Because of Covid-19, many of these internships are remote. If you have a rising high school student interested in STEM, be sure to have them check out this list from Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. These are life-changing opportunities! Applying for internships can cause anxiety, especially if it does not result in obtaining then….
Category: STEM/STEAM
Science non fictions books and fun experiments for kids to do at home.
My Daughter’s Team Wins the Rhode Island BlueGreen Innovation Challenge!
My daughter is a sophomore at Rhode Island School of Design and she pulled together a team of Industrial Design majors to compete in the BlueGreen Innovation challenge in Rhode Island. Along the way, she added an M.I.T. senior engineering student to her team. They successfully competed and made the finalist round. They are one…
Learning about Rubik’s Cube Algorithms: STEAM Activity for Kids
If you would like your kids to be excited about science and math, it is a great idea to introduce fun STEAM activities as young as possible. For most people, solving a Rubik’s cube is extremely intimidating. The algorithms can seem complex and technically complicated. Don’t be discouraged though: without knowledge of algorithms it took…
10 Reasons to Go for a Master’s Program
Let me start by saying that I have my Master’s Degree in business from UCLA. I pursued this degree three years after graduating from college because, as an entrepreneur who was running a staffing business but who had studied History and Science in college, I was unable to read my company’s financial statements. It was…
7 New STEM Picture Books
“Conformity to social expectations, gender stereotypes, gender roles and lack of role models continue to channel girls’ career choices away from STEM fields,” said psychology professor Martin Bauer of the London School of Economics, who helped coordinate the survey of 11,500 girls across 12 European countries. from CNN I’m a big fan of picture books…
Our Hawk Adolescents Gave Us a Goodbye Present
You’re unlikely to see this bird in your backyard (unless yours is a big one). Red-tailed Hawks eat mostly mammals, so they’re less likely to visit a popular feeder than a Cooper’s or Sharp-shinned hawk is. It’s very rare for a Red-tailed Hawk to go after dogs or cats. from All About Birds The…
My Red-Tailed Hawk Babies Learn to Fly
My neighbors and I are enjoying watching a Red-tailed Hawk family grow up. There are two baby chicks who are now fully-fledged teenagers with keys to the car. They can be seen swooping around from tree to tree and they are a raucous bunch; noisy, playful, and fun! Their arrival this spring has made birdwatchers…







