Joanne Jacobs
Young scientists
Science Fair, a documentary about teenage competitors in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, is “unfailingly charming,”...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 13, 20181 min read
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...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 13, 20182 min read
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...
Joanne Jacobs
Jun 10, 20182 min read
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...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 22, 20181 min read
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...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 21, 20181 min read
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...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 30, 20182 min read
Teacher coaches boost math learning
“Extending the reach of excellent teachers,” the goal of Public Impact’s Opportunity Culture initiative, improves math achievement,...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 29, 20182 min read
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...
Joanne Jacobs
Jan 8, 20182 min read
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...
Joanne Jacobs
Dec 22, 20171 min read
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...
Joanne Jacobs
Oct 8, 20172 min read
Teach art — not STEAM
Integrating art into science and math teaching — turning STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) into STEAM — is...
Joanne Jacobs
Sep 20, 20171 min read
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...
Joanne Jacobs
Aug 19, 20172 min read
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...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 19, 20171 min read
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...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 10, 20171 min read
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...
Joanne Jacobs
Mar 9, 20172 min read
Julio pets the stegosaurus
Virtual-reality technology is helping students understand science, writes Carolyn Jones on EdSource. The technology is “extraordinarily...
Joanne Jacobs
Feb 26, 20172 min read
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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