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Why STEM?
​1. 15 Benefits of STEM Education
2. ​STEM Education Coalition - State resources and advocacy
​3. Student vs: Learner 1.0 - "The House Warming"
    Student vs: Learner 2.0 - "The Quiz"
    Student vs: Learner 3.0 - "The Teacher"
4. "If You Build It" - Trailer - What if you brought back shop class?
    "If You Build It" - Full documentary - What if you brought back shop class?

Science

1. ScienceNetLinks
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2. CSI: The Experience - Web Adventures
3. Hands-On Science Lessons
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4. Learning Science
5. Museum of Chicago
6. Science Buddies
7. Dirtmeister's Science Lab
8. STEM Works
9. The Concord Consortium
10. EIE - Engineering is Elementary (Expensive)
11. Smithsonian Science Education Center
12. Lego We Do ($189/kit & 2 students, grades 2-5)
​13. PHET Simulations

Engineering

1. Teach Engineering - Stem Curriculum
​2. Try Engineering
3. NASA - Educators guide to Engineering 
​4. The Engineering Place
5. Engineering Encounters - Bridge Design​
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6. Engineering - Go For It!
7. Engineer Your Life - Career Exploration
​8. SketchUp - 3D software
9. BoXYZ - 3D printer, engraver, CNC
​10. Makerbot - 3D printer
​11. AR Sandbox

Math

Resources:
1. 
Online Math Learning. 
2. 
K-5 Math Teaching Resources
3. MathTrain.TV​- Videos
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. Math Shorts - Videos
5. ​Real World Math
6. A+ Click - Math and Logic problems
7. Math Run - Math Facts game

Manipulatives:
1. 
NCTM - Interactive Manipulatives
2. National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
3. McGraw-Hill Interactive - Math Manipulatives
​4. Math Teaching.org - Manipulatives and other great resources
​5. NRich Math - Cuisenairre Rod Manipulatives

STEM

Activities:
​1. Exploratorium 
2. Teaching Channel - Make STEM come alive!
​3. Project based Learning
4. Problem based Learning
5. Microsoft Hacking STEM activities
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6. PBS Design Squad
7. US Navy - classroom resources
8. Get Caught Engineering

Resources:
1.  
Successful STEM Education
2. Masters in Data Science
3. Service Learning
4. Service Learning Clearinghouse
5. Office of Innovation

Technology

1. STEM Challenge - STEM video game challenge​
2. appinventor.org/ - learn to create an app
3. CS Unplugged - Free CS curriculum, plans, etc...

CODING
12 year old app developer - Ted Talk
1. Code.Org - K-12 programming curriculum
2. codeacademy.com
3. Scratch - Block programming
4. ​codeacademy.com - learn coding for free
5. Alice - teaches computer programming in 3D       
               environment
6. CS First - Google coding
​7. EDU Blocks - blocks programming
​8. Tinkercad - 3D printer coding software
​9. Kodable ($$)
10. Python room - free for teachers, $35/m class
11. Code Combat - game for learning code
12. 
Parrot Education - code and drone 
13. Zulama - MS/HS programming
​14. SNAP - block coding


Robots:
1. Ozo Bots - basic programmable robots
2. Dash n' Dot - Programmable robots 
​3. Sphero - programmable ball 
4. VEX EDR Robotics (grades 7-12, $5300 class kit)
5. VEX IQ Robots (grades 4-8, $329/bot, free curriculum)
6. Carnegie Mellon VEX​
7. Lego Mindstorms (age 10+, $415)
​8. Cubelets - ($280+)
​9. Finch Robot ($99, grades )
10. Bee Bots/Code 'n Go Robot Mouse
      Bee Bot Emulator

Makerspace

K'Nex
Education Kits (mostly around $40 each)
1. DNA kit 
2. Gears kit 
3. Levers and Pulleys kit 
4. Simple Machines - Wheels, Axles, inclined planes kit 
5. Renewable Energy 
6. Amusement Park Rides 

Bricks (Lego)
Lego Education
1. We Do Lego programming
2. Early simple machines
3. Simple Machines
4. 
http://www.legoengineering.com/

PCS Edventures (Bricks) 
https://edventures.com/
1. Tech Set
2. STEM Foundations
3. Core Set

Computing/Programming/Projects:
1A. Raspberry Pi - mini computer - problem solving
1B. Instructibles Pi class
2. Arduino - mini computer - problem solving
3. Makey Makey - Make Things!
4. Little Bits - electronic inventors kit
5. Snap Circuits - guided electronic projects
6. Makedo - cardboard construction
​7. Hummingbird - cardboard robots creator

Suppliers/Resources:

Gadgets:

1.  Pitsco
​2. PCS Edventures
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3. PLTW
4. Stemfinity
5. NASCO
6. Hand2Mind
7. Pearson School
8. Science Companion
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9. Camcor (Gary Rosenthal = Territory Manager)

Clubs, Camps, and Competitions

  1. Vex IQ robots ($329/bot)
  2. Wonder League - (Uses Dash n' Dot)
  3. First Lego League (Uses Lego Mind Storm)
  4. BotBall
  5. NASA sponsored clubs
1. Osmo - iPad learning! coding, math, art, etc...
​2. Puzzzlets - iPad learning! coding, math, art
​3. Square Panda - iPad reading/phonics learning

Failure and Triumph Video's

1. Famous Failures video (3 min.)
2. Navy Seal Admiral speech - Change the World (6min.)
3. Success or Failure video speech - (8 min.)
​4. Ashton Kutcher speech - Build a Life (5 min.)
5. John Legend singer failure - (2 min.)
6. Marc Mero mother speech - (6 min.)
​7. Last Lecture - (10 min.)
8. Death Crawl - Keep going! (6 min.)

STEM Website RESOURCES

1. Getting Girls Involved in STEM

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