Best for grades 5-6, Forces of Flight is a Math and Science Hands-On (M.A.S.H.) kit that explores the forces that allows objects to stay aloft. Teachers and parents can use this kit to teach students about the four forces of flight. By dropping eggs and paper helicopters, constructing different parachutes, and blowing up and on balloons,…
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Congratulations to These Amazing Graduating Graduate Students!
The STEM Center would like to congratulate our amazing graduate students, Katrina, Samantha, and Morgan, who have successfully defended and will be graduating this weekend! All of us at the STEM Center are thankful for the hard work and dedication these three have demonstrated. Their work has moved our research, outreach, and education forward and…
Lesson Learned from Conversations with a Teacher
Today’s post is brought to you by Julie Okonya I first learned of the disparities that exist between students from privileged and underprivileged communities while taking a sociology course during my undergraduate studies. Although I sympathized with students from underprivileged communities, I couldn’t really understand what that meant. This was because I am a student…
Protecting Soils: A Small Step toward Protecting the Environment
Today’s blog is brought to you by Jannatul Ferdous. The more I learn about nature, the more I am humbled by its diversity. Many people may not care about the components of nature like trees, birds, plants, soil, air, and water. But, people are a component of nature and the health of trees, birds, plants,…
Citizen Science Through the STEM Center at SIUE: New GA Explains the Project
We’ve got a new blog post to share with you. Our wonderful GA, Christine, wrote a post discussing what it is like to be a graduate student working one of our Y-CITYSCI program. For this program, we are working with students to help them identify as scientists through participation in citizen science. Check out what…