STEM Everyday

Mark French, Principal of Gatewood Elementary in the Hopkins Public Schools in Minnesota, is enhancing his knowledge and skill in using technology to increase teachers’ confidence, student learning, and communication. Outside of school, he enjoys cooking on weekends, traveling, and reading.  Mark is also a strong believer in #principalsinaction and making "good news calls" home to famili...

camping /'kampiNG/ noun: the activity spending a vacation living in a camp, tent, or camper. Camping is a great way to open doors to a place that can bring so much to a persons life.  How many kids, young and old, have ever had a s'more fresh off the camp fire?  Or cooked a hot dog on a stick?  Looked up at a night sky and wondered.? Not to mention, camping is a great way to get unplugge...

 Perhaps the greatest technological achievement in human history was in 1969 when the Apollo 11 mission traveled to and landed on the moon.  Connections to amazing events in history can make moments in our lives extra special.  For Chris one of his connections is his birthday on the seventh anniversary of this landmark event. Keep up with NASA events at: www.nasa.gov/nasalive Chris Woods is the ho...

  As we celebrate Independence Day, we thought this would be a great opportunity to take a look back to a special episode of the STEM Everyday podcast.   In this episode, Chris interviewed his grandpa Gene "Herb" Clark, who was born on Christmas day in 1925.  He graduated high school at the age of sixteen.  In the Navy, Gene studied radio communications, which led to some amazing career...

Dr. Christine Cunningham's work focuses on one key question: How can the teaching of engineering and science change so that it benefits and includes diverse populations?  Before launching EiE in 2003, she was director of engineering education research at Tufts University; she also directed the first national longitudinal study of the factors that help women persist in college engineering majo...

Jenna Mercury received her Masters of Science Education (K-8) from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA.  She joined Science4Us after dedicating 15+ years of teaching science in the classroom in both public and charter schools.  Her experience includes teaching at a 1:1 iPad school as well as being a part of the iPad pilot development team several years prior to the implementation.  Jenna was select...

It is that time of the year. The temperature is getting hotter, family and friends over for a BBQ, baseball is in full swing, and SCHOOLS OUT FOR THE SUMMER!  It is also a great time to be thinking about STEM.  Chris shares some ideas for fun STEM activities to keep kids brains working with STEM over their summer break. Find some lists of 77 ideas for summer here: dailystem.com/resources/   Chris...

Tony Tatangelo is in his second year teaching kindergarten in Iron Mountain, MI.  He has a wide range of teaching experience from early kindergarten to college.  Tony is a graduate of Northern Michigan University.  For the kids in Iron Mountain, kindergarten is not the same.  Tony is adding activities like 3D printing, coding, hydroponics, or just going out digging up some dirt and looking to see...

  Daniel Mares has a wide ranging experience using and implementing technology into his lessons.  He is currently an Instructional Technology Coordinator and a Social Studies teacher in K-12 in Michigan.  Daniel also focuses on the most important thing in education, relationships. Connect with Daniel: Website www.mrmares.com Twitter @danieltmares LinkedIn   www.linkedin.com/in/danieltmaresedu Chri...

Mary Ann Rogers Lamberth is a STEM instructor with Film and Broadcasting at The STEM Academy in Savannah, Georgia.  Participants use problem-based, project-based learning in a collaborative, modified flipped classroom to plan, create, and present film and broadcasting products while analyzing the film-making and broadcasting process and evaluating respected films from the American and internationa...

  teacher: one that teaches; especially: one whose occupation is to instruct. Everybody has an idea of what that big important job looks like and how they will achieve that goal when they grow up.  But does Teacher ever top that list?  If you really look at it is there any bigger more important or impactful job than taking on the role of educating the future?  Chris takes a little time to talk abo...

 Roopesh Shenoy is CEO and Co-Founder of Makkajai, the home of "Monster Math."  Monster Math is a game which uses story lines to engage students and help them practice and learn over forty skills in math. The game is fully customizable to suit your student's aptitude and you can choose between basic and advanced skills with a simple toggle. Connect with Roopesh & Monster Math: W...

Fresh off of attending and presenting at the 2017 MACUL conference in Detroit, MI., Chris gives his thoughts on the[...] The post STEM Everyday #57: Education Conferences appeared first on Remarkable Chatter . Support the show

Buzzword:  a word or phrase, often an item of jargon, that is fashionable at a particular time or in a particular[...] The post STEM Everyday #56: Education Buzzwords appeared first on Remarkable Chatter . Support the show

On episode #55 Chris talks with Maureen Marcoux.  Maureen is Business Development manager with Ardusat.  Ardusat gets excited about providing[...] The post STEM Everyday #55: Maureen Marcoux from Ardusat appeared first on Remarkable Chatter . Support the show

  On episode 54 of the STEM Everyday podcast, Chris connects with Allison Bischoff.  Allison and Jessica Gordon founded the[...] The post STEM Everyday #54: Allison Bischoff appeared first on Remarkable Chatter . Support the show

This week on the STEM Everyday podcast, Chris connects with Jeff Bush from windows 10 key Online Kent Innovation High[...] The post STEM Everyday #53: Jeff Bush appeared first on Remarkable Chatter . Support the show

Chris chats with Amy Farkas while at MACUL 2016.  Amy talks about her journey from working within the industry to[...] The post STEM Everyday #52: Amy Farkas appeared first on Remarkable Chatter . Support the show

In episode #51 of the STEM Everyday podcast Chris introduces was you can introduce STEM activities into your Valentine’s day[...] The post STEM Everyday #51: Valentine’s Day Special appeared first on Remarkable Chatter . Support the show

#50 for STEM Everyday so why not jump into an immersive intergalactic adventure.  Go deeper into fun science concepts when[...] The post STEM Everyday #50: Osman Rashid appeared first on Remarkable Chatter . Support the show

Chris talks with Teri Bauerly.  Teri teaches 6-8 grade STEM and Ed Tech classes at Spearfish Middle School in South Dakota.[...] The post STEM Everyday #49: Chris talks with Teri Bauerly about coding in the classroom appeared first on Remarkable Chatter . Support the show

Teresa Gonczy is an entrepreneurial leader and enthusiastic educator, who is passionate about building communities where kids and adults feel capable[...] The post STEM Everyday #48: Teresa Gonczy appeared first on Remarkable Chatter . Support the show

Dr. Raina’s research focuses on innovation diffusion, social media, and resuscitation science.  Her work involves development and testing of health related[...] The post Dr. Raina Merchant from the Penn Social Media Lab On Social Media Health – STEAMrollrs Special Edition (STEM Everyday #46) appeared first on Remarkable Chatter . Support the show

Horse Lover’s Math uses real-life stories about horses to generate math questions.  Deborah Stacey developed horse lover’s math to bring children,[...] The post Horse Lover’s Math (STEM Everyday #47) appeared first on Remarkable Chatter . Support the show

Imagine a combination of pen pals, PBL, Tom’s Shoes, and STEAM. That’s the idea of Level Up Village, a program[...] The post Level Up Village (STEM Everyday #45) appeared first on Remarkable Chatter . Support the show