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National STEM Day Nov. 8th

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National STEM Day is November 8, 2024, the unofficial holiday that celebrates science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education throughout the United States. To help you join in on the festivities, here are 10 ways you can celebrate National STEM Day with us.

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How Teachers Create Powerful Learning Experience with Student Voice and Joy

Digital Promise

Park’s students had the exciting opportunity to explore STEM in action through a series of monthly field trips throughout the greater Atlanta area. Park’s trips did more than teach STEM concepts—they gave students a voice and a chance to connect their learning to the real world in meaningful ways. During the 2024-25 school year, Ms.

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What It Takes to Make Every Opinion Matter in the Classroom

Digital Promise

Below, MaryJane and Taresha share how they have collaborated with students at the Kent County Secondary Intensive Learning Center (KCSILC) to embed meaningful discourse into the classroom. Taresha Scott is the social studies teacher for sixth- through eighth-grades at Kent County Secondary Intensive Learning Center.

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Coding, Creativity and the New Digital Fluency

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Research increasingly shows that creativity fuels deeper learning, especially in STEM education. A follow-up study in 2025 confirmed this trend, highlighting even steeper declines where secondary students have fewer opportunities to build new skills. Yet traditional methods often fall short.

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How Teachers Are Making Computer Science Click

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For Stacey King, a secondary math and computer science teacher, the appeal was clear: “I love PD and am always looking for ways to help me be better.” And when I saw that these options were all STEM related, I thought to myself, ‘Let’s do it!’” We learned so much.

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ISTELive 25 spotlights bold innovation

eSchool News

Igniting STEM Learning Across the Elementary Curriculum : Explore our innovative unit planning approach that ignites student creativity and problem-solving through engineering design. Discover our developed projects and strategies to bring these STEM activities into your classroom. Join us to explore the future of education with AI.

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Most parents know AI will be crucial to their children’s future

eSchool News

That disparity highlights a pressing need to raise awareness of and increase parental involvement in AI discussions, and advance the implementation of AI in American primary and secondary education. The 2024-2025 STEM competition is currently accepting entries through Thursday, October 24, 2024, please visit Samsung.com/solve.

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