I was in NYC for just a few days and visited the Met briefly. I was lucky enough to see this exhibit. From the Met’s site: “The Costume...
Blogs, Math Learning, Teaching Strategies
STEAM ON! Designing Art Lessons that Integrate with Core Curriculum
ArtinAction Program Manager Kelly Bravo’s article: STEAM ON! Designing Art Lessons that Integrate with Core Curriculum was recently featured in...
Blogs, Girls and Women in STEM/STEAM, Growth Mindset in STEM
What We Make (Audio Recording & Essay) by Emily Ware
(Audio Above) What We Make By Emily Ware Americans have a dilemma they haven’t addressed. Teenagers hate high school. This isn’t the first time we, as a society, have...
Girls and Women in STEM/STEAM, Growth Mindset in STEM, Out of School Learning, Place-Based Learning
Conversation with Allyson Marbut, VP Education, Dallas Arboretum
About Allyson: Allyson is responsible for all educational programming at the 8-acre, 64 million dollars Rory Meyers Children’s Adventure Garden, school outreach...
Most people, when they see the word “creative,” immediately think of someone in a beret doing something beautiful with paint, or an inventor in his basement. Most...
Ursuline Academy STEM Day was held on Feb 24th, 2016 for the students to experiment, play, create, and discover all the possibilities available in STEM. Ursuline Academy...
We are excited to participate in TEDxSMU Live Auditions this month. We appreciate SMU for organizing a stimulating lineup of finalists. Definitely Ideas...
Change of Subject Example “What are you doing there?” Her voice told me that this was her turf, but her eyes said something else – they were curious, interested...
About Margaret:Margaret McEwen is a teacher at Parish Episcopal School in Dallas and wrote for talkSTEM in 2015. Her B.S. in biology is from SUNY Brockport and her MLA...
Blogs, Girls and Women in STEM/STEAM, Growth Mindset in STEM, Teaching Strategies
Teamwork: A Key Product of STEMwork by Margaret McEwen
My 8th graders just finished another STEM project- building mousetrap and balloon cars. The challenge is to build the car to spec, determine the speed and distance, and...