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I Love My Career In STEM
It’s Valentine’s Day and love is in the air! Among the roses, cupid, and chocolates that you experience today, be sure to check out our STEM Career Gallery. Hear from real STEM professionals about why they love their STEM career. Short video interviews from an Earth Scientist to an Equine Extension Educator and everything in […]
Why STEM Jobs are Good Jobs
5 Reasons Why STEM Jobs are Good Jobs With all this talk about STEM – science, technology, engineering, and math – you might be wondering what is so great about STEM jobs. There is tremendous opportunity in STEM, and here are five statistics to prove it! Between 2017 and 2027, the number of STEM jobs […]
Girl Coders and the Glass Ceiling
Career In STEM featured as a top STEM career resource on PBS News Hour! The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and television program distributor. PBS NewsHour is a non-profit organization and is the most prominent provider of educational television programming to public television stations in the United States. In 2012, PBS teamed […]
Best STEM Books
One of the best ways to seamlessly incorporate STEM into your daily lessons is through books. For years books about technical subjects (like science, technology, engineering, and math) have gotten a bad rep, being perceived as boring, fact-heavy, and lifeless. But that is not the case with these books! Perfect for anyone ages seven and […]
LinkedIn for Teens
LinkedIn is the biggest social network for professionals across the world. Tens of thousands of young people join every month, enhancing their online profiles, sharing their thoughts, and connecting with like-minded professionals who may be able to give them a career boost. LinkedIn now has more than 500 million users registered worldwide. If you join […]
Getting Started with STEM
If you know anything about education, you have likely been hearing about ‘STEM’ for a while now. What is STEM, and why is it important? Pinterest and Instagram make it look super cool and super engaging, so naturally you may have wanted to give it a try. To get started you may have tried a […]
STEM Career Exploration 101
You’ve likely heard a lot about STEM lately; science, technology, engineering, and math. So what is all the buzz about? Simply put, STEM is an in-demand field with tremendous opportunity. STEM jobs are rising in number, expected to grow 13% by 2027 – way more than non-STEM jobs, which are expected to rise a mere [...]
New Year, New You!
Want to make a New Year’s resolution that really matters this year? Rather than weight loss, eating better, or getting more sleep, try this one – make your New Year’s resolution to be a better person. It’s no secret that the world is a bit crazy these days. If we all resolved to become a […]
America’s First Female Astronaut to Soar on Forever Stamp
The U. S. Postal Service commemorates Dr. Sally Ride (1951–2012, America’s first woman in space, a pioneering astronaut, brilliant physicist and dedicated educator who inspired the nation, on a Forever stamp. The stamp art features a colorful portrait of Ride in her light blue space suit with a dramatic depiction of a space shuttle lifting […]
Coding Her Way from Chennai to Silicon Valley
UNBOXING JYOTSNA VENKATESH, Software Engineer I grew up in India, and one of my fondest memories is riding on the back of my mom’s scooter as she took me to karate, piano, and swimming lessons. We had a shelf full of trophies that my brother and I had won, mostly mine. I’m grateful to my […]
