Education
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Full STEAM into Summer Camp with Strawbees and MakeDo
Get ready for an amazing STEAM Summer Camp! Our education team had a fantastic webinar session brainstorming ways teachers can merge the creative potential of Makedo and Strawbees. They joined Strawbees Creator Erik Tortensson Boji to share tons of summer...
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Classroom Inspiration: the Castle Challenge
Covey Denton, STEM coordinator and Upper School Science Teacher in Wilson, North Carolina recently shared a design challenge she embarked upon with her students. We loved it so much that we asked her for more details. Exploring the engineering design...
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The Importance of Play in Education
Whether you built skyscrapers from blocks, folded extravagant paper planes or created sculptures in the sandpit, reminiscing about childhood play often evokes warmth and nostalgia. Despite these positive connotations, the inclusion of play in education is often seen as an...
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Girls in STEAM
Research confirms that women continue to be underrepresented in professional STEAM fields. If we don’t start educating girls in STEAM at school, their possibility for engaging in STEAM jobs remains diminished and fields that rely on science, technology, engineering and...
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STEM Education and Career Pathways for Kids
We know that integrated forms of learning known as STEM (or STEAM) are important. In fact, STEM is one of the most talked about areas in education, but why? One of the reasons is that STEM fields are at...
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Home Learning with Makedo
Did you know that Makedo is an awesome STEAM learning resource for children of all ages? That means, if you're navigating online learning because of temporary school closures or you’re choosing to homeschool, we're here to support your home...