Swanson and Thompson Elementary schools in Arvada, Colorado, opened two new STEM Centers with great excitement this month. The SmartLabs will provide students with the opportunity to learn the many essential skills they will need to succeed in the future workforce. Shannon Feely,…
Teacher Trevor Muir, wrote a blog on a thought-provoking topic; soft-skills are not necessarily 'soft,' they should be called 'essential skills.' To support that, five of the main reasons millennials get fired is because they lack these essential skills. Those…
Inola High School, in Oklahoma, is one of the many area schools with a SmartLab sponsored by MidAmerica Industrial Park (MAIP). They recently made a great video showcasing the students' experiences in their STEM program. Students in the video say…
"We're trying to teach kids to think creatively and problem solve, as well as using 21st century skills." Bill Welling, Chief Academic Officer, School City of Mishawaka To support Bill Welling's goals, a regional bank, Teacher's Credit Union (TCU), has…
Students from James Hart Middle School in Homewood District 153 were celebrated in the Illinois state capitol last week! Students Aaron Latman, Jessica Lyseng and Ellie Wojcikowski, along with their SmartLab Facilitator Cheri Pesina, were invited to present STEM projects…