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Kanopy Enhances Kanopy Kids with Short Films from Sesame Workshop and Highlights

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Despite that, just over 14% say they are currently collaborating with local schools to help meet their needs. This carefully curated collection now includes a growing selection of more than 1,500 educational, age appropriate videos with parental controls covering topics from STEM to history and story time. About Sesame Workshop.

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To attract more students to STEM fields in college, advocates urge starting in sixth grade

The Hechinger Report

The various programs take different approaches to include students in STEM education and make it more accessible, but they seem to agree on one thing: starting with students early. Though the STEM workforce has grown exponentially over the last several decades, opportunities have not been distributed evenly.

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Celebrating Earth Day with Resources from Discovery Education 

eSchool News

Sesame Workshop: Make Our Earth Better Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, the pioneering television show that has been reaching and teaching children since 1969. See over 200 resources designed to uncover students’ STEM skills to activate future solution seekers.

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Discovery Education and Social Impact Partners Offer K-12 Teachers and Families Nationwide Digital Resources to Engage Students in Engineers Week  

eSchool News

Created by Build the Change – an educational partnership between Discovery Education and LEGO Sustainability Team – the Play to Learn Virtual Field Trip takes students from the Home of the Brick in Billund, Denmark to meet real-life LEGO® play experts, and discover how important play can be. Then students meet U.S.

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Discovery Education Offers Educators New Resources Supporting Black History Month Observances 

eSchool News

Happy Black History Month video : In this new video from Sesame Workshop for students in grades PK-2, Elmo, Gabrielle, Tamir, and Abby come together to celebrate the contributions of Black and African American communities. The STEM Careers Coalition solves critical gaps in representation in the STEM professional workforce.

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How Humor and Storytelling Help Foster STEM Engagement

edWeb.net

Creating educational environments where students have emotional connections and vested in the lesson can be attained when adding storytelling elements to STEM projects. Humor and storytelling meets robotics. This edWebinar was sponsored by Wonder Workshop. Why do I need to learn this? WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Vernier Software & Technology to Host 38 Free Professional Development Workshops this Fall

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BEAVERTON, Oregon, August 13, 2018 — This fall, Vernier Software & Technology will host 38 free, hands-on workshops around the country to help science educators learn how to best incorporate probeware and data-collection technology into their curriculum. Educators can register for a workshop at www.vernier.com/workshops.