Blog: STEM Education Insights and Classroom Tips from Pitsco

Coding and Storytelling in STEM: Code Your Own Story (K–6)
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Updated 06/10/24 The beginning, middle, and end – those are familiar elements of a good story. They provide the structure to help a reader follow along and convey the intended...

Yo-Yo Physics STEM Lesson: The Forces That Make Yo-Yos Work
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Updated 6/10/24 When I was in fifth grade, I was almost in a yo-yo commercial. Looking back now, I wonder if knowing the physics behind yo-yoing would have helped me...

Ice Cream STEM Activities: States of Matter in a Delicious Lesson
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Updated 5/23/24 Ice cream is always a big hit in the summertime (and usually year round too if we’re being honest 😉). I don’t know about you, but I don’t...

Morse Code Classroom Lesson: Translating Signals into Learning
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Updated 6/17/24 When I was young, there was one day that my dad kept making these weird noises. “Daw, dee dee, daw, daw, daw.” I was very, very confused by...

Space STEM Activities: Launch Student Learning to the Moon
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Updated 6/3/24 On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 carried the first humans to the Moon. And, six hours after landing on the Moon, the American astronaut Neil Armstrong took his...

Bowling Physics Activities for Home or the Classroom
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Updated 6/10/24 Summer means it’s a great time for indoor sports and activities to help keep cool, and, for me, that always includes bowling! Bowling is one of those awesome...