This article was written by Michael Mayhew and Michelle Hall In the late 1990s, an Englishman from Leeds named Duncan Dallas started a novel program for the public...
How do people know and perceive weather? Who gets to disseminate and output weather information? Stemming from my exploration of local weather in Wakiso, Uganda, I chose...
Blogs, Careers in STEM/STEAM, Place-Based Learning
AGROspeak: Farmers and the Enviromation in Kampala by Anjuli Sethi
What does understanding culture and communicating across cultures have to do with STEAM, especially with Design and Technology? In this post, Anjuli shares with us some...
Blogs, Math Learning, Out of School Learning, Science/Computer Science Learning, talkSTEM Events & Initiatives, Teaching Strategies
21 Day Fall STEAM Challenge
It’s that time of the year again! The weather is starting to get cooler in Dallas, the kids are in school, and your back to your normal routine. Sometimes, though...
Our Founder, Koshi Dhingra, had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with Simon Singh. If you don’t know who Simon is, he is a British science author. His...
Blogs, Math Learning, Science/Computer Science Learning, Teaching Strategies
A STEMester in the Right Direction by Margaret McEwen
This year I held a STEMester for my eighth grade science students at Parish Episcopal school. After a trimester of chemistry topics, and a trimester of studying the...
Blogs, Math Learning, Out of School Learning, Science/Computer Science Learning, Teaching Strategies
21 Day STEAM Challenge
It’s summer time! That means vacations, beaches, stay-cations and kids running around at home. While the summer is meant to relax and unwind, it can mean that kids...
Blogs, Place-Based Learning, talkSTEM Events & Initiatives
walkSTEM@Mount Auburn Elementary: an After School Pilot Program by Mary Peterson
“We’re DOCENTS!” My walkSTEM Club Members quickly responded in unison to students on the playground questioning their intense discussion about the size of a tree stump...
Blogs, Girls and Women in STEM/STEAM, Science/Computer Science Learning, Teaching Strategies
Using Fiction to Hook Young People on STEM by Polly Holyoke
Acclaimed Youth Author, Polly Holyoke, shares her perspectives on Fiction as a means to engage kids with STEM. She also shares some great reads for young people just in...
We had a FUN launch party for our walkSTEM community outreach program in the gorgeous setting of KPMG at Hall Arts in the Dallas Arts District! We had a wonderfully...