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🌟 Congratulations to the 2024 Educators Pick Best of STEM® Award Winners!🌟 These trailblazers are leading the charge in STEM education with products and technologies that truly make a difference. From innovative tools that ignite curiosity to resources that empower teachers, our 2024 winners are at the forefront of educational excellence. 🏆 Join us in celebrating these champions of STEM education who are inspiring the next generation of thinkers, creators, and problem-solvers. 🎓🔬 LEGO Education Accelerate Learning Inc. Avantis Education BioBrain - STEM EdTech platform Carolina Biological Supply Company CloudLabs Learning Code.org CodeHS CodeMonkey CoderZ Drone Legends ExploreLearning iCEV JASON Learning Killer Snails LLC Learning Undefeated Makey Makey LLC MIND Education Realityworks, Inc SAE International Sphero, Inc. STEM Sports®  Tutor.com The future of STEM is brighter because of your dedication and innovation. We’re honored to recognize your outstanding contributions! 💡 #BestofSTEM #STEMInnovation #EducationLeaders #BestofSTEM2024

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💡 Spotlight on the 2024 winners: Carolina Lab Skills from Carolina Science Education 💡 Imagine lab day. Your technology stands ready— micropipettes or maybe analytical balances—which requires precise technique. And the less frequently you teach these skills, the more challenging they are to demonstrate with confidence. That's why Carolina's Lab Skills winning our "Best Freebies for STEM" award matters. Their comprehensive toolkit covers these infrequently used lab techniques with: ✅ Professional videos demonstrating proper technique ✅ Visual classroom posters connecting skills to careers ✅ Step-by-step student handouts for independent practice The best part? Their collection of resources keeps growing, responding to teachers' most-needed topics. Judge @Omah Duncan noted how these resources help teachers build student confidence in essential lab skills during a time when many students face learning gaps.

STEM Sports, winner of the 2024 Best of STEM for Culturally Relevant Teaching & Learning, has an answer for those curious students who ask, "Why would I ever need this?" 🏈 🏀 = The Future of STEM Education! ⛷ 🤸♂️ Here's the game-changing reality: While STEM careers are projected to surge 11%+ in the next decade, we're still wrestling with how to make these crucial subjects stick...and maybe even be interesting to ALL students. Enter STEM Sports® - the innovative curriculum blending athletics with academics. Think about it: A 🏀 arc teaches parabolic motion. A tennis serve demonstrates velocity and force. Suddenly, abstract concepts become real, tangible, and (dare we say it?) useful! What makes this a home run for educators? (Sorry. It's practice puns Wednesday.) ✅ K-8 standards-aligned curriculum ✅ 12+ sports integrations ✅ Active, hands-on learning methodology ✅ Real-world applications many students care about The result? Students who don't just memorize STEM concepts - they experience them, understand them, and get excited about them. That's not just learning; that's future-proofing education. #STEMEducation #EdTech #Innovation #SportScience #K8Education #STEM #FutureOfLearning #BestofSTEM Jeffrey Crapper, Ed.D., NBCT, ATC, AEMT Annie Galvin Teich Hope Warner Sean C. Barton Jeff Golner

The Microscopic Masterpiece That Challenges "I Don't Need Science, I'm an Artist" Have you ever heard a student say, "I won't need science, I plan to be an artist"? This stunning image from National Geographic's Nikon Small World contest beautifully shatters that notion. 💥 What you're seeing are two water fleas (Daphnia sp.) under a microscope. The left one carries embryos, the right one eggs. These tiny creatures, barely visible to the naked eye, become a vibrant, almost abstract painting when magnified. 🖼️ This image embodies the powerful intersection of art, communication, scientific analysis, and technology: 1. Art: The composition, color, and detail rival any abstract painting. 🎨 2. Communication: It conveys complex biological concepts in a visually striking way. It’s a classroom conversation starter, by asking “What do you notice?”⚛️ 3. Analysis: It builds critical thinking skills by asking, “What do you wonder?” “How can you find evidence to support what you hypothesize?” 🧠 4. Technology: Advanced microscopy is a rigorous art form that just might capture the attention of students.🔬 As professionals, we often segregate disciplines. But the most innovative solutions often emerge when we blend them. An artist's eye can unveil scientific beauty. A scientist's precision can enhance artistic expression. 🔍✨ Whether you're in tech, marketing, research, or creative fields, consider this: - How can you bring scientific rigor to your creative process? 🧠 - How can you inject creativity into your analytical work? 💡 The next breakthrough in your field might just lie at this intersection. Let's challenge our assumptions and embrace the art in science, and the science in art. 🌈 What unexpected combinations have led to breakthroughs in your work? Share your thoughts below! 👇 #ArtMeetsScience #Innovation #Creativity #STEM #ProfessionalDevelopment https://lnkd.in/gRXcqJyY

💡Spotlight on the Winners: High Dosage Tutoring from Tutor.com published by The Princeton Review💡 Best of STEM 2024: Bridging the Gap: Tutoring Programs for STEM For over 24 years, Tutor.com has powered student success with 26 million+ personalized tutoring sessions 🎓. 🎯Their impact? 🎯 Research-backed results: ✅ 18% fewer Ds & Fs ✅ Higher GPAs ✅ Fewer absences With on-demand tutoring in 50+ STEM subjects and bilingual instruction in Spanish, Tutor.com is a critical tool for K-12 students—especially post-pandemic. Two studies met ESSA Level II standards, proving positive outcomes for students, particularly in math 📊. Their High-Dosage Tutoring delivers small-group, accelerated learning aligned with rigorous academic goals. Tutor.com supports teachers with real-time data and tailored student plans for maximum impact 📚. Dr. Rachelle Dené Poth Charlotte Andrist Suzanne Podhurst, PhD Annie Galvin Teich #STEM #EdTech #StudentSuccess #PersonalizedLearning #Tutoring

Spotlight on the winners: CodeHS... "All I can say is WOW….inclusion for all students to become proficient (at a minimum) in coding!!! Through the use of Code HS, teachers can digitally manage class rosters, lessons, assignments, progress, and their grade book." Dr. Linda Johnson-McClinton  2024 Best of STEM Judge #BestofSTEM Claire Sindlinger

Check it out, Besties! Avantis Education, Sphero, BiotechBuilders, Carolina Science Education, iCEV, Makey Makey, Realityworks, Inc, LEGO Education, STEM Sports®, Tutor.com, CodeMonkey, @AWIM, Kide Science by Accelerate Learning, JASON Learning, BioBrain - Interactive STEM textbooks, Killer Snails LLC, MIND Education, Drone Legends, CodeHS, CoderZ, ExploreLearning, Learning Undefeated, Code.org

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💡Spotlight on Best of STEM Winner" Drone Legends We love how Drone Legends amplified their Best of STEM win! Their Little Legends program for K-3 is well-loved by STEM educators, including our judges. We love how they took an existing video to showcase their product with the Best of STEM video. Staying present, visible, and helpful to educators is so important this time of year, because educators start to think about which vendor programs are working, which need adjustments, and which won't make it to next year's budget. Vendors, if you are thinking about quick, creative ways to be memorable, let this video from Drone Labs remind you that it takes less than five minutes to take an existing video clip, drop it into a social media template, load the Best of STEM 2024 logo, and post it. What's the best part: according to our peeps Leoni Consulting Group (LCG), the social media algorithms LOVE video.