The 6 Best Coding Resources for High School Students
Are you looking to learn how to code? Here are 5 top coding resources that will help you learn how to code like a pro. These resources are from the National STEM Honor Society Resources section of our website for members. 1. Scratch Scratch is a vis …
3 Engaging Wind Power Projects for Middle-School Students
Photo courtesy of Pixabay Looking for ways to introduce lessons on renewable energy to your middle-school students? Bringing kids into the conversation early shows them how important renewables are and how they can get involved right now. Below you’ll …
3 Easy Composting Projects for K-2 Students
For K-2 kids, nothing is more fun than digging in the dirt. So why not turn a messy playtime activity into a fun lesson on sustainability? A composting experiment is a great tool for teaching children ways to reduce the amount of waste sent to …
Best Upcoming Educational Conferences for Educators
Image Credit by Claudio Schwartz Educational Conferences, a dime of a dozen?As a reader, the word conference may stir some intriguing ideas; mass gatherings, monotonous lectures, and a futile way to spend time. Well, educational conferences are the epi …
Three Summer Programs for Teachers to Consider this Year
Image Credit by JESHOOTS With Summer around the corner and schools approaching the end of another semester, both students and teachers are developing plans for the free time on hand. For teachers, there are many summer programs out there that allow tea …
The Future of Microchips in America
Microchips have been used in the technology that we use on a daily basis for decades now. From your old game consoles to the most high-end desktop setups, microchips are the backbone or the motherboards of our technology. You might not know that here i …
A Deeper Look at the Unknown
Image Credit by Pixabay For years, scientists have been trying to explore outside of our beloved planet, to seek out new possibilities or other unknown life forms that exist. People were curious about what our stars and galaxies looked like. As we cont …
Discovering Talents
Many people struggle to find their talents. Coming into high school, society puts a lot of pressure on high school students to figure out their hobbies or future career path. Discovering one’s talent while going through many challenges that come with b …
LLCipher Summer Program Introduces Students to Cryptography
Image Credit by Lakshya Jain Last week, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory hosted a one-week program introducing high school students to cryptography, a technique for securing data. This free program was held in person a …
Best STEM Middle Grade Books
When studying STEM, children often tend to read lots of non-fiction books. However, there are plenty of fun fiction books that can be used to gain a child’s attention and provide them with the STEM knowledge that they need. Here are some STEM-related f …
Ways to Motivate Students During Hot Summer Months
Image Credit by Zen Chung With summer just around the corner, people are planning trips or vacations to relieve themselves of school and workplace stress. Students are mostly ecstatic to have the two and a half months’ time to do the things they want. …
A New World Outside Of Our World
Have you ever wondered what the world outside of our planet looks like? Did you know that the size of the observable universe is 93 billion light-years in diameter, and that it is nowhere near close to the actual size of the entire universe (The Nine P …
The Role of the Basolateral Amygdala
The basolateral amygdala is a part of the brain that has almost been only studied for its responses to fear and emotion. Recently, researchers have begun to study how the basolateral amygdala affects memory and behavior. A team of neuroscience research …
Are Traditional Student Exams Obsolete?
Most students are used to taking end-of-term exams. These exams are critical because they account for a large percentage of every student’s final course grade. However, end-of-term exams can be stressful for students because often, the students are try …
The World’s Fastest Computer
The Frontier supercomputer located at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been named the world’s fastest supercomputer! This achievement was announced on May 30, 2022 by TOP500, a ranking of the world’s 500 fastest performing c …
Stem Diversity in the U.S Navy
Over the past few years, the US Navy has made it its mission to diversify their ranks. While they have been improving, their high STEM degree requirement poses an obstacle to this goal. People from different genders, ethnicities, and backgrounds are g …
Virtual STEM Summer Camps 2022
Virtual STEM camps are a great way for you to learn while having fun during the summer. These camps allow you to have valuable experiences that will help prepare you for the increasingly technology-driven world. If you have an interest in science, tech …
Pi Day
March 14th, or 3/14, marks Pi day, a day to celebrate everyone’s favorite irrational number! But there’s way more to this infinite string of digits than just calculating circumferences.Therefore, this March 14th, let’s all take a moment to recognize wh …
World Ocean Day
World Ocean Day is on June 8! On World Ocean Day, people all over the world come together to celebrate and protect the oceans of our planet. Because of human-caused climate change, oceans are facing big challenges. Pollution like plastic trash and oil …
New Research Uncovers Link Between Social Media and Dissociation
On May 3rd, 2022, researchers from the University of Washington revealed results from a study entitled, “I Don’t Even Remember What I Read”: How Design Influences Dissociation on Social Media. The focus of the study was normative dissociation. Normativ …
World Environment Day 2022
Get ready! June 5, 2022 is World Environment Day! It is a day dedicated to spreading worldwide awareness and encouraging action to protect our environment. Environmental organizations and people all over the world will be celebrating the day by hosting …
BeBot: New eco-friendly robot to clean beaches
Vivien Chen 5/21/22 Pollution is a serious problem on beaches. Many coastlines are littered with plastic bags, cigarette butts, water bottles, and more. This waste can choke seabirds, contaminate the water, and harm marine animals. People have been lo …
Deposit Return Schemes Can Benefit the Environment
Deposit return schemes: you buy your delicious beverage, drink it, and return the bottle to the store in exchange for some money! In addition to saving money and encouraging you to return to the store, these deposit return schemes can also help the env …
Salamanders glide like skydivers
In the forests of northwestern California, there lives a species of salamander called the “wandering” salamander. These tan, mottled salamanders have a special ability: they can control their falls by gliding like a skydiver. These wandering salamande …
