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Google Time for Me: Hour of Code (Dec 7-13)
Although I am an advocate for STEM and STEAM Education, I have to confess that I have zero background in coding. In fact, coding is shrouded in mystery for me. Very recently, however, I was inspired...
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Your Tacit Knowledge: Maker Movements are Growing Up
Why does the right nurse make all the difference to your care? Why does your pasta sauce not taste quite as good as your mom’s despite using the same ingredients and the same methods? What about the...
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Grateful
Here’s wishing the talkSTEM community a Happy Thanksgiving. I am grateful to each of you, to your interest in the doing and learning of STEM education. Please visit our Facebook page and/or follow us...
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Reinventing Math Education in CA – Jan 2016
Constructing Modern Knowledge and The Willows Community School are producing a very special event at The Willows Community School in Culver City, CA this January 4th, 2016. Reinventing Mathematics...
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Conversation with Author of “Invent To Learn”– Part I
Sylvia Libow Martinez and Gary Stager have written an influential and powerful book, Invent To Learn, that provides school leaders, educators and parents with tools and insights to guide them as they...
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Conversation with author of “Invent To Learn”- Part II
Sylvia Libow Martinez and Gary Stager have written an influential and powerful book, Invent To Learn, that provides school leaders, educators and parents with tools and insights to guide them as they...
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STEAM I: Conversation with author, Ali Benjamin (on National Book Award Long...
Happy Holidays everyone! Since many of us are looking for holiday gifts for our middle schoolers, this is part I of a series of posts about STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Math)....
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STEAM II: Book Reviews by the Dhingra Brothers
Happy Holidays, Everyone! Here are two books, reviewed by Ronak and Tej Dhingra – in case you are looking for some good reads on your holiday list! Book Review: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by...
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Thank you for reading and participating in the talkSTEM community. Warm wishes from the talkSTEM team for a peaceful and healthy 2016 with many opportunities for fascinating conversations about the...
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Conversation with Andrew Frinkle, Teacher and Writer
I came across Andrew’s books on Amazon recently and found them to be a valuable resource when contemplating fun STEM activities to do in the classroom or at home. If you like the idea of project-based...
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Women in STEAM at the Dallas Contemporary, Jan 22, 6PM
Please Join us for a Festive Evening with Great Art and Conversation. The event is FREE but Advance Registration is required: www.talkSTEM.org
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STEM to STEAM: Artful Thinking by Carolyn Armbruster
“I will incorporate the routines we practiced into my science lessons. I plan to use art as a basis for teaching the routines because it will be a new context for their thinking in my class.” -Science...
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An Evening Honoring Women in STEAM at the Dallas Contemporary
Mark your Calendars! As you know talkSTEM and the Dallas Contemporary are hosting a community event (FREE) at the Dallas Contemporary this coming Friday, January 22, 2016. This is going to be a truly...
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An Evening Honoring Women in STEAM
It was wonderful to see everyone who attended our special event, An Evening Honoring Women in STEAM, at the Dallas Contemporary on Friday evening! It was a festive and inspiring evening....
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Eight Grade Physical Science: The Power of Choice and Time by M. McEwen
Students began the chemistry unit with a review of the structure of an atom and the basic organization of the periodic table. Standard stuff for a middle school physical science unit right? In order to...
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Hack[ed: An Educational Hackathon on Feb 26 and 27
By Christina Carlisle (NTEC) and Jennifer Makins (Parish Episcopal School) Parish is proud to partner with leaders in the North Texas community to provide a fun, engaging, and hands on introduction to...
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Seeing Math through Mime by Tanya & Tim Chartier
Mathematics lives largely in an unseen world. Mathematicians see the relationships of such entities without physical interaction. In his book, The Math Gene, Keith Devlin writes: “The difference is...
View ArticleFlip Book of An Evening Honoring Women in STEAM
Flip Book of An Evening Honoring Women in STEAM talKSTEM has created a flip book to commemorate An Evening Honoring Women in STEAM hosted by talkSTEM & Dallas Contemporary.talkSTEM supports and...
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Incentivizing Questioning Part I: A Dad’s Story, by Rohit Sharma
Rohit is an old and dear friend who, in addition to being a brilliant scientist and doctor, is wonderfully well read in a wide variety of fields and genres, and enjoys a wide range of activities...
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Summer Chess Camps in the DFW Metroplex by Dr. Alexey Root
Cover of Dr Root’s newest book Chess is one way to practice the thinking processes used in science and math. As I wrote in my book, Science, Math, Checkmate: 32 Chess Activities for Inquiry and Problem...
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