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STEM Opportunities at The Great Holyoke Brick Race

Intergenerational collaborations can provide young students with hands-on lessons in the basic science of physics and principles of design at the 5th Great Holyoke Brick Race happening on Saturday, June 4th!

Category: Hampden County, Science, Suggested Activity Tags: derby, Engineering, physics, Science, STEM

STEMBite: Bite Sized Videos Supporting STEM Education

Add some science to these hot summer days with STEMBite, a YouTube channel that offers snack-size videos focused on topics in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and the things in our everyday lives that they are related to…

Category: Science, Video, Web Review Tags: Engineering, Google Glass, Math, Science, STEM, STEMBites, Technology

Women in Engineering Career Day at UMass

UMass Hosts Women in Engineering Career Day for Local High School Students Monday, October 29th, 2012 Historically, the field of engineering has been male dominated. Today, however, women are breaking into engineering, computing, and other science-related professions more and more. To promote women’s pursuits of science, technology, and engineering, UMass’ Society of Women Engineers and Women in Engineering Program host Women in Engineering Career Day! Open to young women in grades 9-12,… Read More

Category: Hampshire County, Science, Suggested Activity Tags: Amherst, Amherst College, Engineering, STEM, UMass, western massachusetts, Women in Science

MIT Launches Student-Produced STEM Educational Video Initiative

Original Short Videos Aim to Fuel K-12 Students’ Interest in STEM Well-known education resource Khan Academy, a web site offering video-based learning to students, sparked a small revolution in the utilization of video in the classroom. Videos, once reserved for rainy days or special activities, can now be an incredibly valuable educational resource. Students are able to pace their own learning when using videos, as they can stop, repeat, and rewind as… Read More

Category: Science, Video Tags: Curriculum, Engineering, Flip the Classroom, Khan Academy, Math, MIT, Science, STEM, Technology, Videos

8 Ways to Create Engaging Engineering Activities at Home

Engineering Projects for Children at Home I continue to be amazed at the natural engineering instincts of young children. Ironically, with all the technology available to kids today (television, computers, tablets, video games), overuse takes time away from building and creating, both of which can lead our next generation of ethical scientists and engineers to solving some of the problems overuse of technology causes.

Category: John Heffernan, Video Tags: Engineering, Science, STEM, Technology

2 Ways to Get Creative with Robotics

Creative Play With Lego Robots Toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners are natural engineers. They love sand castles, blocks, fairy houses, and other projects that support their creative, fantasy play. We support this natural engineering instinct in schools with building bricks, Legos, and sand and water tables. Yet, as students reach first grade and beyond, we remove all these activities from school and we expect them still be interested in engineering when they get… Read More

Category: John Heffernan, Science Tags: Engineering, Lego, Robotics, Robots, Science, STEM

Student-Scientists in the Berkshires

Science & Innovation Fair in the Berkshires The First Annual Science and Innovation Fair, featuring the work of over 100 student-scientists from Pittsfield High School and Taconic High School, will be hosted by Berkshire Museum on Thursday, February 10th, 2011. Berkshire high school students, who have conducted scientific research and completed engineering projects in concert with faculty advisors, will display the exciting results of their work. The public is invited to view… Read More