Some time last summer I got the bug to build a robot. I wanted to get my oldest daughter, age 11, involved, too. Lots of things about robots appeal to me. They are very much the nexus for a lot of cool, current and emerging technology: (more…)
Bees, or really, Honey Bees, are the subject of Jay Hosler's graphic text Clan Apis. Taking the graphic text approach, author Jay Hosler encapsulating the life cycle of honey bees within a coming of age story. […]
Doppelganger is the third of the Bloodwater Mysteries series written by Pete Hautman and Mary Logue. And of the three, Doppelganger is my favorite. Like the previous two books in the Bloodwater Mysteries series, the chemistry between Roni and her sluething friend Brian is as fun as ever. However, in this story, Roni’s unbridled drive […]
Reading between the lines, you wonder just how qualified are the applicants for those STEM, special education and foreign languages, that the jobs go unfilled. Yesterday I wrote about the task Don Mugan has taken on, up in North Dakota. His goal is to train the teachers that the school districts already have in how to teach the core STEM subjects. A good STE […]
Are teachers the weak link in introducing and teaching STEM careers to our kids? STEM, you may know, refers to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. These broad subject areas are the key's to successful careers in our kids' futures. […]