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,…
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®️…
Introduction: Diversity in the STEM workforce is a hot topic among professionals and education leaders. Most people have their own opinions on why diversity is important to any workforce. Below is an article that takes a unique approach to diversity in STEM. It speaks to why it is essential that we diversify the STEM workforce…
Top STEM Jobs The amount of STEM job opportunities have been on the rise in recent years with no signs of slowing. Technology is advancing rapidly and is opening up more science, technology, engineering, and math jobs to the next generation of workers. The U.S News & World Report published an article with a list…
Top STEM colleges Choosing a college can be a difficult and daunting process. Students must decide where they want to live and what they want to major in before they have even finished their senior year of high school. For some students, they are unsure of what they want to major in and will switch…
Introduction In the past, we have released blogs that list the top ranked STEM high schools and Magnet schools in the United States. However, we at STEM Sports® know that a comfortability and passion for STEM starts at a young age. STEM Sports® is passionate about giving students quality STEM curricula that allows them to…
Introduction K-12 education is an important part of children’s lives. From a social standpoint, this is when they develop soft skills, emotional intelligence and start to engage with their peers. On the education side, this is when they start to find what subjects they are passionate about and decide their goals for higher-education. Magnet schools…
When students begin their college search, there are a variety of variables that go into where they decide to go. One of these factors is which school has the best program for what the prospective student wants to study. Niche and U.S News and World Report have released lists of the top engineering schools in…
What is STEM? The term STEM was introduced in 2001 by the U.S National Science Foundation. It is broadly defined as the education of science, technology, engineering and math. STEM education focuses on being the stepping stone of knowledge for kids to become interested in one, or more, of these areas and eventually go into…