The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit organizations that review, reflect, and make recommendations to help shape polices and bring solutions to pressing world problems. The organization recently published a consensus study report titled: " Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education". It is full of advice on how ...
The National Science Board is holding a discussion on the recently released public comment draft from the Committee on Equitable and Effective Teaching in Undergraduate STEM Education. The draft proposes principles for equitable and effective teaching in undergraduate STEM education. The input collected will be used to revise the principles and to inform an evidenced-based report that analyzes policies and practices and makes recommendations for action at the departmental, programmatic, and institutional levels. Public input will be used to inform revision of the principles of teaching ...
Join fellow STEM educators for Washington Global Health Alliance's virtual STEM Global Educator Workshop. This interactive and engaging session is designed to give you free activities and curriculum resources centered around COVID-19 to integrate into your virtual classrooms. The workshop content is geared toward high school science courses and is open to everyone--not just those in Washington State. The workshop sessions will feature activities tailored for high school curriculum standards. All materials have been adapted for remote teaching settings. This training is offered with the ...
DNA Barcoding and Metabarcoding for CURES Workshops Funded by the NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education Initiative The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory DNA Learning Center (DNALC), in collaboration with New York City College of Technology (City Tech), Bowie State University (BSU), and James Madison University (JMU), is offering two five-day workshops ...
In June 2019, a group of STEM educators from across the country came together to discuss a widely-misunderstood approach to laboratory work: design of experiments (DOE). DOE is a system that optimizes processes through the methodical varying of key parameters and a formalized statistical approach to analyzing and interpreting data ...
Bucks County Community College will begin 2017 by opening its new 43,000-square-foot Science center building at its main campus in Newtown Township. It features 10 laboratories, including a biotechnology suite with a main lab, tissue-culture room and instrument room; four student collaboration spaces; indoor and outdoor gathering areas; and geothermal ...
