As a middle school computer science teacher, I tell my 8th graders learning how to code helps them prepare for a world of work that doesn’t exist yet. Some students had experience using free coding activities for kids before stepping into my classroom while others were brand new to programming. Throughout the year, I loved…
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4 Tips for Keeping Teens Engaged in Science at Home
This post is sponsored by Ward’s World Since online school began, I’ve been checking in on my middle school students. They haven’t been shy about telling me how they are, how their online classes are going, and the best and worst parts of learning at home. Even kids who didn’t love school find themselves missing…
How to Keep a Love of Space Science Alive After Apollo 11 Anniversary
As the sun set on another record setting day of heat in Washington, DC, I found myself searching for a spot of grass big enough for my family in the shadow of the Washington Monument. Earlier in the day I wasn’t sure that we’d venture down to the National Mall for the Apollo 50: Go…
Regeneron Science Talent Search Rewards Promising Young Scientists
This post is sponsored by Regeneron Clipboard pressed to my body, I made myself as small as possible as I squeezed my way past fellow parents and students in the already narrow space between poster boards during our middle school’s annual STEM Night. As a parent judge, my goal was to locate and talk to…
4-H Code Your World Makes it Easy for Non-Tech Savvy Parents to Teach Computer Science
This post was written by me through an activation with HireInfluence on behalf of 4-H. Although I received compensation for participating in the campaign, all thoughts and opinions are my own. From the food we eat, gadgets we love, medicine we depend on, and the music we enjoy, computer science is all around us. There’s…
Parents: Learn to Code with Your Kids on 4-H National Youth Science Day Throughout October
This 4-H National Youth Science Day post is sponsored by HughesNet Regardless of your personal relationship with science, it’s important to provide our kids with many different experiences that expose them to a variety of STEM topics. It’s no secret that STEM education is important but it’s also critical for building future leaders and ensuring…
Legends of Learning: Free Game-Based Science Learning for Grades 3-8
This post is sponsored by Think back to the classrooms of your childhood and the days of paper and pencil tasks, memorizing facts, and trying to conceptualize big picture concepts from books, encyclopedias, and microfiche. Thankfully, education has changed and today’s 21st century classrooms are engaging, hands-on, and interactive. Teachers are skilled at finding technology…
How to Teach Fire Forensics and the Science of Fire
This post is sponsored by UL Xplorlabs My 11 year old, Thomas, is fascinated by fire. He’s been building campfires since his Cub Scout days and as an older Boy Scout, he relies on them to cook meals, for warmth on chilly days, and he loves making s’mores to end a day of camping. Thomas…
Galxyz Teaches Tweens Science Concepts Through Self-Paced Interactive Online Game & App
This is a sponsored post All kids are born curious and naturally act as scientists from a very young age but sometimes this desire to learn can get lost, especially as children get older and there’s a disconnect between science concepts and real world examples. Suddenly a subject that your child was naturally drawn to…
Who Was Your Science Mentor? Read About Mine & Honor Yours Through #SayTkU to Provide Science Education for U.S. Kids
This is a sponsored post Most moms and dads have heard the saying that parents are their child’s first teacher and indeed that was the case with my own mother. As a teacher who taught all elementary grades during her thirty plus years in the classroom, my mom not only taught hundreds of children throughout…
