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A STEMester in the Right Direction by Margaret McEwen
This year I held a STEMester for my eighth grade science students at Parish Episcopal school. After a trimester of chemistry topics, and a trimester of studying the intricacies of forces and motion,...
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AGROspeak: Farmers and the Enviromation in Kampala by Anjuli Sethi
What does understanding culture and communicating across cultures have to do with STEAM, especially with Design and Technology? In this post, Anjuli shares with us some of her work while in Uganda...
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Thesis Getaway: Weather
How do people know and perceive weather? Who gets to disseminate and output weather information? Stemming from my exploration of local weather in Wakiso, Uganda, I chose to further investigate how...
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21 Day Fall STEAM Challenge
It’s that time of the year again! The weather is starting to get cooler in Dallas, the kids are in school, and your back to your normal routine. Sometimes, though, we start to get so busy during the...
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#IwalkSTEM #PiDayMathFestival
Thank you to all who came out to celebrate math in the Dallas Arts District yesterday and to those who walked with us as we launched the walkSTEM community program! We had about 250 walkers, 20...
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Monsoons and Teaspoons by Anjuli Sethi
Chatting with a Myanmar farmer over some traditional green tea I arrived in Yangon at the very beginning of the monsoon season. It was dark, drab, and damp. I never thought I would get used to 100%...
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AGROspeak: Farmers and the Enviromation in Kampala by Anjuli Sethi
What does understanding culture and communicating across cultures have to do with STEAM, especially with Design and Technology? In this post, Anjuli shares with us some of her work while in Uganda...
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Thesis Getaway: Weather
How do people know and perceive weather? Who gets to disseminate and output weather information? Stemming from my exploration of local weather in Wakiso, Uganda, I chose to further investigate how...
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Teen Science Cafés: A Powerful Vehicle for Engaging Teenagers With STEM
This article was written by Michael Mayhew and Michelle Hall In the late 1990s, an Englishman from Leeds named Duncan Dallas started a novel program for the public called “Café Scientifique: Science...
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Math and Fiction? Math and Social Change? by Wendy Lichtman
The first time I ever played that parlor game where you’re supposed to tell three facts about yourself, one of which is a lie, I knew I’d win. The object of the game is for the other players to guess...
View ArticleHappy Holidays from talkSTEM!
Yes, it’s hard to believe another year is about to end. We are so very thankful for everyone who contributed to talkSTEM this year whether you volunteered, attended our walkSTEM tours or donated to...
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Simon Singh and Fermat’s Last Theorem
Our Founder, Koshi Dhingra, had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with Simon Singh. If you don’t know who Simon is, he is a British science author. His work contains a strong mathematical...
View ArticlewalkSTEM Turns 1!
On March 14, 2017 (Pi Day), we launched our walkSTEM initiative for the public and a few weeks before we gathered with our volunteers and docents in the Arts District. Since then, we have been growing...
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Growing Lab Girls is Here!
We are excited to announce that the Growing Lab Girls toolkit is now available for you to use! The toolkit consists of a menu of activities related to English Language Arts, Science, and Engineering....
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Our Second Annual Pi Day Math Festival!
We had such a great time at our annual Pi Day Festival at AT&T Performing Arts Center and all around the Dallas Arts District! We had over 400 people attend and we loved seeing grownups and kids...
View ArticleDeadline Extended for Growing Lab Girls Contests: June 10
We are excited to read and view all of the writing and photography contest entries. Due to demand, we are extending the deadline from the original May 31, 2018 to June 10, 2018. This change was decided...
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Winners Of Our Growing Lab Girls Contest!
We are excited to announce the winners for our Growing Lab Girls contest! Just a quick recap, the Growing Lab Girls contest had two categories. One contest was a personal science writing activity,...
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Growing Lab Girls Science Writing Contest Runner-Ups
The talkSTEM team was thrilled to receive all contest submissions and we look forward to hearing from more young women during our Nextel writing and photography contests cycle (keep an eye on our...
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Growing Lab Girls Contest Runner-Ups (continued)
Katie Weber is an 8th grader from McMillan Junior High School My favorite project that I have done in STEM so far were the leaf blower powered hovercrafts that we made towards the end of the year. The...
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Mindfully Japanese: Murakami at the Modern in Fort Worth, Rock Gardens, and more
If you are in the DFW area, make haste to visit the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth to see the exhibition, titled Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg Murakami’s Art...
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