Tiffany Neill and Levi Patrick Problems Understanding and Defining STEM Google “STEM activity” and you’ll see towers, bridges, and a lot of projects that use copious amounts of tape, candy, and spaghetti. Add “middle school” or “high school” to your search and you’ll find more wires, gears, and robot cars. In just a few moments, […]

What If They Fail? Is it possible that children are born with engineering skills and we educate those skills out of them? Six year-old Wesley had a problem. His toy soldier had a broken leg. Like most children his age, Wesley is a natural problem-solver. Young children experiment with solving problems as they play. They […]

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 […]