Hello Families!
The purpose of this page is to support you, our parent/guardian partners around STEM Education, by helping you make direct connections between STEM education in schools and the real-world. We also want to help you by providing examples of STEM educational activities and connecting those activities to organizations in and around our community.
Resources for Families Around STEM Instruction at Home
Math, STEM, Science, Engineering
Click the images below for ideas on how to easily engage with STEM at home in meaningful ways.
#PASTEMathome
National PTA
Preparing Chaperones for Outdoor Science
The Waste Free Challenge
Achieve the Core Family Guides to Support Learning
The Watershed Challenge
Science U @ Home
Department of Education: Office of Educational Technology - Parent and Family Digital Learning Guide
More coming soon! If you have any helpful links make sure to let us know so we can continue to support families in STEM.
Resource Links
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NASA _ STEM at home
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PTA _ Learn at home activities
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Focus on girls and STEM - Girlstart
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Science buddies has a lot of cool stuff.
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Middle School STEM at home.
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Engineering at home activities
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John Spencer’s Maker Challenge playlist
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Design Challenges - Teach Engineering
Articles
Kids develop STEM habits in the classroom, but they spend most of their time outside of school. That’s where parents and other adults can help to inspire, support, and continue their children’s STEM learning.
STEM is a popular acronym embodying a philosophy of education that stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. STEM and STEAM are about teaching these skills and subjects in a way that applies to real life.
Research studies across the board all seem to come to the same conclusion when it comes to family involvement: When families are involved with their children’s learning from the beginning and throughout their academic careers, students don’t just succeed — they shine.
Parents may struggle to provide home-based learning in STEM for kids. This page presents top online resources in each STEM subject, plus a list of 150 courses, websites, activities, and competitions arranged by grade level.
Mathematics and science scores on average among U.S. students are lagging behind other developing countries. Here's how STEM education can be so important to young students.