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...
Category - Out of School Learning
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...
Last month, I was invited to judge the Girl Scouts Cookie Creations, at the Galleria Mall in Dallas. Cookie Box Creations is a series...
Girls and Women in STEM/STEAM, Out of School Learning, Videos
Conversation with Jennifer Bartkowski, CEO of Girl Scouts of North Texas (3-part series)
talkSTEM had a scintillating conversation with Jennifer. Below are 3 videos you can watch in which she shares her views on the importance of making...
I’m sharing photos I took at SXSW in Austin yesterday afternoon. Please note that I am not promoting any product shown here. I am...
Here are some of my favorite things at the SXSW Edu “Playground” – which is where I went directly after checking into my...
Chess is one way to practice the thinking processes used in science and math. As I wrote in my book, Science, Math, Checkmate: 32 Chess Activities...
Blogs, Careers in STEM/STEAM, Girls and Women in STEM/STEAM, Out of School Learning, Teaching Strategies
Seeing Math through Mime by Tanya & Tim Chartier
Mathematics lives largely in an unseen world. Mathematicians see the relationships of such entities without physical interaction. In his book, The...
By Christina Carlisle (NTEC) and Jennifer Makins (Parish Episcopal School) Parish is proud to partner with leaders in the North Texas community to...
Blogs, Girls and Women in STEM/STEAM, Growth Mindset in STEM, Out of School Learning, Teaching Strategies
STEM to STEAM: Artful Thinking by Carolyn Armbruster
“I will incorporate the routines we practiced into my science lessons. I plan to use art as a basis for teaching the routines because it will be a...