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STEAM Lessons Reach Beyond the Classroom
Mariel Hemingway brings wisdom, grounding to local students
Models, Expos, Egg Drops, Inventions, and Haikus
This roundup of area examples is but a sampling of how STEM/STEAM learning is unfolding on campuses near you.
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Greenhill’s Design+Innovation Program Sparks Invention
Junior Isabel (Isa) Tanner set out to redefine hydration for elite athletes by creating custom needs for real time performance.
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The Hockaday School Teaches Science With a Purpose
Students partner with Joppy Momma’s Farm to test soil and water
Scots Probe Robotic Surgery, Medical Myths, Flight
Do you wonder what it’s like to be a cancer researcher, or how medical students train to use robotic surgical systems?
SMU Team Collaborates to Speed Drug Discovery
Researchers have developed a tool called SmartCADD to narrow down the chemical compounds that might be used to develop new drugs.
Steam-Powered Locomotive Learning
With an ever-increasing focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics learning, an annual model railroad holiday exhibit has loaded up STEAM-themed features and inspiration this season.
Fifth-Grade ‘Mind Masters’ Imagine Way to Eighth Place in Global Finals
A team of Park Cities fifth graders has earned top marks in Destination Imagination's Global Finals for a recyclable-recreation of the State Fair of Texas — complete with fried root beer, popcorn, a giant corndog, and State Fair icon Big Tex.
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Greenhill Senior Researches Stem Cells To Aid Leukemia Studies
Greenhill School senior Pooja Sanghvi is researching how hematopoietic stem cells – the ones that give rise to other blood cells – metabolize glucose, specifically in bone marrow.
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Would-be Doctors See Future More Clearly
Those prone to think, “My doctor looks like they are still in high school,” could have encountered a confirming sight at Scottish Rite for Children in October.
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From Classrooms to the Sky
Every 20 years, the moon travels directly between the Earth and the sun, darkening the skies for a few minutes and revealing stars and planets.
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Move Over Sports; Parish Boasts STEM Booster Club
Parish Episcopal School’s sySTEMs Booster Club brings parents together to enhance science, technology, engineering, and math programming through fundraising and volunteer work.
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Racing, Trades, and Rankings Give HPHS Math a Sporting Chance
Highland Park High School has a Sports Analytics waitlist in the Moody Advanced Professional Studies program – not for any game, but for a spot in the class.
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What Does $2,500 Buy a Dallas ISD Teacher?
As Junior League of Dallas grant winners, Grace Lloyd and Virginia Ross have earned funds for a STEM Station and robotic sensors, respectively.
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Girl Scouts Welcome STEM Superstar
Jennifer Makins, the former director of STEM education at Parish Episcopal School, is now the executive director at the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas' STEM Center of Excellence.
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Why Do We Study Science?
The Technology Association of North Texas has named Highland Park High School AP and organic chemistry teacher Wenzen Chuang a “Tech Titan of the Future.”
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Two Bit Circus Hosts Educational Carnivals
Two Bit Circus, which recently opened its second location in The Shops at Park Lane, does more than just house its “micro-amusement park.”
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Broadway Dallas Puts the Art in Dallas ISD STEAM Initiatives
Broadway Dallas “teaching artists” took to Dallas ISD high school theater classrooms in the fall to bring STEAM curriculum to students.
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Full STEAM Ahead For Robotics
The rollout of robotics programming for McCulloch Intermediate and Highland Park Middle schools began full STEAM ahead this fall, and district officials say they plan to continue to expand opportunities for students.
