The NI myDAQ is a great tool for hands-on engineering projects and experimentation. You can use it to prototype systems and test circuits anywhere, anytime. LabVIEW and Multisim software are available to greatly enhance the abilities of this device. NI LabVIEW is a powerful, graphical development environment that offers unrivaled integration with thousands of hardware devices and provides hundreds of … Read More
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We are excited to share the news! Dick Blais and Tom White have created another exciting STEM curriculum program. Designed to follow the Siemens Engineering Design – Course 1 STEM curriculum (available in the USA and Canada), Siemens Manufacturing and Automation – Course 2 is now available. This secondary school course will feature Solid Edge design software. This course is … Read More
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With over 100 years of experience in education, Tom White, Terry Nagy and Dick Blais have come together to create an exciting STEM curriculum program. The Siemens Engineering Design STEM curriculum (currently, only available in the USA) they developed is a secondary school course that features Solid Edge design software. Let’s not bury the lead, this course is being provided … Read More
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From battle bots to local competitions, robotics competitions are increasing in popularity. Why? For one, they are a great way to get students involved with core STEM areas like electronics & programming. Students respond to hands-on learning and with the increased emphasis on STEM education, these competitions are a perfect solution. They are a win-win for students, parents, and teachers. … Read More
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As you are probably aware, Studica offers a great variety of software, STEM education solutions, robotics, and technology products. We have also developed great partnerships with WorldSkills and FIRST. For over 30 years, our focus has been uniting technology with education. For instance, we offer National Instruments products for students and faculty with academic discounts and we also offer National Instruments … Read More
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If you haven’t heard, Siemens Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) announced the release of a new high school engineering design course. This is a contemporary problem and project-based STEM curriculum. The course, Siemens Engineering Design, is available to secondary schools free of charge. Siemens has made a commitment to make this course affordable and effective for any high school. As such, in addition … Read More
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fischertechnik Education is expanding its free STEM curriculum to include fischertechnik’s Introduction to STEM II. The Introduction to STEM II is a more in-depth STEM set that focuses on technology and robotics. Similar to the Introduction to STEM I set, this curriculum uses everyday technology to engage students. These successful sets focus on tangible concepts that students are familiar with … Read More
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If you are a regular reader of the fischertechnik blog posts, you’ve no doubt heard us discuss how project based learning and other non-lecture classroom formats have been shown to be most effective methods for addressing the STEM education dilemma. With this in mind, a few stories in the news caught my eye. The first, from the Homeland Security News … Read More
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In case you missed the big news that was all over the wire services and the internet a week or so back, Studica recently selected Westfield Vocational Technical High School to act as a model school for the fischertechnik STEM Lab Program. As you probably know from our past blog postings, the fischertechnik STEM Lab Program incorporates the state-of-the-art fischertechnik … Read More
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Did you know you can now turn an ordinary myDAQ with LabVIEW into a programmable action controller? We sat down with esteemed STEM educator, Tom White, to talk about the new mySTEM Board miniSystem which he designed to do just that. This is how he explains the new miniSystem for myDAQ, why it was created and how it can help teach … Read More
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