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How EdTech Can Help Close the NGSS Readiness Gap

October 27, 2025

With California test scores revealing that less than a third of students met the Next Generation Science Standards, districts need …

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PBLWorks TEACH™

September 25, 2025

TEACH™ is a new web-based platform from PBLWorks that makes it easier than ever to bring high-quality Project Based Learning …

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MobyMax

September 03, 2025

MobyMax offers teachers a complete and uniquely comprehensive K-8 curriculum for 27 subjects, including math, reading, phonics, language, vocabulary, spelling, …

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Science Interactive

August 25, 2025

Science Interactive is a leader in supporting effective science education for colleges and universities. With student demand for online science …

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Hopper from For The Win Robotics

March 21, 2025

Drones are revolutionizing industries like logistics, agriculture, public safety, and infrastructure inspection, yet education has struggled to keep pace with …

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For Space Students, the Launchpad Is the New Classroom

March 04, 2025

Out-of-this-world startups, hands-on learning, and STEM education. GUEST COLUMN | by Jeff Gardner As the space workforce grows and more …

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NatureEye

March 03, 2025

This cool tool offers real-time, drone-guided virtual field trips that allow students to explore some of the world’s most remarkable …

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From The Most Powerful Tech Event in the World, Some Cool Edtech

January 30, 2025

Five tools that would catch an educator’s eye. UNPACKING EDTECH | by Jodie Buenning CES is renowned as one of …

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STEM Sports K-8 Curriculum

January 28, 2025

STEM Sports® provides K-8 curricula using sports to drive STEM-based, active learning. Honored with Best of STEM awards in 2023 …

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cadaVR Anatomy from Mozaik Education

December 10, 2024

Mozaik Education and the University of Szeged’s Department of Anatomy, Histology, and Embryology collaborated to develop a next-generation, interactive, 3D …

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NextWaveSTEM

October 29, 2024

NextWave STEM is a leader in K-12 STEM education. Using the “five essentials” (leadership, self-development, team development, strategic thinking, civic-mindedness …

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Bringing Structure to Learning

October 01, 2024

An architect of small models makes a big impact on education. INTERVIEW | by Victor Rivero Brazilian architect Marcio Sequeira …

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Earth and Space Science Course

September 30, 2024

Kognity’s new course makes students active participants in the scientific process, helps them learn critical thinking, and fosters a love …

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PhET Interactive Simulations

September 06, 2024

PhET Interactive Simulations is a growing collection of 108 openly-licensed simulations for teaching science and math, from elementary school through …

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ExploreLearning Science4Us

August 05, 2024

This award-winning Cool Tool covers Inquiry, Physical Science, Life Science, and Earth and Space Science with lessons specifically designed for …

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Mystery Science by Discovery Education

July 30, 2024

The Mystery Science service is a K-5 ready-to-use multimedia science and STEM curriculum resource used in more than 50% of …

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Kognity’s High School Science Curriculum

July 19, 2024

Kognity for High School Science presents phenomena-based science in an easy and flexible way, empowering teachers to bring science to …

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RethinkEd Vizzle Academic Curriculum and Skills Suite

July 11, 2024

RethinkEd’s Vizzle solution is a comprehensive K-12 academic intervention curriculum that supports all learners. Vizzle offers engaging and challenging educational …

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Fiona and Michael Holmstrom, STEM Punks

June 11, 2024

Founded by Michael and Fiona Holmstrom, leaders in the STEM education space through pedagogy and innovative, engaging STEM programs globally. …

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VR Dissection Lab by Xennial

March 07, 2024

Welcome to Xennial’s Virtual Reality (VR) Dissection Lab, designed for Middle and High School Biology programs. This very cool tool …

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MobyMax

January 09, 2024

MobyMax offers teachers a complete and uniquely comprehensive K-8 curriculum for 27 subjects, including math, reading, phonics, language, vocabulary, spelling, …

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SPIKE Essential from LEGO Education

August 30, 2023

Teachers can excite and engage their students with LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Essential, a cross-curricular STEAM tool for grades 1-5. Through …

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TeachMe TV

August 10, 2023

Here we have an educational web-based platform that delivers original interactive standards-aligned content to both families and teachers enabling them …

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Edmentum Courseware

June 26, 2023

For over 60 years, Courseware has offered best in class, continuous learning with depth, breadth, and flexibility. Today, Courseware’s robust, …

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Scaling STEM to Solve Today’s Institutional Challenges

May 24, 2023

Lowering costs while improving course capacity and retention with digital STEM courseware. GUEST COLUMN | by Michael Bodekaer Jensen College …

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Twig Science Next Gen

March 07, 2023

Here is a complete pre-K–8 STEM program built for the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). It provides comprehensive coverage of …

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Teachers Pivot to Help Millions More Students

December 05, 2022

Science, physics educator duo team up to tackle curriculum and instruction. INTERVIEW | by Victor Rivero Peter Bohacek and Matthew …

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Think You Can Escape the Coming Metaverse? Think Again.

October 25, 2022

Five benefits to increasing digitalization of the higher ed experience. GUEST COLUMN | by Michael Bodekaer Jensen A historic U.S. …

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Lt from ADInstruments

June 17, 2022

Here’s an interesting and quality cool tool: “Lt” is a cloud-based learning platform that enables educators and their students to …

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Slooh Space Exploration Grant

August 31, 2021

Looking for a powerful way to engage students in STEAM learning while helping to build their scientific knowledge and practices? …

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CoderZ

July 26, 2021

CoderZ is the ultimate platform for learning coding giving students the opportunity to learn online with engaging, gamified solutions, challenges …

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Maple Calculator

July 14, 2021

The Maple Calculator is a free app-based calculator from Maplesoft, the company behind one of the world’s most powerful …

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The State of STEM: A Guide for Educators & Parents

December 15, 2020

NOTE TO EDUCATORS | by Mark Gura [The passage below is excerpted from, “A Real-World Opportunity: Some background, purpose, and …

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STREAM Missions

November 20, 2020

Adding the ‘skillful reading’ part to the STEAM curriculum. CLASS NOTES | by Mark Gura Each semester, I invite a …

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STEM Connect from Discovery Education

August 18, 2020

Built to bring STEM to life and enhance core curriculum, STEM Connect helps students develop the creative, critical thinking, communication, …

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Student Robotics 2019: An Educator’s Guide

October 29, 2019

In our inaugural Educator’s Guide, 90 pages of rich and riveting robotics, coding, and real-world relevant learning—featuring exclusive interviews with …

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How Cross-Curricular Lessons Inspire Critical Thinking

October 11, 2016

Connecting STEM with social studies and literature, students discover meaningful collaboration. GUEST COLUMN | by Kimberly Greene Cross-curricular? Critical thinking? …

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Cool Tool | Cogent Education

May 16, 2016

Cogent Education creates Interactive Cases, which provide engaging real-world scenarios in which high school students take the role of a …

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Cool Tool | The Week in Rap Junior

September 09, 2015

Used by over 35,000 schools to engage students and increase achievement across the curriculum, Flocabulary creates educational hip-hop videos, interactive …

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Cool Tools | Smithsonian Video Series

November 04, 2014

The Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access presents “Explore with Smithsonian Experts,” a free video series for educators and …

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