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Institute of Transportation Engineers publishes free STEM lessons

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Q: Why and how should transportation matter to students involved in STEM education? A: Transportation is part of our lives every day, whether in how we travel or in how things we need get to us. There are so many diverse applications of STEM in transportation. What do they consist of, and what level of students are they for?

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Are you ready for the robot revolution?

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Are you ready for the robot revolution? Published: Transportation is about to go electric and drive itself, meaning every car technician will need to understand how artificial intelligence works. By burning fossil fuels such as petrol and diesel, these engines have driven us into a bustling new age of highspeed transport.

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5 Tips for Teaching STEM With Robots

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5 Tips for Teaching STEM With Robots Guest Post by Sphero Team March 3, 2023 Robots are not quite living up to the promises of science fiction movies, but they are still doing some pretty amazing things in our everyday lives, especially in the classroom. Let’s dive in and discover what you can do with Sphero!

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NASA Names Winners of Lunar Robotics Design Contest

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Contestants were charged with designing a robot that can dig and move lunar soil, or regolith, from one area of the lunar South Pole to a holding container near a future Artemis Moon base. Each robot successfully accomplished the task of collecting and transporting regolith across rugged lunar terrain.

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Controlling and engineering systems for the benefit of all

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Controlling and engineering systems for the benefit of all. Published: Professor Zi-Qiang Lang is an automatic control and systems engineer based at the University of Sheffield in the UK. Three of his former PhD students, a former PhD supervisor and Zi-Qiang share what it means to be an automatic control and systems engineer.

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15 Ways to Teach Robotics Virtually

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15 Websites & Apps that Teach Robotics Virtually One of our recent top questions in The STEM Space educator group was: Help! We are going virtual, and I run a robotics class. How can I teach robotics virtually? Defining Robotics Before we get to the list, what exactly do we mean by robotics?

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Top 5 Christmas STEM Activities

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What better way to model the engineering design process than with activities that help Santa navigate the challenges of the Christmas holidays? From transporting toys with pneumatics or coding an elf, here are our favorite 5 Christmas STEM activities. ** This post contains affiliate links. But those presents are heavy!

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