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STEM Council

Fall Meeting of Governor’s STEM Advisory Council Marks Transition Period

Consistency through change was the message delivered by members, friends and allies of the Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council at their bi-annual meeting on Monday, November 13, in room B100,...

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Greenhouses

Greenhouses Sprouting Up Across Iowa

A greenhouse has become a new powerful learning space in some schools across Iowa with the assistance of the STEM BEST® Program. 

The Metro Academy High School in Cedar Rapids recently...

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Externships

Employers Invited to Host STEM Teacher Externs for Summer 2024

Last summer 82 STEM teachers from across the state spent their summer embedded in a workplace environment in order to grow their skills and better understand the needs of business and industry...

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corporate sponsors

Investors in STEM Stretch Iowan’s Dollars

Iowa’s legislature honors the return on investment of the Governor’s STEM Advisory Council by recommitting state funds annually and so do numerous non-state investors. Businesses, foundations,...

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Wayne County Festival

STEM Education on Display at Fall Festivals

From the science of changing leaves to the fall crop harvest, the fall season in Iowa produces a brilliant display of STEM. In each of the STEM Council’s six regions, fall also brings about a...

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Yerington extern

STEM Teacher Externships: Connect, Experience, Share

Many Muscatine students are learning how STEM learning connects to local careers, thanks to last summer’s STEM Teacher Externships Program. Six teachers from four schools in the Muscatine school...

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Scale up Central Community

Scale-Up What Works for Iowa Students

Chemistry, physics and general science look a little different this year at Central Community School. Brian Ungerer, Central Community School middle and high school science teacher, along with...

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Linn Mar Venture student

Classroom to Careers

Elyssa McDowell, Venture Academics strategic partnerships coordinator for Linn-Mar Community Schools, experienced a full circle moment as an educator. One of the students from the Venture...

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The STEM BEST Program at Prairie High School will engage students and local workplaces with technology advanced healthcare experiences using their new Anatomage Table.

School+Business Partnerships = Future-Focused Skills

Prairie High School teachers added a new tool to their toolbox for the current academic year. Students are getting the opportunity to gain a deeper experience in healthcare through a new Anatomage...

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