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With the plethora of resources available regarding STEM education, it can be daunting to know where to begin your search. The sites listed are intended to be a helpful starting point for learning about STEM standards, getting ideas for lesson plans, finding STEM resources, and discovering opportunities for all ages to engage in STEM within the state of Minnesota. If you can’t find what you are looking for or need more specialized assistance, please call the STEM Education Center at 612-626-1705 and we will be glad to assist you. STEM General Resources: getSTEM getSTEM is a program which organizes events, provides resources (links, RSS feed, media) and creates discussion through forums in order to increase student and educator engagement in STEM fields. eGFI eGFI is a program offering classroom activities, lesson plans, news, outreach programs and web resources for K-12 educators to enhance their students’ math and science skills through engaging, exciting classroom activities. Girls Go Tech
sci . Bungee Jump
Dare-deviled eggs! Design an eggy bungee jump and save the egg. Did it work or would you like homefries to go with those scrambled eggs? wrote: We put a 4' ladder by a stack of chairs and suspended a pair of nylons between them. wrote: It took some working, but I did it! wrote: I did everything in the rules I had and it came out to be successful!!! wrote: i did it. it was so cool except fo the part tha was not so cool. it ixploeded all over me. wrote: Well I guess I did something wrong because nothing happened. wrote: it ixsplodide all over my friend and she was green wrote: i jumed high and my mom did not care that was so cool wrote: it was fantastic and it exploded wrote: I did it but the egg cracked. wrote: I did it and it never cracked because I put a cushion under it so the egg wouldnt crack. wrote: I tried it and it cracked!!! wrote: The egg cracked. wrote: It was good at first but then, when I looked at the egg it was craked! wrote: I tried it and it didn't work I kept trying until we were out of eggs.
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Great Tools To Teach about Human Body in 3D
Technology has radically transformed the way education is being delivered. It has also revolutionized the way students learn and created new learning styles that never existed before ( mobile learning, flipped learning, virtual learning, simulated learning, to mention but some ). Much of the human knowledge is now online and anyone with the right tools can access and use it .This democratization of knowledge has definitely improved the quality of education and increased the rates of all kinds of literacies from the digital literacy to the critical one. One of the best examples of how technology revolutionized education is manifested in the field of biology and science. There are now several web tools to help teachers carry out those " dirty " experiments that used to be done in labs now they can be done virtually and in a simulated environment way better than the real one. 1- Zygote Body 2- Med Tropolis 3- Get Body Smart 4- Inner Body 5- Body Maps 6- The Biodigital Human
Activity: Conveyor Engineering
Lesson courtesy of TryEngineering.org Summary In this activity, teams of students in grades 3 to 12 explore how engineers work to solve such societal problems as moving goods, materials, and people by developing a conveyor system out of everyday materials than can transport pieces of candy 4 feet, including a 90-degree turn. Teams evaluate their results and reflect on them as a class. Grade level: 3 – 12 Time: Two or three 45-minute sessions Learning objectives Learn about engineering design and redesignLearn about manufacturing processes and conveyor systemsLearn how engineering can help solve society’s challengesLearn about teamwork and problem solving Learning Outcomes As a result of this activity, students should develop an understanding of: engineering designmanufacturing and distributionconveyor systemsteamwork Standards National Science Education Standards CONTENT STANDARD A: Science as Inquiry As a result of activities, all students should develop Historical perspectives [grades 9-12] Design
Free Science Experiments - Experiment of the Week Archives
Below we have a list of fun and educational science experiments that can be conducted in the classroom or at home. Most will use simple to find household items. Always be sure to read through experiments completely prior to trying them. Many of these experiments should have adult supervision. - Try to understand how inertia effects a candle flame. - In this experiment, you will see the effects Bernoulli's Principle on resisting gravity. - An explaination of why we get Brain Freeze when we eat cold things like ice cream. - In this experiment, we use red cabbage juice as a Acid/Base indicator. - This fun activity will explore the pull of gravity, as you race it to catch falling coins. - An experiment that shows how heat and cold effect air molecules and resulting air pressure. - Explore how vibration creates sound using a simple comb and wax paper. - What causes the sound when people crack their knuckles? - Ever place a rug on carpet, only to have it move out-of-place over time?
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Mrs. Deringer - Life - Scientific Method
Here are the Steps to the Scientific Method Problem: Is the question you are trying to solve. It is always written as a QUESTION and therefore ends with a question mark. (?) Background Information: Collect information about the question. Conduct research. This will help you make a hypothesis. Hypothesis: An educated guess, you have made according to the background information you have collected through research. Materials: All the supplies you need to set up the experiment. Procedure: The steps you will follow to complete the experiment. Independent variable: The one thing that you are testing. Constants: All the things that you keep the same between the experimental and control group. Observations: The information you collect by conducting the experiment. Conclusion:A possible answer to the problem.
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