Some things don’t need to be fixed! When I launched my STEM Education startup in 2010 (iCreate to Educate), I was among the first wave of what would...
Category - Girls and Women in STEM/STEAM
Always Wanted to do More Volunteering? by Mary Cary Peterson
Mary Cary Peterson is an education professional, talkSTEM Education Coordinator, and recently gave birth to her first child. In this post she...
High School Students Inventing a Difference by Connie Liu x
The dominating narrative about engineering is that it’s for people who are good at math and that it’s all about robots and cars. Super intriguing for...
Growing Lab Girls Contest Runner-Ups (continued)
Katie Weber is an 8th grader from McMillan Junior High School My favorite project that I have done in STEM so far were the leaf blower powered...
Growing Lab Girls Science Writing Contest Runner-Ups
The talkSTEM team was thrilled to receive all contest submissions and we look forward to hearing from more young women during our Nextel writing and...
Winners Of Our Growing Lab Girls Contest!
We are excited to announce the winners for our Growing Lab Girls contest! Just a quick recap, the Growing Lab Girls contest had two categories. One...
Deadline Extended for Growing Lab Girls Contests: June 10
We are excited to read and view all of the writing and photography contest entries. Due to demand, we are extending the deadline from the original...
We are excited to announce that the Growing Lab Girls toolkit is now available for you to use! The toolkit consists of a menu of activities related...
Math and Fiction? Math and Social Change? by Wendy Lichtman
The first time I ever played that parlor game where you’re supposed to tell three facts about yourself, one of which is a lie, I knew I’d...
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...