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Article about Innovative Ways to Bring STEM to Schools.

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/33338/10-innovative-ways-to-bring-stem-to-schools

Run Marco is a Coding Game, where the kids try to help Sophia or Marco to find their way out of the maze using block instructions. The game offers continuous and personalization assessment to children and personalisaztion of learning, as they can directly see their program effectiveness, learn by their mistakes and follow their own pace.

https://runmarco.allcancode.com/

These lesson plans were created to help primary and secondary education teachers introduce coding to students. They will make pupils understand coding concepts in a fun way and offer teachers many ideas and resources. They are relevant to teachers from all subjects and all levels of experience, as they feature teaching-learning activities that will make your students interested and motivated to learn how to code.

http://www.allyouneediscode.eu/en/lesson-plans

App Inventor is a simple programming tool for building Android apps.

Creating an App Inventor app begins in your browser, where you design how the app will look. Then, like fitting together puzzle pieces, you set your app’s behavior. All the while, through a live connection between your computer and your phone, your app appears on your phone.

https://appinventor.mit.edu/

A variety of free resources including exemplar teaching activities and high-quality lesson plans, Teach yourself resources and local CPD sessions.

https://www.barefootcomputing.org/primary-computing-resources

Educational animated movies for K-12 created to help explain concepts and to demystify math, science, health, technology, and English topics in an entertaining way for both children and adults.

http://www.brainpop.com/

This is a marketplace for buying new and used original Lego parts.

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/main.page

This is a marketplace for buying new and used original Lego parts.

https://www.brickowl.com/

Designed to be a lead into Scratch, Busy Code is an engaging introduction to coding for young children (6 to 11).

https://www.busythings.co.uk/schools/key-stages-1-and-2

https://www.ergocad.eu/camtasia.html#/

For teachers this site includes lesson plans, pacing guides, differentiation guides, in-class presentations, etc., on 5000 math and science concepts. For students it has readings, videos, quizzes, sims, real world group activities, etc.

https://www.ck12.org/student/

Code Avengers has free interactive online courses that teach the basics of web app develoment, in a way that makes learning fun and effective. If you want to learn HTML, CSS and JavaScript: Code Avengers is for you!

https://www.codeavengers.com/

Code Club is a voluntary initiative, founded in 2012. The initiative aims to provide opportunities for children aged 9 to 13 to develop coding skills through free after-school clubs. As of November 2015, over 3,800 schools and other public venues established a Code Club, regularly attended by an estimated 44,000 young people across the UK. The organization also expanded internationally, and there are now over 13,000 Code Club operating worldwide. Children create their own computer games, animations and websites, learning how to use technology creatively. It has Scratch, HTML & CSS, Python and a variety of other coding languages. The initiative also provide free BBC Micro:bits to children above the age of 9.

https://codeclub.org/en/

Code Monster teaches kids and adults a little about Javascript programming! It’s easy to play. Follow the instructions and do what Code Monster says. If you get stuck, just skip to the next lesson. You can always come back to it later!

http://www.crunchzilla.com/code-monster

Codecademy is an education company. But not one in the way you might think. We’re committed to building the best learning experience inside and out, making Codecademy the best place for your team to learn, teach, and create the online learning experience of the future.

https://www.codecademy.com/

CodeHS’s comprehensive computer science teaching platform provides teachers, schools and districts with everything they need to start or expand best-in-class computer science programs. With amazing teacher tools, resources and support, CodeHS is made for both new and experienced teachers who are passionate about expanding computer science in their schools.

CodeHS uses video tutorials, code examples, and coding exercises paired with a comprehensive suite of teaching tools to make sure that the teachers can teach and the students can learn, regardless of experience levels. CodeHS’s 6-12th grade course pathways will help your students learn everything from the basic fundamentals of computer science to building complex games – all in the browser.

https://codehs.com/

Webinaire en ligne pour apprendre aux enseignants l’Γ©ducation num rique.

https://www.codenplay.be/offre-en-ligne

CoderZ is an innovative, friendly and engaging online learning tool. It provides students between 6th and 12th grade with a strong foundation to real world technologies with high demand. Being an online platform allows CoderZ to be a highly affordable solution for schools in the search to make robotics and programming education accessible to any student. The ultimate platform for learning coding. Ideal for both students and teachers.

https://gocoderz.com/blog/15-stem-tools-for-teachers/

CodeSpark is an amazing tool for getting kids in contact with coding, while they think they play video game. There is a big collection of sub-apps in the main app, where kids solve programming puzzles, create their own puzzles, shape their heroes, etc. Although it is a payable service, it offers free subscription for Teachers and a very easy to manage classroom and students sessions, while offering assessment tools for monitoring the progress of the students.

https://codespark.com

Common Sense is the nation’s leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of all kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in the 21st century.

https://www.commonsense.org/education/top-picks/best-robotics-apps-and-websites-for-stem-classrooms

Training to help teachers cope with new technology.

https://www.creo.be/opleidingen/vakgebied/72/opleidingen-op-maat-voor-leerkrachten

Learn the basics of computer programming with Daisy the Dinosaur! This free, fun app has an easy drag and drop interface that kids of all ages can use to animate Daisy to dance across the screen. Kids will intuitively grasp the basics of objects, sequencing, loops and events by solving this app’s challenges. After playing Daisy, kids can choose to download a kit to program their own computer game.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/daisy-the-dinosaur/id490514278

This site offers information on how to integrate data analytics into your classroom curriculum.

https://onlinebusiness.umd.edu/blog/data-analytics-tools-for-stem-teachers-students/

Defined STEM takes a cross-curricular approach to addressing the concerns dealing with STEM, using performance tasks, career-based video, guiding questions, lesson plans, student activities, and web resources.

http://www.definedlearning.com/defined-stem.cfm

Build, render, and create instructions for Lego

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/studio/download.page

Formation pour enseignants pour enseigner la robotique et codage aux ves de primaires.

https://formations.defilangues.be/thymio-details/

This website has resources for students, parents, and educators. On this site, you’ll find games and get homework help. There are even resources for other subjects, though their Science tools are exceptional. For teachers (including homeschool parents), this website acts as a great way to connect with other educators.

https://www.discoveryeducation.com/

Dropbox is a modern workspace designed to reduce busywork-so you can focus on the things that matter. Sign in and put your creative energy to work.

https://www.dropbox.com/?_hp=c

These activities allow students to model how environmental scientists compare diversity in different ecosystems by using ordinary playing cards as species to generate data to calculate Simpsons Diversity Index. This can be completed in a single lesson. Some students find the concept of species diversity quite difficult, confusing diversity with species richness. This simple exercise allows them to rapidly generate data and use a structured recording sheet to calculate Simpsons Index, D.

https://www.stem.org.uk/resources/elibrary/resource/457530/ecology-and-simpsons-diversity-index 

Evernote is an app designed for note taking, organizing, task management, and archiving.^[5] It is developed by the Evernote Corporation, headquartered in Redwood City, California. The app allows users to create notes, which can be text, drawings, photographs, audio, or saved web content. Notes are stored in notebooks and can be tagged, annotated, edited, searched, given attachments, and exported.

Evernote is cross-platform, for Android, iOS, macOS, and Microsoft Windows. It is free to use with monthly usage limits, and offers paid plans for expanded or lifted limits.

https://evernote.com/

Formation IT.

http://www.evoliris.be/

Located in San Francisco, this museum offers online resources to be used in both formal and informal learning settings. These teaching tools will provide first-hand investigations of scientific materials, phenomena, and ideas.

https://www.exploratorium.edu/education/teaching-resources

“The seminar is addressed to teachers of Public and Private Education (Public and Private) who wish to familiarize themselves with the basic JavaScript tools, their structure and their specifics, with particular reference to the modern features of the popular language. It is aimed at participants with little or no JavaScript experience who are interested in creating their own educational website for posting educational material that promotes the learning process and encourages further involvement of students in it.

https://www.eventora.com/el/Events/Javascript_Teachers_190601

This site offers videos of fun science demonstrations for young students and children. New videos are added each month.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsbfPM5Wd1REwCIBYJFIyOw

See how learning STEM through the sport of hockey is fun and engaging for students!

https://futuregoals.nhl.com/resources/

It is a lab with guided workshops and training for teachers with or without students.

https://www.fyxxi.be/info/beleid

 Getting Loopy (of Code.org) introduces the programming concept of loops (repeated instructions) through a dance activity. Students, explained Harrington, perform a dance move, and then indicate by code how many repetitions are required so that their peers, who see the video on Flipgrid, perform the programmed dance.

https://studio.code.org/s/course1/stage/12/puzzle/1

GoNoodle is a mix of gaming and musical video that helps learners stay active and maintain balanced social-emotional health. Its Good Energy at Home section shares activities like yoga and deep breathing to that end.

https://www.gonoodle.com

This site provides students aged 9 to 14 with activities that introduce computer science and programming through Scratch. Different themes such as animation, sports, game design, storytelling, and art engage students with video tutorials and practice. Each theme includes eight activities and about 10 hours of content that can be spread out over several days or weeks. It is ideal for computer clubs and/or courses. They also offer various Hour of Code activities such as Create Your Own Google Logo, Animate a Name, and High Seas Activity. CS First earned an ISTE Seal of Alignment for addressing the ISTE Standards for Students.

https://csfirst.withgoogle.com/s/en/home

Create, manage, and grade assignments within your LMS using G Suite for Education. Course Kit allows educators like you to create assignments using tools like Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive from within your existing LMS. You can collaborate with students more easily, save time, and use the built-in grading tool to manage feedback all in one central place.

https://edu.google.com/intl/ALL_tw/products/course-kit/?modal_active=none

trainings and study days for teachers.

https://www.hogent.be/externe-partners/secundair-onderwijs/initiatieven-voor-leerkrachten/

Expand the Canvas of your imagination. Designed for ages 10-16.

https://www.gethopscotch.com/

A source for clear, reliable explanations of how everything around us actually works.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

This is a running game made out of Lego boost that works! Don’t forget to subscribe, like, comment down below, enjoy and share so that other people can see my videos too!

ICT tools can have a major impact in the many facets of STEM education, such as adding to teacher competencies, diversifying the learning resources, increasing student and teacher motivation. In this report we look into six types of tools, namely: collaborative technologies, online learning, software (including apps), digital and adaptive content, devices and hardware, and further promising technologies.

http://www.stemalliance.eu/documents/99712/104016/STEM_A_and_MS_ICT_Tools_in_Edu_paper_v06_Final.pdf

Imagiverse…. the universe of our imaginations has no boundaries. Imagiverse believes that imagination is the key to learning. Teachers can teach, but learning comes from within. The web site’s goal is to spark the flame that will lead young and old to pursue learning as an adventure through imagination. Activities, resources, and lots of information are available for all to see and use.

http://www.imagiverse.org

Everything You Need to Know About Colour Sensors.

https://www.instructables.com/id/Everything-you-need-to-know-about-colour-sensors/

Exposing young women to STEM fields and encouraging them to explore their interests within the fields is important. Parents and educators should work to correct any negative misconceptions that girls may develop regarding math and science. School administrators and educators should also create environments in which science and math programs are more appealing to females. When girls and boys are exposed to science and technology equally, they will be able to develop their interests and turn them into a career.

http://ithare.com/tips-for-getting-girls-involved-in-stem/

Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. We tackle math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more. Our math missions guide learners from kindergarten to calculus using state-of-the-art, adaptive technology that identifies strengths and learning gaps. We’ve also partnered with institutions like NASA, The Museum of Modern Art, The California Academy of Sciences, and MIT to offer specialized content.

https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming

Investigate a challenge, dream up a design, and draw your plans on the computer. Then, using the Internet, you can show your design to a real engineer!

http://www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org/kdn/index.html

A collection of science experiments, games, activities, etc.

https://www.exploratorium.edu/education/teaching-resources

Kodable teaches kids to code at home or at school with fun games and gives teachers a complete K-5 coding curriculum for the classroom. Understanding the basics of programming empowers your child for the jobs of tomorrow, and expands your child’s mind to solve problems today in more intelligent ways. Kids learn the fundamentals of every modern programming language in a fun and inviting way.

https://www.kodable.com/

LDraw™ is an open standard for LEGO CAD programs that allow the user to create virtual LEGO models and scenes. You can use it to document models you have physically built, create building instructions just like LEGO, render 3D photo realistic images of your virtual models and even make animations. The possibilities are endless. Unlike real LEGO bricks where you are limited by the number of parts and colors, in LDraw nothing is impossible.

https://www.ldraw.org/

Learn to code on lego boost.

This video took a long time to make, but it was worth it. whoever has the Lego Boost set, can build this gun!!!

The Lego Boost Idea Book: 95 Simple Robots and Hints for Making More!

https://www.slideshare.net/gsfghb54/download-for-the-lego-boost-idea-book-95-simple-robots-and-hints-for-making-more-download-file

Many ideas to build new activities and projects

A video showing you how to build my custom LEGO BOOST candy catapult. It can catapult small candies, in this case I’m using cinnamon hearts, up to 10 feet.

 BOOST your art skills by designing a paintbrush wielding prodigy.

Tired of lifting that heavy spoon? We’ve got the solution: THE LUNCH LAUNCHER. Using the technology of LEGO BOOST, the BOOST BOTS hosts create a robotic food flinger to make mealtime infinitely more fun.

Forget sorting objects by hand, this is the future! In this episode of BOOST BOTS, the hosts figure out a marbelous way to keep things organized using the power of LEGO BOOST.

Have the urge to play table tennis but don t have a partner? Never fear, the Paddle Bot 3000 is here! Using LEGO BOOST technology, the hosts meet their match by developing a robot with a mean serve.

Lightbot is an educational video game for learning software programming concepts, developed by Danny Yaroslavski. L. It offers an ‘Hour of Code’ section for the nationwide initiative by Computer Science Education Week. It supports many Languages.

https://lightbot.com

The Mars Safari Education Pack is designed to leave primary school children feeling like they’ve explored the Red Planet! Working in small groups, children design and build their own ExoMars rover, analyse β€Martian’ soil samples, safely navigate the Rover across the surface of Mars and make a solar light that only comes on at night. It contains four activities, which can be done as standalone sessions, or be part of a wider project learning about the ExoMars rover.

https://www.stem.org.uk/resources/elibrary/resource/453525/mars-safari-education-pack

Interactive tools and simulation environments to create authentic scientific experiences.

http://www.shodor.org/master/

My Robotic Friends is a programming tool that invites learners to design algorithms to show a peer (a β€robotβ€) how to stack cups in different patterns. β€Robotsβ€ respond to the algorithm defined by their peers. For greater movement, they can explain the stacking steps to someone (guardian, parent, sibling) with whom they are back-to-back or who is blindfolded.

https://curriculum.code.org/csf-1718/coursef/1/

A large cache of information about climate change.

https://climate.nasa.gov/

Exciting science videos that have high-quality classroom applications.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/

Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.

https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/filter?subjects=biology&type=html&sort=alpha&view=grid

Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.

https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/filter?subjects=chemistry&type=html&sort=alpha&view=grid

Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.

https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/filter?subjects=earth-science&type=html&sort=alpha&view=gridhttps://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/filter?subjects=earth-science&type=html&sort=alpha&view=grid

Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery

https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/filter?subjects=math&type=html&sort=alpha&view=grid

Founded in 2002 by Nobel Laureate Carl Wieman, the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder creates free interactive math and science simulations. PhET sims are based on extensive education research and engage students through an intuitive, game-like environment where students learn through exploration and discovery.

https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/filter?subjects=physics&type=html&sort=alpha&view=grid

Blog που ασχολείται με θέματα ενσωμάτωσης νέων τεχνολογιών, κυρίως φορητών συσκευών στην διδασκαλία των θετικών επιστημών.

https://physicsandroid.wordpress.com/

Provides teachers with hands-on experiments for their students to conduct.

https://www.projectnoah.org/

Color sensor.

http://home.roboticlab.eu/en/examples/sensor/color

Robotics for Educators: Being a teacher is no longer boring.

https://emphasyscentre.com/ict-training/european-courses/ka1-learning-mobility-courses/robotics-for-educators/

Customizable Line Following Tracks that you can print yourself.

http://robotsquare.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/linefollowtiles.pdf

Create rubrics for your project-based learning activities – supported by a grant funded by the U.S. Department of Education, this site offers customizable rubrics for project-based activities in science, math, and other subjects.

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=NewRubric&module=Rubistar&

Schoology is a virtual learning environment and social networking service for K-12 schools and higher education institutions that allows users to create, manage, and share academic content. Also known as a learning management system (LMS) or a course management system (CMS), the cloud-based platform provides tools needed to manage a virtual classroom lesson.

https://www.schoology.com/

eachers can get lesson plans for exciting projects from Science Buddies, which integrate seamlessly with Google Classroom. Planning a science fair? Science Buddies gives you everything you need to plan, grade, and schedule your fair (ribbons not included).

Teachers aren’t the only ones who get great resources on Science Buddies, however. Parents can buy science kits, get tips, and search for science camps in their area. There’s also a section for students looking for information on science projects, video projects, and more.

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/teacher-resources

Offers examples of science experiments that students can do at home.

https://www.homeadvisor.com/r/science-experiments-around-your-home/

Groundbreaking research, innovative technologies and unique infrastructures classes for teachers with our without their students.

https://www.sckcen.be/nl/opleidingen/leerlingen-en-leerkrachten

Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art β€” and share your creations on the web.

As young people create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational ideas, while also learning to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.

Scratch is developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab, with financial support from the National Science Foundation, Microsoft, Intel Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Google, Iomega and MIT Media Lab research consortia.

https://scratch.mit.edu/

Αποθετήριο προσομοιώσεων φυσικής για το δημοτικό, γυμνάσιο και λύκειο.

https://www.seilias.gr/index.php

An award-winning, online professional development community created by the American Federation of Teachers, a union of 1.6 million professionals, and TSL Education, creator of TES Connect, the largest network of teachers in the world. Offers teaching resources and best practices at no cost.

https://sharemylesson.com/

A very specific and practical training for teachers.

https://signpost.be/signpostacademy

Snap! is an advanced offshoot of Scratch. This version, developed by Jens Mönig with design input and documentation from Brian Harvey, is an attempt to extend the brilliant accessibility of Scratch to somewhat older users in particular, non-CS-major computer science students without becoming inaccessible to its original audience.

https://snap.berkeley.edu/

STEAM Course for Educators: Take your lesson to the next level!

https://emphasyscentre.com/ict-training/european-courses/ka1-learning-mobility-courses/steam-course-for-educators/

STEAM Course for Primary Schools: Full STEAM ahead!

https://emphasyscentre.com/ict-training/european-courses/ka1-learning-mobility-courses/steam-course-for-primary-schools/

A collection of Free STEM Resources for primary school.

https://stemactivitiesforkids.com/free-stem-resources/

This list consists of lesson plans, activities and video clips to support the teaching of electricity in Year Four. It contains tips on using the resources, suggestions for further use and background subject knowledge. Possible misconceptions are highlighted so that teachers may plan lessons to facilitate correct conceptual understanding. Designed to support the new curriculum programme of study it aims to cover many of the requirements for knowledge and understanding and working scientifically.

https://www.stem.org.uk/resources/community/collection/12388/year-4-electricity

This list consists of lesson plans, activities and video clips to support the teaching of forces in Year Five. It contains tips on using the resources, suggestions for further use and background subject knowledge. Possible misconceptions are highlighted so that teachers may plan lessons to facilitate correct conceptual understanding. Designed to support the new curriculum programme of study it aims to cover many of the requirements for knowledge and understanding and working scientifically.

https://www.stem.org.uk/resources/community/collection/12696/year-5-forces

This list consists of lesson plans, activities and video clips to support the teaching of forces and magnets at Year Three. It contains tips on using the resources, suggestions for further use and background subject knowledge. Possible misconceptions are highlighted so that teachers may plan lessons to facilitate correct conceptual understanding.

https://www.stem.org.uk/resources/community/collection/12391/year-3-forces-and-magnets

Free STEM resources to complement project-based learning for pre-K to 12.

https://stemfinity.com/

Stencyl uses a highly intuitive block-snapping interface inspired by the popular MIT Scratch project, which has proven to be an effective teaching model with children as young as 6.

http://www.stencyl.com/

Teaching with an IPad, coding

https://www.switch.be/education/solutions/training/teacher-training

The “Mettre en place une activitΓ© robotique en classe pour moins de 25 euro par Γ©lΓ¨ves” training course allows teachers to learn some basic programming concepts and to create their own programmable robot to take home and use in their classroom.

https://www.technofuturtic.be/Formation/Mettre-en-place-une-activite-robotique-en-classe-pour-moins-de-25-euros-par-eleves?fth=21&ftt=2&fut=3&st=21&sst=101&a=0&ihh=1&cp=0

Bring out the inner scientist in all your students with our scientifically accurate models and activities. Search below or head over to our NGSS Pathfinder!

https://learn.concord.org/

Come explore the tree house and help the tree house detectives solve their latest problem. Conduct experiments from Dr. D’s lab, play the online Problem-Based Learning (PBL) game, or just check out the research rack, expert’s corner, or media room. This is a great site for parents, educators, and students in grades 3-5.

http://scifiles.larc.nasa.gov

Follow @physxclassroom and your students will love the real-life examples that bring Physics concepts to life. Their website features tutorials, interactives, concept builders, and teacher resources.

https://www.physicsclassroom.com

Tracker is a free video analysis and modeling tool built on the Open Source Physics (OSP) Java framework. It is designed to be used in physics education.

https://physlets.org/tracker/

Tynker is a new computing platform designed specifically to teach children computational learning and programming skills in a fun and imaginative way. Tynker is inspired by Scratch from MIT. It is a completely browser-based implementation written using Open Web standards such as Javascript, HTML5, CSS3 and does not use Flash.

https://www.tynker.com/

How to teach variables to kids?

https://www.tynker.com/blog/articles/ideas-and-tips/how-to-teach-variables-to-kids/

How science really works – site from the UC Berkeley that helps to explain the scientific process with links for teacher resources for primary, middle school, high school and even undergraduate students.

https://undsci.berkeley.edu/

Invites learners to design, write the rules for, and create physical games by programming Splats with a coding app. They tell the Splats when to light up and make sounds once stomped on. Harrington said students get creative, designing relay races, dance games, whack-a-mole, race-in-place, and obstacle courses.

https://www.unrulysplats.com/

Specific courses for STEM Teachers

http://verhefjestem.be/

Videomaker helps you make better video by providing expert educational articles and training videos.

https://www.videomaker.com/

Discover what engineers do, what the job is like, and even how much they are paid.

http://www.bls.gov/k12/text/mat_001t.htm