STEM Education

Students working on a paper STEM projects

Failure IS an Option

Student meltdowns at perceived failures, especially in STEM class have become quite common. Here are some tips and lessons to teach students to “fail successfully” and to deal with setbacks that are a crucial part of growth and learning.

students reading at a table together

Make Your Book Club STEM-sational!

As a former Language Arts teacher and now STEM teacher, I am combining my skills to make my after school bookclub STEM-sational. With a little out of the book thinking, you can, too!

Computer laptop with STEM learning items

Teaching Critical STEM Skills on All Three Levels of Learning

STEM education elicits different images depending on the background of the individuals surveyed. The majority of educators can identify that STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Unfortunately, many educators do not see themselves as STEM educators if their teaching assignment does not fall within one of these categories.