STEM
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NASA Selects Education Projects to Help Broaden STEM Participation
NASA has selected a diverse group of projects from museums, science centers, library systems, and other informal education organizations across the country as NASA Informal Education Community Anchors. The projects all received Teams Engaging Affiliated Museums and Informal Institutions (TEAM II) Community Anchor Awards. Designation as a community anchor recognizes an institution as a local community resource. These projects will…
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Vice President Highlights STEM in First National Space Council Meeting
Vice President Kamala Harris chaired the first National Space Council meeting of the Biden-Harris Administration Wednesday, Dec. 1 at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington. Prior to the meeting, President Biden expanded the number of participants of the council by executive order, reflecting the Biden-Harris administration’s broad priorities and creating the largest, most diverse space council in the nation’s history.…
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PA Cyber’s First Mobile STEM Lab To Hit Streets This Fall
The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School will bring hands-on STEM opportunities to students with the addition of two mobile labs as part of PA Cyber’s Polytechnic program. The labs provide students all over the state the opportunity to experience the STEM-based maker movement, taking their designs from computer screens to robotic machines. Students and families will begin to see the first…
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Regenerating Excitement: Incredible Facts About Stem Cells
As research continues, the potential uses for stem cells are growing exponentially. How well do you know the science? Get up-to-date with these incredible facts about stem cells. The Body’s Raw Materials Stem cells are valuable to the body because they can divide over and over again to produce new cells. Even better, they can change into cells that perform…
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Ford Donates $250K to Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program to Accelerate STEM Careers for Underserved Students
Too often, underrepresented students simply don’t receive the resources, guidance and level of support needed to aide their pursuit of a successful STEM career. Working in concert with the educational 501(c)3 Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program (DAPCEP), Ford is making a concerted effort to eliminate those barriers. Ford is donating $250,000 to the Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program to create…
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Space Center Houston exhibit highlights women in STEM
Space Center Houston is an iconic museum with a fully restored mission control center and filled with exhibits on the history of human spaceflight. During Women’s History Month, Watch U.S. Fly is featuring the Space Center’s exhibit on women in STEM. In the “Astronaut Gallery” section there is a focus on women astronauts and their contributions to space travel. The…
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NASA Hosts Virtual Event to Leverage STEM, Small Business Opportunities with Minority Colleges
Media are invited to NASA’s 15th annual Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)/Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) Technology Infusion Road Tour, a virtual event Nov. 18 and 19. More than 1,200 HBCUs and MSIs are participating in this event with representatives from NASA offices and mission directorates who will discuss the importance of partnerships with historically black colleges and the critical…
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KinderLab Robotics Introduces KIBO Home Edition, a Creative Coding Kit Available for the Holiday Season
(Waltham, MA) October 7, 2020 — Today KinderLab Robotics, the creators of the KIBO™ robot kit, announced the release of the new KIBO Home Edition line. Available for a limited time, this line was created to support parents and children during the pandemic, especially those with limitations on in-person school attendance. The KIBO Home Edition Robot Kit provides families an…
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Makeblock launches NextMaker Box – a kit for at-home kids to learn coding and STEM – on Kickstarter
SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Today, STEAM education market leader Makeblock launched a Kickstarter campaign for NextMaker Box, a monthly subscription box that delivers coding and making projects for curious kids ages 7-12. With no prior experience necessary, kids can develop skills in programming, robotics, electronics, engineering, science, and arts & crafts. It is now available for the early bird price of $39. NextMaker…
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NASA Awards Fellowships to Advance Exploration, Increase Minority STEM Opportunities
NASA has awarded 17 fellowships to minority-serving institutions, through its Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP), and an additional five fellowships to other universities through mission directorate project funds. The awards begin in the 2020 academic year and total more than $3 million to support innovative graduate student research. The selected projects include research into the dynamics of Mars’…
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