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MathWorks and Discovery Museum Renew Long-running Partnership to Bring Hands-on STEM to PreK-8 Classrooms

eSchool News

Museum educators deliver twenty-three STEM topics—including Sound, Weather & Climate, Physical Changes of Matter, and Force & Motion—to give elementary and middle school students direct experience with how things work in the physical world. It is the only classroom-based program of its kind in Massachusetts.

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Final Schedule - "Wholehearted Libraries" Online Mini-Conference on Tuesday, March 10th

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our first Library 2.020 mini-conference of the year is next week: "Wholehearted Libraries," online (and for free) on Tuesday, March 10th , from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Not only do libraries need high tech, they also need staff who approach their work with a wholehearted attitude.

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Hitting the Library Circuit With Mobile Making

Educator Innovator

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh offers everything you would expect at a library: books, computers, story time for the little ones. In 2010, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (CLP) was one of several sites to receive funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the John D.

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Sphero Makes a Big Acquisition in littleBits to Bring Hands-On STEAM Learning to Life

Edsurge

Last August, littleBits acquired DIY , which offers a library of do-it-yourself maker projects and instructional videos, as well as an online community where kids can share their creations. Sphero has received just north of $120 million since its start in 2010; littleBits, founded a year later, has secured $62 million.

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Makerspace for Little or Nothing

The Daring Librarian

When we have testing in our Library, I put all our Makerspace stuff on an AV cart and roll it into our server room. Say you're trying for 50 or 100 - put a decorated cardboard box outside your Library or Classroom for donations! Cardboard Tube STEM Activities and more! This is a Mommy blog that has lots of great STEM ideas!

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In high-crime areas, education reform needs to expand outside the classroom

The Hechinger Report

Youth build a model city and levee system under the watchful eye of organizer Calvin Mackie (pictured right) as part of “STEM Saturdays” organized by STEM NOLA, a non-profit organization that creates experiential learning opportunities in the New Orleans metropolitan area. Photo: Images Photography, LLC. “In

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KinderLab Robotics Meets Rigorous Review Standards to Join STEMworks Database

techlearning

(Waltham, MA) April 11, 2018 — KinderLab Robotics , the creators of KIBO™ , a robot kit designed to teach children ages 4–7 to build, program, decorate, and bring their own robot to life without requiring any screen-time, today announced its acceptance to STEMworks , an online honor roll of high-quality STEM education programs.