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Measure me up! A cross-curricular and multicultural approach to STEM through measurements

Scientix

Our vision and goals In the near future professionals with a high profile on science, technology, engineering and mathematics will experiment a high demand in a European context. Romania: Measurements & Astronomy. It started in 2020 and will finish in 2023. They participated in a workshop about physics and chemistry.

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Fall STEM Activities

STEM Sport

Educational Benefit: This experiment helps students understand the Earth’s rotation, the changing angle of sunlight during the day, and the basics of astronomy. The Mathematics of Leaf Drop Description: Students collect data on the rate of leaf drop from specific trees throughout the fall season.

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What can stars reveal about galaxies and what can cultures reveal about stars?

Futurum

PROFESSOR RAJA GUHATHAKURTA Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics University of California Santa Cruz, USA. . Amanda talks about her astronomy work to a class of school students over Skype. The highlight of my career actually has nothing to do with astronomy! I think there are parallels between art and astronomy.

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Best STEM Summer Camps In Seattle (2023)

The Maker Mom

The camp weeks have distinct themes such as Candyland or Architecture, and each includes one fun field trip. During the week, they learn about astronomy, physics, engineering, robotics, and more. Older campers might have the prints & patterns week, where they explore mathematical concepts through the creation of patterns in art.

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Bending Space-Time: General Relativity

STEMe

In the late 17th century, Newton's insights into gravity laid the foundation for classical mechanics and provided a broad architecture to comprehend the movement of objects on Earth and around the universe. However, there are still many discrepancies with Einstein’s theory of general relativity.

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Unexpected ways that paint prevents corrosion

Futurum

Mathematical models help us understand how corrosive and anti-corrosive substances behave,” says Stuart. “In After I completed my PhD, I continued working in the same area, beginning work on projects sponsored by AkzoNobel in 2012, initially to investigate alternatives to toxic chromate-based paints in the architecture and aircraft industry.