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    Science teachers: Don’t say ‘parent’
    Joanne Jacobs
    • May 23
    • 1 min

    Science teachers: Don’t say ‘parent’

    Who are these people? Photo: Serrano1004/Pixabay Don’t say “parent,” advises a feature article in the National Science Teaching...
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    Joanne Jacobs
    • May 1, 2019
    • 1 min

    Good Idea, or Watering Down Science Class Even More?

    From the major Sacramento newspaper: Dissecting frogs and cats — a common assignment for kids in California biology classes — could soon...
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    How to win a Nobel Prize
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Oct 6, 2018
    • 1 min

    How to win a Nobel Prize

    Science is all about the posters, reports The Onion. STOCKHOLM—Anxiously awaiting critiques from the judges, the world’s leading...
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    Joanne Jacobs
    • Sep 22, 2018
    • 1 min

    Young scientists

    Science Fair, a documentary about teenage competitors in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, is “unfailingly charming,”...
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    Girls call STEM come-ons ‘creepy’
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Aug 13, 2018
    • 1 min

    Girls call STEM come-ons ‘creepy’

    Teen-age girls are groomed for the STEM lifestyle in summer coding camps. “With responses ranging from “squirming in discomfort” to...
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    STEM is for C students too, says report
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Jun 13, 2018
    • 2 min

    STEM is for C students too, says report

    Young people can succeed in technical jobs even with mediocre grades in math and science or liberal arts majors, claims a new study, on...
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    Middle school to manufacturing
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Jun 10, 2018
    • 2 min

    Middle school to manufacturing

    Middle-schoolers in Ohio are learning math, science and programming — and competing in contests such as MakerMinded to expose them to...
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    Even confident, capable girls don’t study STEM
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Feb 22, 2018
    • 1 min

    Even confident, capable girls don’t study STEM

    Girls who are high achievers in math, and confident about their ability, are less likely to major in math, engineering and science than...
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    Equality widens STEM’s gender gap
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Feb 21, 2018
    • 1 min

    Equality widens STEM’s gender gap

    In gender-equal Norway and Finland, 20 percent of college graduates in science, engineering and math are women, compared to 41 percent in...
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    Teacher coaches boost math learning
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Jan 30, 2018
    • 2 min

    Teacher coaches boost math learning

    “Extending the reach of excellent teachers,” the goal of Public Impact’s Opportunity Culture initiative, improves math achievement,...
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    Turning scientists, engineers into teachers
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Jan 29, 2018
    • 2 min

    Turning scientists, engineers into teachers

    Math, chemistry and physics teachers are in short supply. A new MIT-based program is trying to turn scientists, engineers and programmers...
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    Auto shop is sold as STEM training
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Jan 8, 2018
    • 2 min

    Auto shop is sold as STEM training

    Pushed to offer more college-prep classes, California high schools have cut auto shop and other vocational classes, reports Carolyn Jones...
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    Playing with DNA
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Dec 22, 2017
    • 1 min

    Playing with DNA

    Among the STEM toys in this holiday gift guide is this kit for ages 10 and up. In my day, children couldn’t isolate DNA at home, though I...
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    Teach art — not STEAM
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Oct 9, 2017
    • 2 min

    Teach art — not STEAM

    Integrating art into science and math teaching — turning STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) into STEAM — is...
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    Taking the pee out of physics
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Sep 20, 2017
    • 1 min

    Taking the pee out of physics

    It’s time to take the pee out of physics, argues a group of Australian scientists. Starting physics courses by studying projectile motion...
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    Teaching the eclipse — safely
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Aug 20, 2017
    • 2 min

    Teaching the eclipse — safely

    When I was in elementary school in Illinois in the early ’60s, there was a total eclipse. I remember being terrified of going blind. I...
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    83% of science aces are immigrants’ kids
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Mar 20, 2017
    • 1 min

    83% of science aces are immigrants’ kids

    Indrani Das, 17, won the Regeneron Science Talent Search this year for her study of a possible approach to treating the death of neurons...
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    Why Grover is the STEM monster
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Mar 10, 2017
    • 1 min

    Why Grover is the STEM monster

    Sesame Street’s STEM monster is mistake-prone Grover, reinvented as Super Grover 2.0, writes Kate Stringer on The 74. Whenever the furry...
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    Julio pets the stegosaurus
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Mar 10, 2017
    • 2 min

    Julio pets the stegosaurus

    Virtual-reality technology is helping students understand science, writes Carolyn Jones on EdSource. The technology is “extraordinarily...
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    Kid-friendly ‘Martian’ teaches science
    Joanne Jacobs
    • Feb 26, 2017
    • 2 min

    Kid-friendly ‘Martian’ teaches science

    An astronaut is stranded on Mars, nobody knows he’s alive and rescue is four years away, far longer than his food supply will hold out....
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