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Instagram Curiosities are here!

By talkSTEM Contributor June 21, 2023General Topic

Introducing our newest summer initiative open to ALL teachers. Summer is a great time to be curious – and now we want us to create a collective #STEMlens that we can all share and use to inspire and delight students in...

Our Interns Kick Off the talkSTEM Summer 2023 STEMlens Challenge for High Schoolers

By Koshi Dhingra June 8, 2023General Topic

As the school year come to a close, we at talkSTEM are eagerly looking forward to everything that the summer has to offer! Summer is a great time to explore, and we are excited to present our summer 2023 STEMlens Challenge,...

This Mother’s Day, we’re connecting fashion and STEM with Vita Isola and other women entrepreneurs

By talkSTEM Contributor April 19, 2023Girls and Women in STEM/STEAM, talkSTEM Events & Initiatives

STEM fields and fashion are more connected than we might think. From material science to technology and sustainability, STEM plays a vital role in shaping the future of fashion. As we continue to innovate and develop new technologies and materials, the...

Take a Math Walk at the Twelve Hills Nature Center!

By talkSTEM Contributor March 8, 2023Math Learning, Our of School Learning, Place-Based Learning, talkSTEM Events & Initiatives, Videos

We’re excited to announce a new series of MathFinder educational videos featuring and filmed at the Twelve Hills Nature Center, a wonderful blackland prairie restoration project and gardens right here in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas! You can now take...

A Welcome to STEM at Voice of Hope

By talkSTEM Contributor March 8, 2023General Topic

Voice of Hope has teamed up with Mathfinder (our NSF-funded initiative in partnership with SMU and others) and talkSTEM to create a math walk on its beautiful campus in West Dallas, together with a new series of short video guides that...

Art and STEM Combine at the DMA!

By talkSTEM Contributor March 8, 2023Math Learning, Our of School Learning, Place-Based Learning

Now you can go on a Math Walk at the Dallas Museum of Art. We are excited to launch a new series of video guides exploring the connections between STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) and art. You can go on...

Let the March MATHness begin!

By talkSTEM Contributor March 1, 2023Our of School Learning, talkSTEM Events & Initiatives

March is here, and with it comes the newest initiative from talkSTEM and MathFinder – the March Mathness Challenge! We’ve compiled our walkSTEM tours of Dallas (and added a few new ones!) into a competition to explore and engage with Math...

Taking a Math Walk at the Dallas Arboretum with an Informal Educator – Part 2

By talkSTEM Contributor February 20, 2023General Topic, walkSTEM®

After visiting all these places, I wanted to understand a little bit more about how to create my own walkSTEM stop. So, I went to a place in the Arboretum where I love to sit and watch – the koi pond...

Taking a Math Walk at the Dallas Arboretum with an Informal Educator – Part 1

By talkSTEM Contributor December 1, 2022General Topic, Videos, walkSTEM®

Somewhere, a student is sitting in their math class thinking, “Why am I learning this? I’ll never use this in real life.” I remember questioning the purpose of memorizing the quadratic formula or calculating how many apples Stacy ate. My perspective...

Reflecting on the 12th Annual mEducation Alliance Symposium in Washington DC

By Koshi Dhingra November 17, 2022General Topic

Hello from talkSTEM! At the beginning of this month we were honored to receive the Math Power Prize at the 12th Annual mEducation Alliance Symposium in Washington, DC. Not only that, but we were thrilled to be able to present on-stage...