STEM
Scholastic: You Innovate 21
21st Century Skills and STEM together? Sure! netTrekker makes that connection and supplementary resources quick and easy to find. For example, do a keyword search for “science”. Check out the Subject Refinement Menu and look for “21st Century Skills” in the list. When you refine by that choice, the resulting resources are based on the curricular area of Science and focused on the 21st Century Skills framework. Today’s Site of the Day, You Innovate 21, is a great example of this example search in the high school tab:
This multimedia website helps students explore the relevance of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) topics in their lives today, and encourages them to consider a career in STEM in the future. After launching “You Innovate 21,” students will be taken to an animated city block where they can read an interactive graphic novel, view museum exhibits, enter virtual city shops, and answer brain teasers – all while applying and expanding their STEM knowledge!
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HubbleSite: Way Out!
Who says STEM concepts are always dry and boring? If you use netTrekker’s Refinement Menu to refine your search by Subject and Interactive Media, you can find sites like today’s Site of the Day! Can you help a cow plot a path out of the Milky Way? This space game is fun for all ages and is offered by HubbleSite. Users may pick their level of expertise and can choose from novice, pretty smart about space, or astrobrainiac levels.
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Login to netTrekker before midnight (eastern) today to access the netTrekker Site of the Day and add it to your “My Portfolio” for easy future reference. After midnight, the new Site of the Day will go up and you’ll have to look for today’s site using netTrekker’s search tool. Need help with My Portfolio? Easy, handy instructions can be found here.
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TeachEngineering with a Special Touch
In a recent article from eSchool News about building momentum in STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), there was an urge to not forget the T and E in the curriculum.
“One of the findings is that discussions of STEM tend to be focused on science, sometimes math, rarely both together–usually they’re siloed, and the T and especially the E are really just left out of the discussion in policy, education, and classroom practice,” Greg Pearson, an NAE program officer, said.
“Even though we use that acronym, in terms of what’s really happening and what people really mean, engineering is the silent letter.”
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