A key component of Wheelock’s STEM in the City summer program is the hands-on collaborative activities and related field trips.
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Wheelock Raising STEM Career and College Awareness for Youth
Last summer, 47 students from 29 cities and towns from across Massachusetts participated in Wheelock’s annual STEM in the City Summer Camp, a two week career and college awareness experience for rising 8th and 9th graders.
Read More…Importance of STEM Education: K-12
Expanding programming to provide an eclectic array of offerings around STEM is one way of responding to the need.
Read More…Astronaut Wheelock Celebrates Scholars and Science at Wheelock
On Tuesday, November 11th and Wednesday, November 12th Astronaut Col. Douglas Wheelock visited Wheelock College for several exciting events to celebrate science, education and social justice.
Read More…VIDEO: A Hands-on Approach to Science Education Prepares Students to Share Knowledge with Others
Wheelock College Professor Ellen Faszewski explains how Wheelock’s hands-on approach to science education boosts students’ confidence, gets them excited about STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) concepts, and prepares them to share their knowledge with others.
Read More…Q&A with New Sector Resident Nathan Hixson
Nathan Hixson is completing a year-long New Sector residency with the Aspire Institute. During his time at Aspire, Nathan has provided financial and operational support, expanded Aspire’s […]
Read More…Q&A with Aspire Institute Intern Lauren Fowler
Lauren Fowler is a Junior at Wheelock who worked with the Aspire Institute this semester on the STEM Activity App. Lauren is completing a double major […]
Read More…STEM Service Learning May Grow a Generation of Environmental Stewards
In 2010, I had the wonderful opportunity to collaborate with two members of the Cambridge Public School System, Lisa C. Lesser, the seventh-grade science teacher […]
Read More…STEM Education’s Missing Link
The gap between available jobs and students majoring in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) is expected to grow to 2.4 million unfilled positions in […]
Read More…What Can We Learn From Forest Kindergartens?
You know the phrase well: we can’t see the forest for the trees. There is a strong sentiment that America’s children are over-scheduled and need […]
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