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Museum of Science, Boston Enters the Metaverse With New Roblox Experience “Mission: Mars”
The Museum of Science, Boston is making its first move into the world of immersive online education with its launch of “Mission: Mars,” an educational experience on Roblox, a global platform connecting millions of people through immersive 3D experiences. Boston’s @MuseumOfScience plunges into immersive online #STEM education with launch of “Mission: Mars” on @Roblox in partnership with @FilamentGames, aligned with @OfficialNGSS Standards.…
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CircuitMess Launches STEM Holiday Shop to Bring Educational Toys Direct to Your Door
Educational technology startup CircuitMess announces the launch of its Holiday Gift Shop just in time for the winter shopping season. To make gift giving easier for parents, Circuitmess has simplified shopping with STEM products that teach coding, building, and creative design. If your future titans of technology dream of being Grace Hopper (aka the Queen of Software) or traffic light inventor Garrett Morgan, then CircuitMess…
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T-Mobile Grants Another $1 Million to Champion Small Towns
What do a high school STEM program in Burley, Idaho, a town-wide mural restoration in Toppenish, Wash. and a satellite pediatric clinic in Excelsior Springs, Mo. all have in common? They’re all projects now in the works, thanks to T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) Hometown Grants. The latest 25 recipients follow 100 others that have been announced since Hometown Grants began in…
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NASA Awards Services Contract to Help Immerse Students in STEM
NASA has selected Guardians of Honor LLC of Washington to provide a wide range of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) products and services to the agency, including its Office of STEM Engagement. The NASA Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics contract is a single award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a firm fixed price level-of-effort basis and a maximum potential value of…
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California, Indiana Students to Hear from Astronauts on Space Station
Students from California and Indiana, along with staff members at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, will have the opportunity this week to hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The two space-to-Earth calls will air live today, Tuesday, Aug. 9, and Thursday, Aug. 11, on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website. GMT184_18_12_also For ESA_Crew photos at…
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VP Hosts NASA for Family STEM Event, Disney Pixar’s Lightyear Viewing
Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff hosted an evening of NASA STEM activities Friday at the Naval Observatory for military families and local students and their families, which included a special screening of Disney Pixar’s Lightyear. Vice President Kamala Harris hugs children that participated in hands-on STEM activities on the grounds of the Vice President’s residence at…
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NASA Administrator, STEM Partner Connect Orlando Children with Artemis
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson helped hand out food with an extra serving of STEM activities to children and families at New Beginnings Church – The Gathering Place in Orlando, Florida, on Friday, June 3. Called NASA Artemis Learning Lunchboxes, the Center of Science and Industry (COSI) in Columbus, Ohio, created the kits aimed at inspiring and educating youth and families…
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NASA Funds Projects that Aim to Inspire Artemis Generation
NASA has selected a variety of projects that take innovative approaches to broadening student participation in science, technology, engineering, and math to receive awards totaling approximately $12.5 million. The awards will help the sponsoring colleges, universities, and informal education institutions like museums, bring spaceflight inspiration and high-priority research opportunities to students from communities underrepresented in STEM fields. “Reaching students with…
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Amazon to Award 250 High School Seniors From Underserved Communities College Scholarships to Study Computer Science
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced its largest commitment to supporting students’ post-secondary science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education by awarding $10 million in college scholarships to 250 high school seniors from underserved and historically underrepresented communities. Each Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship recipient will receive $40,000 over four years to study computer science at a college of their choice starting this fall. Recipients will also…
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zSpace Launches New Inspire Editions to the zSpace Learning Station Family
The education experts and engineers at zSpace are announcing the launch of the ultimate AR/VR learning device to handle the substantial graphics and computing needs of STEM and Career and Technical Education (CTE) as well as esports, modeling and simulation and data visualization. zSpace, Inc. zSpace, Inc. The zSpace Learning Station (LS) family now includes four options: the Inspire, the…
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