Education World – Nicole Gorman
“This week, young learners are accomplishing a lot in STEM — certain evidence that the national push towards STEM learning is working. Here are some new things this week that help young learners get interested in and stay in STEM subjects. The “Pi-Bot”: The Jawaharlal sisters were always more interested in figuring out how their toys worked rather than simply playing with them…This interest in design led them into robotics and engineering studies…A new animated series created by Netflix will be featuring STEM-skilled spies to serve as role models for its young audience…While US World News contributor Andrew J. Rotherham understands that there are several factors that need to be addressed when considering getting American children interested in STEM, he encourages parents and educators to discuss real-life inspiration like NASA’s latest mission to Pluto.”(more)