World Cup Mania: How Students Are Using walkSTEMs to Decode Soccer
With the Men’s World Cup right around the corner, talkSTEM partnered with four teachers at three different schools to create walkSTEMs about the beautiful and dynamic sport of soccer. Teachers and...
View ArticleMathFinder app for iPads launches in App Store this Pi Day!
We hope you’re as excited as we are for Pi Day, but this year is extra special for talkSTEM because, beginning March 14, 2026, the MathFinder app will be freely available nationwide in the App Store...
View ArticleCelebrate National STEM Day With talkSTEM: Our Year In Review!
Happy STEM Day! While at talkSTEM, we believe every day is a STEM day, November 8th is a particularly perfect opportunity to put on your STEM lens and notice the science and math around you (and maybe...
View ArticleHow Teachers are Using AI to Transform Education and Take Students on STEM Walks
When you hear “Artificial Intelligence will transform education,” you might think of AI chatbots replacing teachers and tutors. Perhaps you have dystopian visions of a soulless robot teacher eating a...
View ArticleMeet the 2025 talkSTEM Ambassadors: Curiosity in Action
Every child is a STEM child. Every space is a STEM space. This fall, twenty new talkSTEM Ambassadors from across the country are putting that idea into motion, one question, one photo, and one post at...
View ArticleMathFinder Introduces new AI Math-Question Tool!
MathFinder, a key initiative of talkSTEM in partnership with Southern Methodist University, is pleased to announce a new addition to the suite of tools freely available at goMathfinder.org. The goal of...
View ArticleMumbai and Miami
Celebrating Art Deco’s 100th Birthday From Opposite Sides of The World talkSTEM is delighted to partner with Art Deco Alive in celebrating 100 years of art deco in 2025 in the Twin Cities of Miami and...
View ArticleWhy You Should Sign Up to Be a talkSTEM Ambassador
STEM is everywhere. It’s in the curve of a basketball shot, the pattern of a tiger’s stripes, the waves rolling onto a beach. The problem? Most people walk right past it without noticing. That’s where...
View ArticleDallas Teachers Test AI-Powered Tools to Spark STEM Engagement
If you’re an educator, summer break is for two things: trying to recover from the previous year while already preparing for the next one. This summer, talkSTEM and Southern Methodist University (SMU)...
View ArticleHow Generative AI Can Transform Your STEM and Math Walk Development Process
Ask any STEM educator about the biggest challenges they face, and there’s a good chance their answer will include two things: lack of time and lack of student engagement. Both time and engagement can...
View ArticleImmersive MathFinder Experiences across Dallas on Saturday, May 10
Immersive MathFinder Experiences across Dallas on Saturday, May 10 celebrating the 75th anniversary of the National Science Foundation Join the MathFinder team at our partner sites to see animals,...
View ArticleCreating During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A walkSTEM Reflection from the...
Thanks to Eric Walters, Director of STEM at Marymount School of New York and AP Physics teacher, an AP Physics class in New York created their own walkSTEM tours in New York, during the Covid-19...
View ArticleJoin talkSTEM’s First Ever Webinars
As teachers prepare to adapt to new circumstances, we are offering two STEM education webinars that are free of charge to teachers everywhere. Both webinars will showcase unique STEM activities that...
View ArticleDemocratizing STEM Education #ShutDownSTEM
In honor of #ShutDownSTEM which “aims to transition to a lifetime commitment of actions to eradicate anti-Black racism in academia and STEM,” I would like to share what I have learned about engaging...
View ArticleA message to our readers
Dear Friends and Supporters, Today, I’m writing to reflect on what is happening in our city, country, and world. I founded talkSTEM five years ago to address inequity in education and to support all...
View ArticleLearning & Teaching during the COVID-19 Time Frame – #Education
When the pandemic rolled across America affecting our everyday lives, it become evident that traditional learning was coming to an end and the school house doors were going to have to be closed for the...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Perspective for our Youth by Infectious Disease Physician, Dr. Jain
We are immensely grateful to our generous collaborator, Dr Mamta Jain, who shares her perspectives and understandings on the coronavirus pandemic with school-age children and their educators. Dr. Jain...
View ArticleCreating a Math Walk in Your Backyard – #AtHomeLearning
Dr Walkington has been a wonderful collaborator and friend of talkSTEM since before our first Pi Day Math Festival in March, 2017. We are thrilled that she included this video of how to create a math...
View ArticleThe talkSTEM Young Professional Group: Our STEM Journeys
The talkSTEM Young Professionals Group launched Fall of 2019 and strives to provide a growing network of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) professionals interested in improving...
View ArticleTeaching Computational Thinking in Middle School
How can we see objects and scenes in the real world as computing or computer science? The answer to this question is based upon a more traditional topic: seeing math everywhere. Computer science along...
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