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Scientific Literacy: Why It Matters

Scientific literacy matters, regardless of what career path your child chooses to pursue, the critical thinking skills needed for science

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Got Winter? Watch These Fun Facts with Your Kids

Whether you are snowed at home or watching the “bomb cyclone” from a warm and sunny location, you can use

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What’s Your STEM? – Physics in a Juice Can

Short for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, STEM represents much more than a collection of school subjects or classes. It’s

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Report: Black Girls Apply Interest in STEM

Inspired by the Oscar-nominated movie “Hidden Figures” the National Assessment Governing Board decided to explore recent results from The Nation’s

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Get A Jump On Computer Science Education

When you hear the words “computer science,”do you imagine a college student sitting in front of a computer alone, typing

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A Family Science Fair: 3 Fun Experiments

It’s easy to be a scientist. Simply look around and ask “why?” We’re sure your children do that often enough!

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Home Experiments for Kids: Hovercraft

Most Gen-Xers know all about Marty McFly and his hoverboard. And if you’re a parent, you probably remember that hoverboards

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Shooting For The Stars with Dr. Mae Jemison

The recent movie Hidden Figures explores the untold story of three African-American women whose exceptional mathematic and engineering skills helped

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STEM + Families

It’s no secret that science, technology, engineering and math are the fields of the future. STEM became everyone’s vision of

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Spotlight: Vineyard STEM PTA

Vineyard STEM in Ontario, Calif., is a special place. As a transitional kindergarten to eighth grade STEM magnet school, it

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