Three Reasons Why a STEAM Education is Good for Boys
The Enable Education blog has spent a lot of time in recent months discussing how to make science and technology subjects appealing to elementary and middle school girls. That is in part because it...
View ArticleWhat Do People Want to Know? Our Top Posts for November
Ah, sweet November. For us it was a month of conferences, new projects, and visitors. We may be heading into winter, but there’s no sign of things cooling off. Here’s what sparked interest in our...
View ArticleSTEM and Storytelling: Drawing in Female Learners
I’m a STEM fan, and a storyteller myself, so I was delighted when the good people at the National Institute for Women in Trades, Technology and Science asked me to do a guest post on this subject....
View Article2013 in Review: Our Top Posts for the Year
Who says 13 isn’t a lucky number? 2013 was an incredible year here, and we want to thank everyone who guest blogged for us, sent us new and interesting ideas, and everyone who popped by for a read....
View ArticlePreschool STEM: 5 Reasons to Get Started Early
Ask childhood learning experts like Alison Gopnik, and they’ll tell you that things like experimentation, observation, comparison and categorization come as naturally to little thinkers as breathing....
View ArticleWhy Music Education is Good for Our Children: Guest Post by McMaster...
Laurel Trainor discusses ways in which the study of music can benefit a child’s brain, even at a very early age. A great deal of your research focuses on music and its impact on a child’s brain....
View ArticleSTEAM Profile: Television Producer and Artist Karina Sinclair
Technical know-how may be essential in television production, but as Karina Sinclair has learned, a strong foundation in the arts is also key. So often, I hear stories from peers about how they would...
View ArticleGIRLS Get WISE Science Summer Camp, July 2014: Guest Post
Summer camp. The words illicit thoughts of roasting marshmallows, singing campfire songs, hiking, swimming, making crafts, and playing games. So, where does STEM fit into the mix? We put STEM...
View Article5 Things We Wish Learners Knew About STEM
The best way to get a learner interested in a specific subject area is to give them an accurate snapshot of what’s involved. Too often, people avoid what they don’t know because it seems daunting or...
View ArticleWhy Arts and Sciences Need One Another- Badly!
My third year of university included a course with nothing but Shakespeare, three mornings a week (and yes, I liked it). I toted a giant-cockroach-squishing-sized anthology across campus, one that was...
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