{"id":40425,"date":"2021-02-03T13:59:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T05:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=40425"},"modified":"2021-07-13T11:36:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T03:36:14","slug":"all-about-stem-education-for-k12-to-educators-stem-kits-projects-courses-and-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/03\/all-about-stem-education-for-k12-to-educators-stem-kits-projects-courses-and-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"All about STEM Education for K12 to Educators: STEM Kits, Projects, Courses and Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At the speed of which 21st-century scientific technology is advancing, developing students’ capabilities in STEM becomes increasingly crucial. STEM education is an abbreviation for ” Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.”, a program or curriculum that mainly focuses on exposing students to the knowledge of science and technology through activities at a young age. In today’s article, we will be tackling the topic of STEM education for K12 kids, and some resources educators can utilize to better elevate and support their students’ learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Before we get straight into our recommendations, courses and projects, let’s first understand how STEM education is important to our technology and engineering industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How is STEM education relevant to Technology, Engineering and STEM-related industry?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to a statistics conducted by Education Commission of the States<\/a>, ” the number of STEM jobs will grow 13 percent, compared to 9 percent for non-STEM jobs between 2017 and 2027\u2014with positions in computing, engineering, and advanced manufacturing leading the way<\/em>.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, the primary reason why STEM education is so crucial to the engineering industry is due to the increase in demand for more students to be equipped with relevant computer science skills set that would better prepare them for future STEM jobs. In order to do so, educators and parents need to cultivate the students’ passion and interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, best done at a very young age. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Apart from that, according to Emerson’s 2019 STEM survey<\/a>, ” 2 of 3 women said they weren’t encouraged to pursue a STEM career.<\/em>” Which indicates there’s still work to be done about informing students (both male and female) about STEM-related opportunities and provide more resources that would inspire and intrigue them to find out more. Once STEM education is done well, where more initiatives are put in place to help students, particularly women, develop an interest in STEM, it’ll bridge the gender gap where traditional STEM-related fields are often dominated by males. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, STEM Education is playing a significant role as the first step to help make the engineering or STEM-related fields much more inclusive and open to students and our communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With that said, here’s what we will be covering today, feel free to skip ahead as you like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • STEM kit\/ Product Recommendations<\/li>
  • Getting Started with Graphical Programming software<\/li>
  • STEM courses for students and educators<\/li>
  • STEM community projects<\/li>
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    Best STEM Products and Kits to Get Started! <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    To help your students or children find the perfect product or kit to get started with STEM, we’ll split this into 4 main categories: Grove zero<\/strong>, Micro: Bit<\/strong>, Arduino<\/strong> and Robotics<\/strong>. We recommend you introduce any of this product to k12 and above to ensure the kids’ safety and a better learning experience!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Grove Zero (Ages 7 and above)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Thinking of exposing the children to electronics and programming without fussing about all the complicated wiring and soldering? Grove Zero is made to allow children to develop their creativity by combining easy magnetic connections with graphical programming software to create simple yet functional designs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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