Education World – Staff Writer
“The beloved TV personality Bill Nye the Science Guy is opening up about the importance of keeping teens interested in STEM no matter what the cost is. “For some high schoolers, science isn’t an abstract topic they learn about in class, but the key to solving problems that affect the globe,” according to Alexandra Pannoni of USANews. The world of science, technology, engineering and math has is being pushed by educators nationwide. Students are being encouraged to explore these subjects in the hope that they will be inspired to be the world’s next greatest STEM experts. “’If you’re on blood thinners and you get a cut, your blood is just going to flow without stopping because you don’t have the properties necessary to heal the wound,’ says Bradley Nokes, 17, who, along with fellow students at West Salem High School in Oregon, helped design a prototype of a system that could one day help people with this problem,” according to the USANews article.”(more)