Vocational Skills, Engineering, and the Importance of Intersectionality
We all know about the importance of STEM education and the STEM workforce, but what we may not understand is the intersectionality of...
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Presley Dooner
- Mar 1, 2022
Computers and Community: Technological Repurposing for Underserved Communities
We are all familiar with traditional ways to give back to our community, including food drives, soup kitchens, or just generally...
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Presley Dooner
- Feb 22, 2022
Real World STEM for University Students
In the past, we have talked about STEM and what it means for fueling middle and high school students' passions. Today, we take a look at...
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Presley Dooner
- Jan 20, 2022
A Teacher's Guide to Being an Edupreneur
If you have been keeping up with our podcasts and blogs so far, you may have heard us use this term before: edupreneur. We are talking...
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Presley Dooner
- Dec 26, 2021
An Engineer's Ambition: Goal-Setting for Your Future Science Career
When you ask a young child what they want to be when they grow up, a typical answer is an astronaut, engineer, or doctor (or possibly a...
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Presley Dooner
- Dec 3, 2021
The Intersection of Passion and Education
We've spoken previously on this blog about the importance of incorporating a student's interests into their lessons and schoolwork. We...
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Shawna Christenson
- Nov 17, 2021
Meeting the Needs of the Gifted and Talented Student-by Guest blogger Presley Dooner
As with any school subject, it can be difficult to keep kids engaged in science and STEM as it is traditionally taught. As we become...
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Shawna Christenson
- Oct 21, 2021
Solving Science Fair Struggles Guest Blogger, Presley Dooner
The Science Fair can be a student's chance to showcase their creativity, curiosity, and propensity for science, but for some it means...
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Shawna Christenson
- Oct 4, 2021
Why Experiences Matter: Standing Out on High School and College Applications.
Even as COVID has changed the landscape of higher learning and the requirements it takes for students to be considered at their top...
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Shawna Christenson
- Jul 19, 2021
Top SPACE Podcasts for Classrooms & Beyond
If you are a STEM teacher, or if you have STEM kids, you no doubt get a lot of questions about space. Astronomy is always a big hit with...
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Shawna Christenson
- Jul 10, 2021
Tired of Irrelevant and Boring Teacher Professional Development? Two Spots Left for Stipend!
Two spaces remain for the stipend, but don't let that stop you! We look forward to helping you host incredible and unique STEM lessons...
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Shawna Christenson
- Jun 18, 2021
Top 5 Aerospace STEM Teacher Organizations to Join Today!
Being an engaged educator who is inspiring the engineers of the future is hard enough. Between meeting curriculum requirements, preparing...
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Shawna Christenson
- Jun 7, 2021
Forming a STEM Identity: Start Young!
Those who know me well are always surprised to see me in a STEM field as an adult. This is because I was an English major who began my...
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Shawna Christenson
- Jan 3, 2021
Develop a Skill set for Life-- Paul Kiesling (8th grade)
Picture a giant flywheel and then imagine that your task is to make it rotate for as long and fast as possible. When you are initially...
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Shawna Christenson
- Dec 23, 2020
New STEM Education Heights: Aerospace & Innovation Academy After- School Program in S.Florida
If you know me as a teacher at all, you know I never planned to be in space. I grew up during the Shuttle program but never saw a live...
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Shawna Christenson
- Aug 11, 2020
The Road to Success: How to Avoid Limiting Yourself Educationally-- Amanda Grodman 9th grade
As a child, many have dreams of becoming doctors, engineers, and artists that will change the world. In the fourth grade, after...
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Shawna Christenson
- Jul 21, 2020
Women in STEM: Start Early-- Maya Mohanty (9th grade)
Since the 1970s, women’s representation in the STEM workforce has increased in all fields. However, regardless of this positive course,...
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Shawna Christenson
- Jul 10, 2020
Leading Teams Today to the Settlements of Tomorrow-- Logan Eskildsen (9th grade)
The National Space Society (NSS) hosts an annual Space Settlement competition in which they invite a select group of international...
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Shawna Christenson
- Jul 1, 2020
CubeSats in Education: A Student PI Perspective on CapSat.-- Samer Elhoushy (9th grade)
The CapSat-1 CubeSat mission proposal was submitted to NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) program in November of 2018. This mission...
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Shawna Christenson
- May 4, 2020
Taking Advantage of Opportunities-- Caeden Dooner (11th grade)
When I was in middle school, I didn’t care at all about space. Even though our school had an active aerospace class and a satellite team,...
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