Blog: STEM Education Insights and Classroom Tips from Pitsco

Puzzle Benefits in the Classroom: Cognitive Skills Students Practice
Puzzle Benefits in the Classroom: Cognitive Skills Students Practice
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Updated 6/5/24 Sometimes, we need to all step away from our screens and devices to unplug and work out . . . OK, don’t leave just yet! I mean a...

Black History Month STEM Activities: A 28-Day Classroom Calendar
Black History Month STEM Activities: A 28-Day Classroom Calendar
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Updated 6/5/24 Coauthored by Lisa Lewis, first grade teacher at Salem Elementary in Spotsylvania, VA, and Pitsco TAG member As educators, we’re the individuals who have a direct connection and...

Fairy Tale STEM Activities: Elementary Engineering & Coding
Fairy Tale STEM Activities: Elementary Engineering & Coding
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Updated 6/14/24 Most of us love a story – kids and adults alike. A good story captures our imagination, makes us wonder or feel something, and might even teach us...

Cloud Computing in Education: World Backup Day and IoT Basics
Cloud Computing in Education: World Backup Day and IoT Basics
Deidre Galloway

Updated 5/24/24 At the beginning of April, we celebrate April Fools’ Day, but, on March 31, there’s a little-known holiday called World Backup Day. It’s a good reminder to back...

Sports and STEM Activities: How Athletics Connect to Learning
Sports and STEM Activities: How Athletics Connect to Learning
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Updated 6/4/24 Movies and TV shows portray the stereotype of jocks and nerds as people who are completely different and share nothing in common. But this cliché is far from...

High school drone competition: Teamwork and flight skills in Arkansas
High school drone competition: Teamwork and flight skills in Arkansas
Preston Frazier

Updated 6/3/24 As one of Pitsco’s educational consultants, I work with the Midwest region of the US and help with different educational initiatives in schools. One of the best parts...