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STEM Competitions & Challenges to Engage Students

STEM Sport

This article outlines the benefits and logistics of incorporating STEM competitions and challenges in the classroom. Aside from heightened motivation, STEM competitions benefit educators and school administrators by providing a flexible platform for customizing their STEM lesson plans.

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Growing a community: building the Plant Cell Atlas

Futurum

While animals typically develop according to a set ‘blueprint’ – for humans, this means two arms, two legs, a head at one end containing eyes and ears, and so on – plants are more flexible. On occasion, I do some research by helping people in the lab with data curation and data analysis and, on rare occasions, experiments!

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