Resources
Blocks, Building, and Beyond PowerPoint
Systems Thinking Playbook
This book has become a favorite of K–12 teachers, university faculty, and corporate consultants. It provides short gaming exercises that illustrate the subtleties of systems thinking. The companion DVD shows the authors introducing and running each of the thirty games.
Read MoreSystems in Motion books
This dynamic set of books consolidates the powerful lessons about oscillations in one place! This series of lessons (also online) allows students to explore and see the deeper nature of what is causing particular behaviors. Help students discover the iceberg…. Purchase one or the whole set!
Read MoreSesame Street: Bruno Mars: Don’t Give Up
Sesame Street: Janelle Monae – Power of Yet
Power of YET with Carol S Dweck
STEM Competitions
An exhaustive but not complete annotated list of STEM competitions.
Read MoreAZ Odyssey of the Mind
Hollow Flashlight Invented by 14-Year-Old Girl
Meet Ann Makosinski, a 15-year-old who invented a flashlight powered by thermal energy from her hand – no batteries necessary – EVER! Use this video to introduce your students to a young inventor who won her age group at the 2013 Google Science Fair. Learn more about the science and technology behind her “Hollow” Flashlight! LEARN…
Read MoreEnvirothon
The NCF-Envirothon is an annual competition for high school-aged students conducted over five consecutive days every summer during July or August. To expose students to diverse environmental issues, ecosystems, and topography the North American Envirothon is hosted in a different location each year.
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