The STEM Sports® team is excited to announce that STEM Tennis will hit the market in the next week, and what better time than during the fourth and final USTA grand slam of the year, the U.S. Open. This curriculum features an array of STEM concepts central to the world of tennis. In particular, a…
In the Science of Basketball blog, we speak to and acknowledge the importance of “Mindfulness Matters” for Why we do what we do? at STEM Sports®. This importance is simple: Equip our educators with standards-aligned supplemental curricula to ensure students benefit from the following: Approximately 85% of STEM Jobs anticipated for the year 2030 have…
Believe it or not, Hockey is one of the few sports the STEM Sports® team has yet to produce a curriculum for. A sport that entails plenty of STEM concepts for students to wrap their minds around as they skate past the blue line and set-up their teammate with a centering pass. Needless to say, our…
There has been a significant increase of awareness around concussions and head injuries in football in recent years. By extension, this awareness and subsequent increase in concussion protocols has decreased concussions since 2015, as depicted below by IQVIA: an independent, third-party associated with the NFL (National Football League) to effectively measure the impact of injuries,…
Because of the many STEM concepts that encompass the world of baseball, it is a sport we love at STEM Sports®. The STEM Baseball curriculum explores the relationship between the speed of a baseball and the energy of a baseball through a controlled experiment. It applies math/measurements to identify similarities and differences from baseball’s first…
There is no shortage of insight and acuity on this subject, yet one with a similar message and tone: Sports and/or physical activity benefit both mind and body. However, does one supersede the other from a physical v. mental standpoint? Or are they one in the same physiologically? The STEM Sports® supplemental curriculum examines and…
Mindfulness Matters Can STEM and Sports principles be applied simultaneously in the workplace or as a foundational application for educators and students? The STEM Sports®️ curriculum was developed with this vision and purpose in mind: Educate and prepare students with a methodological approach of quality and rigor through hands-on, exploratory learning tactics. The STEM Sports®️…
