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"The kids at Benjamin Banneker College Prep are a little... competitive. Okay. They're a LOT competitive. The minute Principal Yee announces an epic competition for the golden B-B trophy, seventh-grader Frederick Douglass Zezzmer knows he has to win. But it won't be easy. The competition doesn't just include science, technology, engineering and math. It also has arts and sports. Not Doug's best subjects... With only a week to go, Doug launches a quest...
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"Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a robotics engineer. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, and daily job tasks related to this career, in the framework of the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) movement. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included."--
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In the United States, women are vastly underrepresented in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) fields, holding under 25% of STEM jobs and a disproportionately low share of STEM undergraduate degrees. GREAT UNSUNG WOMEN OF COMPUTING is a series of three remarkable documentary films that show how women revolutionized the computing and Internet technology we use today, inspiring female students to believe that programming careers lie within...
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"Explores the black women who have changed the world of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) in America. Including groundbreaking computer scientists, doctors, inventors, physicists, pharmacists, mathematicians, aviators, and many more, this book celebrates over 50 women who have shattered the glass ceiling, defied racial discrimination, and pioneered in their fields. In these profiles, young readers will find role models, inspirations,...
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According to ABET, or the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology: "Engineering is the profession in which a knowledge of the mathematical and natural sciences, gained by study, experience, and practice, is applied with judgment to develop ways to utilize, economically, the materials and forces of nature for the benefit of humankind." There is considerable overlap between science and engineering. Research teams often consist of one or...
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Warning: choking hazard---small parts. Not for children under 3 years.
"Kids will create, build, and grow their way through lessons on science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Learn numbers, shapes, and colors; Draw, paint, color, and design; Discover the basics of DNA and gardening; Explore construction."--
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Embark on the coolest, fastest, wildest and weirdest adventures! Join your fearless hosts Elisha and Jay on a quest to discover the science of how things work. From the depths of the ocean to the outer reaches of space, this collection takes you on exciting journeys that will inspire the curiosity of kids and adults alike.
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"Kids learn about the world through a scientific lens with these award-winning stories, challenges, and games that encourage them to explore science, technology, engineering, art, and math. This pack includes apps that have won industry awards including Children's Technology Review: Editor's Choice, National STEM Game Competition, and a Webby. Learn about the solar system; Master math skills at all different levels; Investigate environmental issues;...
10) Saved by smarts!
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"Kids learn about the world through a scientific lens with these award-winning stories, challenges, and games that encourage them to explore science, technology, engineering, art, and math. This pack includes apps that have won industry awards including Academic's Choice Award, Best Mobile App Award; Children and Toddlers, Digital Ehon Award, Parents' Choice Award, and more! Improve critical thinking skills; Learn about extinction and ecology; Build...
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Embark on the coolest, fastest, wildest and weirdest adventures! Join your fearless hosts Elisha and Jay on a quest to discover the science of how things work. From the depths of the ocean to the outer reaches of space, this collection takes you on exciting journeys that will inspire the curiosity of kids and adults alike.
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Overview: That Monday afternoon, in high-school gyms across America, kids were battling for the only glory American culture seems to want to dispense to the young these days: sports glory. But at Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, California, in a gear-cluttered classroom, a different type of "cool" was brewing. A physics teacher with a dream-the first public high-school teacher ever to win a MacArthur Genius Award -- had rounded up a band of high-I.Q...
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