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Our Transition to Asia by Malini Ratnam
In Myanmar We moved to Singapore from Dallas in the summer of 2012. We had spent seven much cherished years at Dallas and two very fruitful years for our son at Greenhill School. School transitions...
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Inspired by 7th Grade Science
By Ronak Dhingra My son Ronak savored his seventh grade life science class. He savored it so much that when I asked him to do some summer writing, he chose to write an essay on homeostasis. Ronak...
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Pluto!
Between flying home from vacation and dropping my daughter at camp, this week was hectic And did not allow for much time on the blog. With all the excitement this past week about...
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Girl Scouts doing STEM
by Jennifer Bartkowski, CEO of Girl Scouts of North Texas North Texas is growing. Whether it is the tax structure, the low cost of living, healthy schools, or the space for expansion, the North Texas...
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Powerful Learning Experiences Outside the Classroom
By Dr. Iolani Connolly A good school goes a long way, but what kids do and learn outside of the classroom can be just as powerful. My daughter was on her way to becoming a statistic. I know the...
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Back to School: Posts from School Leaders I
How my Engineering Degree has Helped me in My Non-Engineering Career By Esmeralda Cardoso, School Leader for the new KIPP Destiny School in Dallas, TX It is May 8, 2004, and I am sitting in the...
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Back to School: Posts from School Leaders II by Dave Monaco, Head of Parish...
ParishSTEM Offers an Opportunity for Summer Sharing (written in June, 2015) Though classes at Parish Episcopal ended over a week ago, the campus buzzes with activity. The hum of 3 D...
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Summertime is STEMtime with the STEMActivity App
by Emma Turi, Summer Fellow at Wheelock College Aspire Institute, Boston, MA. I started my summer fellowship with Wheelock College Aspire Institute in June. Since I started here, I have had the...
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talkSTEM’s Community Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Thank you to all who attended talkSTEM’s very first community event at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas on August 24. Below are some photos from the prescreening reception. It was wonderful to see...
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Labor Day Special: Chef Kent Rathbun and Systems Thinking in the Kitchen...
Chef Kent Rathbun and his herb garden at his home in Dallas, TX I had a delightful conversation with Kent Rathbun, four-time Beard Award-nominated chef and restaurateur. I’d like to add to his...
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Back to School: Posts from School Leaders III by Sandy Nobles, Director of...
STEM Night: A Dynamic Approach to Building Family Engagement Traditional open houses are great but at Momentous School, we decided that we could do more with this precious time with families. We focus...
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Chef Kent Rathbun and Systems Thinking (Part II)
This is Part II of a post based upon a conversation with Kent about his experience and perspectives on food, kitchens, his restaurants, and more. Systems Thinking was very much evident in the ways he...
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Change Makers by The Lamplighter School
Join The Lamplighter School for an inspiring “Change Makers” event Dolores Evans Speaker Series Monday, November 9, 7:00 p.m. Dallas, TX Today’s tinkerers, makers, and inventors are changing the world...
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Project-based Learning and Design Thinking I by Thom Markham
Life’s a project. We do other projects within it. Along the way we learn what we need to learn in order to complete the project goals. What would a classroom look like if it followed this authentic...
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Project Based Learning and Design Thinking II: Five Ways to Super-Charge the...
In Global Inventors, students learn to harness the power of 3D printing for social good. Are you looking for a way to jazz up the STEAM (STEM + arts) programming at your school? Try combining hands-on...
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Project Based Learning III: Building GRIT and Exposure to Adversity by Design
After the talkSTEM screening and panel discussion of the documentary film, Most Likely To Succeed, in Dallas this past August, one of the key points emerging in audience questions was an excellent one....
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Project-based Learning IV: High Tech High’s STEAMM Teacher, Scott Swaaley,...
After the talkSTEM screening and panel discussion of the documentary film, Most Likely To Succeed, in August, one of the key points emerging in audience questions was an excellent one. How do we get...
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Bedtime Math: Crazy 8s Club by Laura Overdeck and Sandy LoPiccolo
Thinking outside the box! Kids build lattices and platonic solids with glowsticks in Glow-in-the-Dark Geometry. Have you heard about Crazy 8s? It’s the new nationwide after-school club designed to get...
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Entrepreneurs and STEM: an Ayurvedic Skin Line, Skinveda
I had the chance to chat with Shilpi Jain, chemist and entrepreneur, who has launched an ayurvedic skincare line very recently, right here in the Dallas area. Here’s our conversation about her...
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Allen Distinguished Educator Program: Join a Community of Teachers as Innovators
The 7 Allen Distinguished Educators What a fantastic opportunity for innovative teachers! I hope that many will apply for the ADE Program’s new educator resource – use one of four hands-on integrated...
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