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Friday, August 27, 2010 10:23 AM

Honor Inventors in August

August is National Inventors Month and what better way to honor those brave and creative individuals, who have invented and continue to invent products and solutions that change our lives, than with a month dedicated to them. In tribute to inventors, we wanted to list the top five inventions that have helped to construct, maintain, and equip our top products. Glue - Although different varieties of glue have been used with dates that go back thousands of years B.C., glue is continuously being reformulated...
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Friday, July 02, 2010 4:24 PM

A Decade of MATHCOUNT Honors in the Oval Office

Honoring math students in the Oval Office has been a tradition for 10 consecutive years now, but many presidents have welcomed these champions. President Barack Obama and former Presidents George W. Bush, William Clinton, George Bush, and Ronald Reagan have all honored MATHCOUNT champs in that same office. To become a MATHCOUNT champion requires an extraordinary student and an excellent coach who are very deserving of a private meeting with the President. At the National competition - held on May...
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Friday, May 21, 2010 9:26 AM

Survey Shows that Parents Need Help Talking Science with their Children

How many teachers reading this wish that your students' parents had more opportunities to get their children involved in science? Well, you are not alone. According to a recent survey, 500 teachers were asked that similar question and 94% of them agreed. In the same survey, though, more than half of the 506 parents involved in the survey acknowledged they could use more help to assist their child's knowledge in science. The survey, conducted by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA...
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Thursday, May 13, 2010 4:26 PM

Alternative thinking leads to new T-Bot design

The beauty of learning hands on is that it encourages alternative thinking - thinking that leads outside of the textbook or outside of the classroom even. It opens possibilities and provides experience and a deeper understanding. Hands-on learning allows students to come up with alternative solutions and recognize that there is more than one way to do the same thing. Our T-Bot II is a very amazing educational tool, teaching students the concepts of hydraulics, simple machines, and the fundamentals...
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Friday, April 09, 2010 10:19 AM

Higher Salaries for Engineers in High Demand

The following article from The Star Ledger, reported that according to a national survey, companies are willing to pay higher salaries for Engineers who are in high demand. College students graduating with math-related degrees this year are expected to command the highest starting salaries, according to a national survey released yesterday. Engineering disciplines dominated the list of top-paid bachelor's degrees , occupying eight of 10 spots in the National Association of Colleges and Employer's...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 4:02 PM

STEM and Sustainability in one Program

How many programs can say that it takes at-risk kids and prepares them for real-world experiences in a STEM field while focusing on sustainability and the impact on the student's environment all at the same time? My guess is probably not too many. But at Bronx Guild High School, they have an educational program titled GreenFab , and it is exactly that type of program. GreenFab is different from other educational programs in other ways as well. The students experience STEM subjects by real people...
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