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2019 Delaware Pathways Conference Shines The Spotlight On Students

Monday, April 8th, hundreds of employers, educators, school administrators, school counselors, parents and guardians, community-based organizations, legislators and policy makers came together in Dover, Delaware, to learn more about the steps the state is collectively taking to prepare all youth for career success. The 5th Annual Delaware Pathways Conference allowed students currently enrolled in a …

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littleBits, The Walt Disney Company and UC Davis Launch Snap the Gap, an Ambitious Program to Close the Gender Gap in STEM

littleBits, the educational technology company that is reinventing the way kids learn, today announced a program in collaboration with media giant The Walt Disney Company that aims to close the gender gap in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) starting at the point of highest leverage: 10-year-old girls. Participants in the program will receive a …

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Milliman announces $750,000 gift to The Actuarial Foundation’s Math Motivators program

In February of 2019, global consulting and actuarial firm Milliman Inc. announced that it had donated a three-year, $750,000 gift to support The Actuarial Foundation‘s Math Motivators tutoring program, raised entirely by donations from employees and alumni through the Milliman Giving Fund. The Actuarial Foundation’s Math Motivator program provides free math tutoring to high students who either do …

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Apply Now for the Regeneron STEM Teaching Fellowships

  The STEM Leadership Center, in collaboration with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, the Teachers College of Columbia University and U.S Satellite Laboratory are now accepting applications for the 2019-2020 Regeneron STEM Teaching Fellowships. The Fellowship is a grassroots education initiative that addresses the need to train secondary science teachers in STEM teaching methods, Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), and …

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Centering science education around investigation and design: A Q&A with National Academies & Amgen Foundation

[vc_row padding_top=”0px” padding_bottom=”0px”][vc_column fade_animation_offset=”45px” width=”1/1″][text_output]In November of 2018, the National Academies of Sciences Engineering & Medicine released a new report that found centering science instruction around investigation and design can improve learning in middle and high schools and help students make sense of phenomena in the world around them. The study, sponsored by the Amgen …

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Learning Blade Offers Free Access to STEM Learning Activity for National Engineers Week

In celebration of Engineers Week 2019, Learning Blade is offering free access to allow students to see incredible engineering careers. These interactive lessons provide an opportunity for kids to see firsthand how engineers impact their communities. During the entire month of February, teachers can go to www.LearningBlade.com/engineers to participate in Learning Blade for Engineers Week. And that’s …

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California Water Service Launches Fifth Annual Student Water-Conservation Competition

The fifth annual Cal Water H2O Challenge is open for registration! Cal Water and the North American Association for Environmental Education invite fourth, fifth, and sixth grade classrooms located in a Cal Water service area to design and submit solutions to global or local water-related issues. The Challenge is a project-based competition that is complementary …

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Volunteers needed for the 2019 eCYBERMISSION STEM Competition!

Looking for an amazing volunteer opportunity? Think you have what it takes to energize a passion for STEM in today’s youth? Want to use skills you have learned and developed throughout your career to give back to your community? If you answered yes to any of these questions, eCYBERMISSION is the volunteer opportunity for you. eCYBERMISSION is a …

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Bosch expands partnership with FIRST® to help bridge STEM gap, increase community engagement

FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) recently announced that Bosch has become a FIRST Strategic Partner. FIRST is a global K-12 not-for-profit organization founded by inventor Dean Kamen to inspire young people’s interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Bosch has been involved with FIRST since 2000, supporting robotics teams with sponsorships, mentor programs and equipment assistance …

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Learn about the Careers that Come with the Coding through Hour of Learning Blade this Computer Science Education Week!

December 3rd to December 9th is Computer Science Week, and schools all across the country will be doing all sorts of coding and computer science activities! Learning Blade is joining in on the CS mania by offering Hour of Learning Blade, which puts a particular focus on computer science careers. Anthony Owen, Chief State STEM Officer of …

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