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The repository offers approaches and materials for STEM education, provided mainly by industries.
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Teachers Try Science - Lesson 3: SySTEMS Thinking
Subject: applied sciences, earth sciences, information and communications technology (ICT), physicsAge: 12 - 18
Supported by: IBM
Language: English
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Description: Teachers TryScience offers a collection of resources in the field of environmental science. Lesson plans are focused on a hands-on approach of effective teaching strategies, practical how-to's and other helpful supports. Lesson 3: SySTEMS Thinking...
Teachers Try Science - Lesson 2: SySTEMS Thinking
Subject: earth sciences, physicsAge: 12 - 18
Supported by: IBM
Language: English
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Description: Teachers TryScience offers a collection of resources in the field of environmental science. Lesson plans are focused on a hands-on approach of effective teaching strategies, practical how-to's and other helpful supports. Lesson 2: SySTEMS Thinking...
Teachers Try Science - Lesson 1: SySTEMs Thinking
Subject: applied sciences, biology, chemistry, computer science, earth sciences, engineering, information and communications technology (ICT), physics, physiologyAge: 12 - 18
Supported by: IBM
Language: English
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Description: 'Teachers TryScience' (TTS) is a portal with a focus on design-based learning and an emphasis on environmental science and engineering, which are STEM subjects. The Lesson 1: SySTEMs Thinking aims to introduce students to common vocabulary...
Khan Academy
Subject: applied sciences, astronomy, biochemistry, biology, biotechnology, engineering, environment, mathematics, medicine, pharmaceutics, physics, space explorationAge: > 4
Supported by: AMGEN
Language: English
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Description: Khan Academy is an online learning platform that provides teachers, students and parents with wide variety of educational resources. The most of resources are focused on calculus and STEM-related topics like chemistry, biology, physics, electrical...
Minecraft education - Lesson plan - Build a cathedral
Subject: mathematicsAge: 8 - 13
Supported by: Microsoft
Language: English
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Description: This lesson plan was developed by Microsoft as part of the Minecraft game's set of educational resources. Minecraft Education Edition is a game world that can be used to engage students in learning STEM-related subjects. The game's approach...
DiscoverE - Cool Contents and Activities
Subject: engineering, information and communications technology (ICT), technologyAge: 6 - 17
Supported by: IBM & Shell
Language: English
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Description: DiscoverE, supported by Shell and IBM, offers a series of “Cool content and activities” to engage students in engineering. The range of activities includes hands-on, video, trip&destinations, websites, games, lesson plans. The activities aim at...
DiscoverE - Resources & Downloads
Subject: engineering, technologyAge: > 1000
Supported by: IBM & Shell
Language: English
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Description: The repository of DiscoverE "Resources and Downloads" is a library for copyright free images, videos, artwork, slideshares (aka powerpoint presentations), and logos to be used for outreach efforts. DiscoverE helps stakeholders expand community and...
Creative Coding through Games and Apps
Subject: computer science, engineering, information and communications technology (ICT), mathematics, softwareAge: 6 - 18
Supported by: Microsoft
Language: English
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Description: Creative Coding through Games and Apps, developed by Microsoft, is a first semester course for introduction to programming for the early secondary grades. The course is designed to attract and reach a broad and diverse range of students, including those who...
Creating Interactive Tutorials
Subject: computer science, information and communications technology (ICT), softwareAge: 6 - 18
Supported by: Microsoft
Language: English
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Description: In the Microsoft TouchDevelop application users can create and distribute interactive tutorials where they get help from the system to create a particular script. The tutorials are easy to create and they do not require any experience in programming. They...
Using Biotechnology to Detect and Treat Disease - Lesson plan
Subject: biochemistry, biology, biotechnology, chemistry, genetics, medicine, pharmaceutics, technologyAge: 14 - 19
Supported by: AMGEN
Language: English
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Description: Lesson plan "Using Biotechnology to Detect and Treat Disease" is the fifth of five components of the Biotechology Collection funded by the Amgen Foundation and produced by WGBH. In this media-rich lesson, students will learn how...