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Blogs, Math Learning, Out of School Learning, Science/Computer Science Learning
Fun STEM learning opportunities are bountiful this Thanksgiving!
Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash Holiday season is in full swing! We hope you’ll enjoy these fun Thanksgiving STEM activities! walkSTEM...
Blogs, Girls and Women in STEM/STEAM, Growth Mindset in STEM, Out of School Learning, Social and Emotional Learning, Teaching Strategies, Videos
Mindfulness to Boost Creativity in STEM Learning
Photo by Matteo Di Iorio on Unsplash Did you know that certain mindful practices, like meditation, can actually boost creativity? Creativity goes...
Five ways to get your Kids to Create, Design, Engineer, and do real-world STEM activities in Halloween Photo by Maddy Baker on Unsplash It’s that...
Blogs, Growth Mindset in STEM, Math Learning, Out of School Learning, Place-Based Learning, Science/Computer Science Learning, Teaching Strategies
How to Use the Outdoors to Teach STEM this Fall
This year, fall is looking very different from the previous years. With extended time of children learning at home, it is more important than ever to...
Blogs, Careers in STEM/STEAM, Girls and Women in STEM/STEAM, Growth Mindset in STEM
Hear from PepsiCo’s Global R&D Director, Dr. Deepali Palta about her STEM journey and that of a potato chip
PepsiCo and STEM may not be synonymous, but they definitely merit cross-referencing. Trust me on this one, as I believe my experience offers a...
Blogs, Growth Mindset in STEM, talkSTEM Events & Initiatives
Call to Action for Young Professionals!
Calling all young professionals from varied fields! Do you work in a STEM field such as cyber security, digital marketing, financial services...
Blogs, Girls and Women in STEM/STEAM, Growth Mindset in STEM
Dear #ScienceFair Kid – A #STEM Mindset Entry
Monisha Veerapaneni shares her perspective on participating in science fairs as a kid. We’re the nerdy ones. We’re “those” kids. We’re the...
Blogs, Math Learning, Teaching Strategies
Using EdPuzzle and talkSTEM videos to Engage Mathematics Students in School
As teachers across the country look to make the shift from traditional classrooms to online learning, they are presented with an opportunity to take...
Blogs, Growth Mindset in STEM, Math Learning, Out of School Learning, Place-Based Learning, Science/Computer Science Learning, Teaching Strategies
Modeling the World Around Us: A Great Activity to Build Computational Thinking in Middle Schoolers #STEMEducation #CareersinSTEM
This project was done for a University of Texas at Dallas class on modeling and simulation. For a similar blog post on computational thinking...
About the Founder & CEO
Dr. Koshi Dhingra has dedicated her career to STEM education and is passionate about having every child live up to their potential. Seeing a lack of girls and other underrepresented youth in STEM programs, she founded talkSTEM in 2015 to address the imbalance. She has a doctorate in science education from Teachers College, Columbia University, has years of experience teaching in graduate and undergraduate programs, and has held leadership roles in universities. She advises and collaborates with a broad range of educational institutions globally. Dr. Dhingra began her career teaching science in middle and high school in New York. She lives in Dallas, Texas with her husband, three children, and two dogs.
