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STEAM: Enabling the Engineering Habits of Mind through CREATIVITY

 A week does not pass that I don’t receive an inquiry or two about STEAM. What is it? How do […]

August 31, 2015 2 2

My Ticket to Mars!

Click on the link below and see my ticket to Mars as my name will be added to those going […]

August 25, 2015 0 2

ARE WE MISSING THE STEAM BOAT?

I just finished reading a very important article from SLATE writer and Future Tense researcher, Anna Feldman. It is HERE.  This article is important as it […]

June 30, 2015 0 3

CREATIVITY!! You Can’t Just Tell Someone To Be Creative!

The debate over education reform is ongoing. Everyone has a stake in the game, and after all, it is about our children, our future, […]

June 17, 2015 0

What Does It Mean To Say STEAM?

What Does It Mean To Say STEAM? (Click to read) Post reprinted from: Enhancing STEM: The Arts Effect

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STEM or STEAM – What Does It Really Mean and How Do We Do It?

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March 3, 2015 0

DESIGN, RHYTHM AND MOVEMENT: KEY COMPONENTS OF STEM

Entice, engage, enhance and expect results?  We all know and understand that STEM education needs to be a part of […]

December 10, 2014 1 1

ENHANCING STEM: The Arts Effect

Please review our pilot project and consider your needed and valuable support.  This work is research based and will build […]

December 4, 2014 0

TO AP or NOT AP — Are AP Courses a “Value Added” to STEM Education?

There are many questions in my mind today as a parent of a high school senior. I wonder if his […]

October 29, 2014 2

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