Blog: STEM Education Insights and Classroom Tips from Pitsco

Refocus, recharge, and replenish: Tips for educators in the classroom
Refocus, recharge, and replenish: Tips for educators in the classroom
Susan Gaboriau

Updated 6/3/24 Now and then, we need to take a step back to refocus and recharge ourselves.  You know that time during the school year when you need that extra...

Turn lemons into a lemonade stand: Inspiring entrepreneurship
Turn lemons into a lemonade stand: Inspiring entrepreneurship
Admin

Updated 6/4/24 One of the first entrepreneurial experiences many children have is operating a lemonade stand. It’s where some of us learn about the 4Ps of marketing, how to work...

5 easy steps to start teaching drones
5 easy steps to start teaching drones
Admin

Updated 6/13/24 Drones, small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS), are becoming essential tools in a wide range of industries. Agriculture, construction, real estate, filmmaking, surveying, infrastructure inspection, supply chain management, and...

Easy ways to build STEM into your homeschool curriculum
Easy ways to build STEM into your homeschool curriculum
Admin

Updated 6/12/24 STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education integrates the core disciplines that enable students to solve problems, be creative, think with their hands, work together, and articulate ideas...

T-Bot® Hydraulic Arm: Improved features add even more learning
T-Bot® Hydraulic Arm: Improved features add even more learning
Admin

Updated 5/30/24 Nobody at Pitsco quite remembers for sure, but legend has it that the T in T-Bot® Hydraulic Arm stands for team. It makes sense. The four syringes that...

STEM/STEAM inspires students! Let’s innovate (N-OV-8)
STEM/STEAM inspires students! Let’s innovate (N-OV-8)
Corinne Pachl

Updated 6/17/24 It’s a bit hazy and, arguably, debatable as to when STEM actually became a “thing.” Some contend it’s been around since the race for space was initiated in...