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How to make a walkSTEM video!

By Koshi Dhingra March 4, 2024General Topic

Since 2017, walkSTEM tours have evolved to develop a range of different types. Each tour can have a different focus based upon your goals – math walks, nature walks, art walks, STEM walks with a career lens, design-themed walks, computational thinking-themed...

March Mathness 2024 is here!

By talkSTEM Contributor March 1, 2024General Topic

We're happy to announce that the 2024 March Mathness challenge has officially begun! Join us as we explore the greater Dallas - Fort Worth area and discover the mathematics of the everyday world around us. Adding to the fun, each week...

Texas Girls in STEM Day is March 1

By Koshi Dhingra February 25, 2024Girls and Women in STEM/STEAM

We invite all school and after school communities across Texas to celebrate Girls in STEM Day on March 1 exuberantly – and to make it a time for meaningful activity and conversation! We hope that all students and their educators will...

March MATHness is Back!!!

By Koshi Dhingra February 18, 2024Math Learning, Our of School Learning, Place-Based Learning, talkSTEM Events & Initiatives

talkSTEM, SMU, and our partner sites are thrilled to announce the launch of the March Mathness Challenge soon. This is a great opportunity for teachers, museum and community educators, school / out of school learning site administrators, children in grades 3-12,...

A Dad is inspired by his child to innovate the teaching of Computational Thinking

By talkSTEM Contributor February 18, 2024Science/Computer Science Learning

Early education is all about creating a foundation for future learning. Since there has been formal education, it has been accepted that the 3R’s (Reading, wRiting, and “aRithmetic) were key skills. This served us well for over 100 years, but are...

Get involved in National STEM Day!

By talkSTEM Contributor November 3, 2023General Topic

Nov 8 is National STEM Day, and talkSTEM invites ALL educators and students to participate by sharing their STEM mindsets. Held annually on November 8th, National STEM Day unites communities in celebrating the importance of teaching and learning science, technology, engineering,...

Introducing talkSTEM Across Texas!

By talkSTEM Contributor September 29, 2023talkSTEM Events & Initiatives

talkSTEM is delighted to launch a series of virtual monthly meet-ups for all educators across Texas. We know so many talented, committed, innovative, and thoughtful educators in the state of Texas working in a wide variety of educational settings and we...

talkSTEM High School Interns’ Perspectives

By Koshi Dhingra September 26, 2023General Topic

talkSTEM refers to STEM as a “real-world, inquiry-based exploration of the world around us, to break down artificial barriers between disciplines” In a Women in Tech panel hosted by the University of Dallas at Texas in collaboration with talkSTEM, a STEM...

5 Tips from talkSTEM/Comerica Teacher Fellow for Elementary Math Classrooms!

By Koshi Dhingra September 25, 2023Math Learning

Engaging students in Math and STEM learning can be difficult at times - and talkSTEM is here to help. talkSTEM resources can work in conjunction with the new Eureka Math curriculum, launched this school year across the Dallas Independent School District,...

MathFinder Infusion in Summer Camp at the Dallas Arboretum

By talkSTEM Contributor September 25, 2023General Topic

We are grateful to our MathFinder partner sites and other partners who infused our open-access resources during summer camp this year. Our friends at the Dallas Arboretum shared a little about MathFinder activities during summer camp this year! The Dallas Arboretum...