STEM in the News

Exciting ways students and the community are connecting with STEM.

Story Time From Space

Story Time from Space is a project of the nonprofit Global Space Education Foundation. They send books to the space station, where astronauts record themselves reading the books. They also record videos of curriculum-linked experiments and demonstrations.

Story Time From Space

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NSTA Daily Do

A collection of daily activities from the National Science Teaching Association providing sensemaking tasks teachers and parents can use to engage their students in authentic, relevant science learning. Look for the "For Families" tab

NSTA Daily Do

 

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Boston Public Schools Learning at Home Resources

Resources for families and students to learn at home, for pre-school through high school in many subject areas.

Boston Public Schools Home Learning Resources

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Webinars for Teachers

This page lists past webinars and links to subscribe to new webinars. The webinars are from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and The McAuliffe Center of Framingham State University. The offerings include STEM subject-based sessions as well as sessions addressing the challenges of virtual learning.

McAuliffe Center-WPI Teacher Webinars

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PBS NOVA Labs

This page links to various interactive games based on programs in the PBS series NOVA.

PBS NOVA Labs

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NSTA Virtual Biology Labs Collection

The National Science Teaching Association provides this page of links to various sites providing virtual learning experiences in many areas of science.

NSTA Virtual Labs Collection

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EcoMUVE Virtual Environment Curricula

EcoMUVE is a curriculum that was developed at the Harvard Graduate School of Education that uses immersive virtual environments to teach middle school students about ecosystems and causal patterns. It features a pond and a forest component, each a 2-week inquiry-based investigation. On the overview page is a resources tab that brings you to a site to register and access the materials.

Harvard EcoMUVE curriculum

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Translated Math and Science Simulations

PhET is a repository of simulation activities in Math and Science. This page lists translations of some of these activities into 93 languages.

PhET Translated Simulation Activities

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Core Math Tools

The National Council of teachers of Mathematics provides Core Math Tools, a downloadable suite of interactive software tools for algebra and functions, geometry and trigonometry, and statistics and probability. The tools are appropriate for use with any high school mathematics curriculum and compatible with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics in terms of content and mathematical practices. Java required.

NCTM Core Math Tools

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