The DC Area is Brimming With STEM Jobs and They’re Hard to Fill
Washington Post on July 1, 2014: The DC Area is Brimming With STEM Jobs and They’re Hard to Fill
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RESET Volunteer Sandra Hernandez invited parents of her students to assist in her classroom experiments for second graders and many did. Although it isn’t always possible to involve parents, RESET volunteers should give it a try by asking our teachers to help us reach out to our students’ parents, Some feedback from Sandra’s parent volunteers: Sandra-…
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The Washington Post on May 24 ran an article comparing average annual income of graduates with various majors. It included the snarky joke (payback for all those nerd jokes)?: The scientist asks, “Why does it work?” The engineer asks, “How does it work?” The English major asks, “Would you like fries with that? Check it…
Would your students think about STEM Salaries?
It helps to remind students that scientists and engineers can make higher salaries than lower paid professions. Do you think your elementary school students are starting to think of their long-term financial and lifestyle prospects? The information below may be of use to supplement ReSET volunteers’ discussions of what sparked their interest in science and…
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RESET’s November 2010 newsletter included a quote from Mary Lord, DC Ward 2 State Board of Education member, a long-time STEM education advocate. This week Ms. Lord was elected to the Board of the National Association of State Boards of Education (see press release below). A step forward for science and math education. Press release below… …
Exploding Molecules (and Stereotypes)
Information on Google’s Science Competition: We’ve become accustomed to assuming boys do better in science and math, while girls dominate in language and history. But it’s high time these stereotypes became a thing of the past. In Google’s first annual science competition in 2011, all three of the finalists were girls, and they beat out…
“RESET provided Bob with many fond memories.”
We are sad to share that Bob Hauptman, a longstanding volunteer with RESET, passed away on June 28, 2018 at the age of 93. Bob had a background in electrical engineering and taught electronics, electricity and physics to children at all grade levels. A veteran volunteer of more than 10 years, Bob continued volunteering into…
