talkSTEM in the Media & News

Placed-based learning provides a way for high school students to directly engage with scientific phenomena in their daily lives.

An example of an after-school club activity gives educators some tools and suggestions to implement such an approach in their schools. (restricted to NCTM members only)

Bringing Math to Life — The National Science Foundation has awarded a new $2.5 million grant to SMU math curriculum researcher Candace Walkington (above right). Throughout the five-year grant, Walkington is partnering with talkSTEM, a Dallas-based nonprofit that offers STEM learning resources for kids of all ages, to better understand how educators can offer a math education outside the classroom (its founder and CEO Koshi Dhingra is above left). The first year will be focused on developing Mathfinder, a gamified app that leverages augmented reality to turn a cell phone or tablet into an interpretive math tool. Learners can use their camera to view mathematical expressions layered over real-world objects, or explore short videos for STEM walks at nine local learning sites, including the Dallas Arboretum and Frontiers of Flight Museum. The talkSTEM team will gather data to correct roadblocks to learning.

Families, students and educators are invited to participate in Family Explorers’ Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM)-integrated walking tours , Oct. 22 through Dec. 31, 2020.

Executives from Texas Instruments, talkSTEM, and The Beck Group are among those recognized.

Local educators created videos and printable activities to help caregivers get their kids engaged in STEM this summer.

Teachers, students and families from around the Dallas-Fort Worth area are invited to participate in the fourth annual Pi Day Math Festival where real-life applications of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) are on full display by nearly two dozen exhibitors.

As part of a national initiative to increase literacy and promote math and science learning, JGD Publishing has partnered with talkSTEM, a Dallas nonprofit, to donate 1,000 copies of “Good Night Dallas walkSTEM Edition” to local elementary schools as well as coordinating “read alouds” to Pre-K and Kindergarteners around the city.

An engaging activity encourages students to explore math in everyday spaces like parks and school campuses.

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