The Oklahoma State Department of Education is seeking science educators to participate in Phase 2 of the Open Education Resource (OER) Project for science. The Oklahoma Science OER Project began last year with Oklahoma educators working to complete Phase 1 of the project. Phase 2 of the project will engage educators in reviewing the work […]

Denis Thomas and Paige Bergin are Union Public School teachers committed to teaching STEM in their classrooms.  Below they discuss their STEM classroom. Q: What is STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) education important in the elementary classroom? A: STEM education is essential in elementary grades so that we get our students engaged and increase […]

Submitted By: Tiffany Bolding Rosa Parks Elementary Union Public School   You may have heard of Problem Based Learning and wondered what it is. We asked Tiffany Bolding about their program at Rosa Parks Elementary. Rosa Parks is also a community school, which provides multiple services to students and their families. In addition to these […]

In an unprecedented effort to promote leadership skills and endeavors amongst classroom teachers, the Oklahoma State Department of Education has developed their OKSci and OKMath Leadership programs. These programs take a small group of STEM education teachers on a personal journey to discover the leadership skills and problem solving techniques they already possess, but may […]