenges in STEM education is finding good challenges for students. These…

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Brown Bag STEM Challenge

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge- Lunar Landers

Lunar Landers teaches students to design, build and test an out of this world (sorry,…

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Brown Bag STEM Challenge

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge- Solar Ovens

This week's Brown Bag STEM Challenge is designing and building a solar oven...and to test…

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Brown Bag STEM Challenge

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge- Zip Lines

For this week's engineering design challenge, we'll construct a zip line that will drop a…

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Brown Bag STEM Challenge

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge- Hovercrafts

In keeping with the theme of teaching STEM concepts through simple projects whose supplies fit…

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Brown Bag STEM Challenge

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge- Building Windmills

How about a Brown Bag STEM Challenge about renewable energy? In this challenge, students use…

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Brown Bag STEM Challenge

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge- Paperclip Sailboats

Paper Sailboats are a wonderful way for students to easily experiment with different design components. …

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Strengthening Rigor in STEM- Defining Rigor in the Classroom

STEM Skills Challenge- Save Fred

STEM Skills Challenge- Smooth Sailing

STEM Skills Challenge- Souper Structures

STEM Skills Challenge- Build a Better Boat

STEM Skills Challenge- Spacesuit Spuds

STEM Skills Challenge- Crazy Catapults

STEM Skills Challenge- Plastic Cup Pyramid

STEM Skills Challenge- Newspaper Table

STEM Skills Challenge- Paperclip Airplanes

STEM Skills Challenge- Gumdrop Bridge

STEM Essentials- Developing Effective STEM Units

STEM Essentials- Redesigning and Debriefing

STEM Essentials- Communicating Results

STEM Essentials- Decision Making

STEM Essentials- The Engineering Design Process

STEM Essentials- Creating Rubrics

STEM Essentials- The Assessments

STEM Essentials- The Plan

Mars Rover Celebration Update

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge- 10 Projects for Engaging STEM

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge- Lunar Landers

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge- Solar Ovens

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge- Zip Lines

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge- Hovercrafts

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge- Building Windmills

The Brown Bag STEM Challenge- Paperclip Sailboats

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