Continuing on my mission to justify STEM into STEAM, it is important to talk about specifics. What skills does STEAM […]
Archive for ‘STEAM’
Working my nerves over STEAM
No acronym is perfect. We use them because of our excessive need to categorize everything. I suggest we accept the […]
IT’S NOT CREATIVE or SMART….IT’S CREATIVE AND SMART
As a student growing up, I remember distinctively the differences between my brother and I. He was smart and I […]
Moving Forward . . . Change THEIR World
After the dawn of a new year, and the beginning of the second term of America’s first African-American President, it […]
Pink Legos? Yes, there are pink Legos! The Latest Controversy?
Toys have always fascinated me. Children learn from play and it helps to formulate their ideas, devise challenges and of […]
STEM plus the ARTS –
What does STEAM do for STEM? As a society that loves to jump on trends, often we […]
Musings of an Educator on a Mission – How To Make STEM a Reality
My passion is to improve education. Since I was young, I realized that education was the ticket to improving poverty […]
ART with SCIENCE-SCIENCE with ARTS — Justify Studying the ARTS?
This morning I saw this blog published two days ago on the New York Times blog about the benefits of […]
Curiosity as Inspiration — The Rover Roves!
I hope you are following the progress and success of the Mars Science Laboratory Rover Curiosity as she begins her […]
Are we trying to minimize or maximize potential?
Recently, several articles claim that students don’t need to learn Algebra, or at least they ponder the question of what […]
Ruth Catchen Reach for the Stars! 