Science Technology Engineering Math Education

• Stanford prof suggests simulation is the key to math education http://tinyurl.com/yazod4f #
• Acc to Devlin, the textbook is perhaps the worst medium for teaching math. Here's Devlin's homepage http://www.stanford.edu/~kdevlin/ #
• Devlin has collaborated with artists to present his fav equations thru prose and songs http://www.stanford.edu/~kdevlin/HE.html #
• Browsing the resources available from Tennessee http://www.stemresources.com/ #
• The Teacher Work Samples include extensive examples of lessons and assessments for STEM instruction http://tinyurl.com/yf7f2y4 #
• Just posted a new Talking With Scientists Video: Pardis Sabeti compares science to a video game http://tinyurl.com/yfzxx29 #
• Sabeti does genome research at Harvard http://sysbio.harvard.edu/csb/research/sabeti.html #
• Pardis Sabeti also plays in a band named Thousand Days http://thousanddays.com/ #
• You can hear her singing a song in her office at Harvard http://tinyurl.com/yhbg4ry #
• You can learn more about the human genome at National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.genome.gov/ #

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Research Biologist Pardis Sabeti describes how science is like a video game.

Teachers can access the curriculum guide for the project-based learning unit called Crisis at a Coral Reef.  These problem-based lesson sets use robotics and are designed for Life Science classes.

Crisis At a Coral Reef (pdf)

Materials for student use related to the Crisis At a Coral Reef Curriculum Unit

Student Workbook Coral Reefs (pdf)

The Landmines curriculum uses project-based lessons and incorporates robotics for use in Physical Science classes.

Landmines (pdf)

An introduction to coral reefs

Materials for students to use with Landmines Curriculum Unit

Student Workbook Landmines (pdf)

• New adhesive device could let humans walk on walls: http://bit.ly/d41Ael #
• Get up to date science news at EurekAlert! http://www.eurekalert.org/kidsnews/ #
• Just posted the latest Talking With Scientists video: Mary Urquhart discusses her own struggles with dyslexia http://tinyurl.com/ylccupw #
• stemeducation is included in 13 twitter lists related to STEM http://twitter.com/stemeducation/lists/memberships #
• Reading the STEM update from The Futures Channel http://www.thefutureschannel.com/ #
• Reading about spicing up math class http://tinyurl.com/ygkvjwe #
• Get science news from LabSpaces.net http://www.labspaces.net/ Did you know chubby birds get there faster? http://tinyurl.com/ygr6maj #
• Just posted a new video in our Talking With Scientists series: Ryan Harrison talks about his work with proteins http://tinyurl.com/yjjakp7 #
• Harrison worked at the Gray Lab at Johns Hopkins http://graylab.jhu.edu/ #
• Reading about science teacher using project based approach to learning along with integrating tech fm the journal http://tinyurl.com/ydy9vyd #
• Reading about how to measure the speed of light with leftover Valentine's Day candy http://tinyurl.com/yan45xq #

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Biomedical engineer Ryan Harrison talks about his work.

Astrophysicist and science educator Mary Urquhart talks about her struggles with reading and math and how she overcame them.