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Iowa Classrooms+Workplaces Summit: Forging Work-Based Learning Partnerships

The Governor’s STEM Advisory Council (Iowa STEM) at the Iowa Department of Education produced the Iowa Classrooms+Workplaces Summit on April 10 at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines.

Parkview Middle School Mathematics Teacher Genna Kinley was a 2019 STEM Teacher Extern with John Deere

STEM Teacher Externships on Track for Summer 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted our learning environments, workplaces, social gatherings and more. People around the world are looking at things through a new lens and rapidly making adjustments to safely and effectively deliver instructions, products and services in our communities.

Aris Winger to lead STEM equity workshop

Fostering Equity in the STEM Classroom

Fostering Equity in the STEM Classroom is a professional development experience for educators, administrators and community members prioritizing equity, diversity and inclusion.

Far Reaching Benefits of STEM BEST

Still contemplating applying to become a STEM BEST (Business Engaging Students and Teachers) Program?

STEM Education through the Pandemic

As many Iowans are faced with the challenges of homebound learning, the STEM Council facilitated a Twitter chat to connect STEM educators and families to each other and to ideas.

Young Iowans try out health diagnostic tools brought by Guthrie County Hospital to a recent Southwest Regional STEM Festival.

Iowa STEM and Coronavirus - a message from the director

Students from Saint Albert Catholic Schools received hands-on experience with robot-assisted technology in Council Bluffs.

Inspiring the Next Generation of STEM Professionals

Today’s students will be the innovators and enterprising members of our future workforce, leading change in unprecedented circumstances and rising to meet the needs of our communities.

150 Iowa schools take part in the Microsoft Imagine Academy each year.

IT Certification Expands Future with Computer Science

STEM Opportunities Progress in Iowa

Educators, employers, students, parents, legislators and guests assembled at the State Capitol for STEM Day at the Capitol 2020.

Hundreds Celebrate STEM Day at State Capitol

STEM exhibits, featuring nearly 200 Iowans, lined the Capitol Rotunda on February 19 for STEM Day at the Capitol. A total of 23 in and out of school displays were present, featuring students who demonstrated the impact of STEM programming in their lives.

2020 I.O.W.A. STEM Teacher Award recipients were honored at STEM Day at the Capitol.

2020 I.O.W.A. STEM Teacher Awardees Honored at State Capitol

The 2020 I.O.W.A. STEM Teacher Award recipients were recognized during STEM Day at the Capitol. Sponsored by Kemin Industries, the award is given to teachers who go above and beyond to inspire student interest in and awareness of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

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