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EA SPORTS, NFLPA & Discovery Ed Bring STEM Careers to Life in ‘Role of Data in EA SPORTS’ Madden NFL Virtual Trip With Antonio Brown

By / January 27, 2021 / Data Science, Industry, K-12 Education, Out-Of-School STEM Programs, Sports and STEM, STEM Events

— Virtual Field Trip at EA Tiburon Studio in Orlando Connects Middle School Students Nationwide with Engineers, Animators and Designers for an Inside Look at STEM Careers Powering Madden NFL —  — #ANumbersGameVFT LIVE Twitter Chat @DiscoveryEd with Antonio Brown @AB84, @EAMaddenNFL and @NFLPA to explore how data dominates video game development — Silver Spring, Md. …

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Tata Consultancy Services and Toronto School Board Help Equip Students for Jobs of the Future

By / January 27, 2021 / Industry, International, IT, K-12 Education

TORONTO and MUMBAI, India, April 25, 2018 (PRNewswire) | Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, in partnership with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), will convene 125 students from 15 schools to compete in its annual goIT competition at the Shangri-La Hotel. TCS and TDSB have been working …

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FIRST® Championship — The World’s Largest Robotics Competition — Takes Over Houston AND Detroit in 2018!

By / January 27, 2021 / Detroit, Houston, Industry, K-12 Education, Non-Profits, Out-Of-School STEM Programs, Robotics, Spotlight, STEM Competitions

The annual FIRST® Championship, aka the Super Bowl of STEM, is a whole new ball — er robot game — this year: it’s taking place in not one, but two cities! Heading back to Houston for the second year this weekend, over 15,000 students in grades K-12, from 25 states and 42 countries, and their custom-built robots …

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ECS Learning Systems, developers of STAAR MASTER, partner with Learning Blade to prepare students in Texas for high demand STEM careers

By / January 27, 2021 / EdTech, K-12 Education, San Antonio, Texas

Learning Blade®, an Innovative STEM Interest Solution, Joins Forces with STAAR MASTER® to Prepare Students in Texas for High Demand STEM Careers April 12, 2018 — San Antonio, Texas (Business Wire) | ECS Learning Systems, a leading Integrated Standards Prep™ company in Texas and the developer of STAAR MASTER®, today announced a partnership with Learning Blade®. Learning Blade …

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Working & Living on Mars: Students Win Lockheed Martin’s Generation Beyond Competition to Design Orbiting Science Lab, Living Space for Astronauts on Mars Mission

By / January 27, 2021 / Aerospace, K-12 Education, NASA, Space, STEM Competitions, USA Science & Engineering Festival

Lockheed Martin is working on technologies that will make deep-space travel to Mars possible. As part of its Generation Beyond K-12 STEM education initiative, the company announced the winners of its nationwide contest asking students to design a Mars-orbiting space lab and living space at the USA Science & Engineering Festival this past Friday. The …

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Honeywell And Georgia Tech To Launch Innovative Software Education Program For Metro Atlanta’s Middle And High School Teachers

By / January 27, 2021 / Atlanta, Georgia, Higher Education, Industry, K-12 Education, STEM Teaching

The STEM Teacher Leadership Program at Georgia Tech will promote computer science, computation, coding and software engineering skills ATLANTA, March 22, 2018 (PRNewswire) | Honeywell (NYSE: HON) and the Georgia Institute of Technology today announced the creation of an innovative software engineering and computing training program that brings advanced teaching techniques to middle and high school teachers in Metro Atlanta. …

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Watch the Re-Play of STEMconnector’s Interview with Mae Jemison & Jennifer Sirangelo Discussing Bayer & 4-H’s Science Matters Initiative!

By / January 27, 2021 / Health, K-12 Education, Non-Profits, STEM Events, STEM Food & Agriculture

This past Friday, STEMconnector had the chance to sit down with Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space, and Jennifer Sirangelo, President and CEO of the National 4-H Council, in a live-streamed interview to discuss Bayer and 4-H’s Science Matters initiative, which hopes to raise awareness around agriculture science education. During the …

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Are We Preparing the Next Generation for Tomorrow’s Global Challenges? New Study Suggests We Have Work to Do.

By / January 27, 2021 / Diversity in STEM, Environment, K-12 Education, Non-Profits, Research and Reports in STEM, STEM Food & Agriculture

Statistics Show 80 Percent of High School Science Teachers Believe Agri-Science Is Important, but Only 22 Percent Teach It Bayer and National 4-H Council “Science Matters” Initiative Seeks to Boost Education and Interest in Agri-Science RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., March 20, 2018 (PRNewswire) | As the agriculture and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) communities celebrate National Ag Day, …

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Teen Scientists Win $1.8 Million at Regeneron Science Talent Search 2018 with Top Awards for Novel Research on Crop Blight, Vaping and Rare Disease

By / January 27, 2021 / Health, K-12 Education, Non-Profits, Science, STEM Competitions, STEM Events

TARRYTOWN, N.Y. and WASHINGTON, Mar. 13, 2018 (PRNewswire) | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Society for Science & the Public today announced that Benjamin “Benjy” Firester, 18, of New York City, won the top award in the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2018, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors. Forty finalists, including Benjy, were honored …

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Siobhan Mullen (CEO, SAS Games, Inc.): TiViTz Teacher-to-Teacher Challenge Promotes STEM Interest, Connects Classrooms

By / January 27, 2021 / EdTech, Foundations, Gaming, K-12 Education, Non-Profits, STEM Competitions

Our popular children’s math and strategy game, TiViTz, has been successfully used by educators in communities around the country as a tool to reinforce math and critical thinking concepts. In some school districts, studies suggest incorporating TiViTz as an in-class resource increases student math test scores by as many as two letter grades. These formal …

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