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How robotic gamification helped my elementary students love STEM

eSchool News

Through the CoderZ Robotics curriculum, kids learn to create, manage, and communicate with cyber robots in a virtual setting by inputting code. Learning is more accessible because virtual robots do not require hardware, space, or other associated costs. Disco Blocks – Students had to get their robot to a target.

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Slooh Launches New Grant to Help One Million Students Explore Space Using Its Robotic Telescopes

eSchool News

Washington Depot, Connecticut, August 19, 2021 – Slooh, the only organization offering live online telescope feeds of amazing astronomical events to students, is launching The Slooh Space Exploration Grant for the 2021-2022 school year. To learn more about Slooh and to apply for The Slooh Exploration Grant, visit Slooh.org. About Slooh.

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STUDENT VOICES: We need more women in STEM fields, and we have ideas for making that happen

The Hechinger Report

The way we access information and interact with each other is new. So many of us find our spark in STEM during programs that happen outside of school, whether it’s an after-school robotics program or a summer course with Girls Who Code. It was lonely looking around a robotics competition or math club and feeling like an outsider.

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What happened when a South Carolina city embraced career education for all its students

The Hechinger Report

Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering groaned in disappointment when they saw the runny mess. Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering prepare to drop a paper bag with an egg inside off a railing at the school during engineering week. . — The brown paper bag hit the ground with a smack. The third graders at A.J.

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46 edtech innovations at ISTELive 22

eSchool News

3M and Discovery Education announced 31 State Merit Winners in the 2022 3M Young Scientist Challenge. Avantis Education , maker of ClassVr, announced the launch of Eduverse – a ground-breaking new online platform that gives students access to a K-12 metaverse.

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How fifth graders see the world in 20 years

The Hechinger Report

Their visions represent a journey into cybersecurity and space travel, racism and robots. Patterson Elementary School in Hillsboro, Oregon. Patterson Elementary School in Hillsboro, Oregon where they are fifth graders. All four students say they think humanoid robots are “creepy.”) Noelani Velasco Polley, fifth grader.

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West Sound STEM Network Expands Partnership with Slooh to Engage More Students in Space Exploration

eSchool News

After successfully providing a number of Network member schools with access to Slooh’s robotic telescopes and patented Mission Interface last year, West Sound STEM Network is now expanding the program to reach 250 teachers and 10,000 students. To learn more about Slooh, visit education.slooh.com.

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