Monthly Archives: June 2011

Bigelow Middle School Holds Final Bionic Arm Competition

Posted on June 25, 2011 by newtonstem in Accomplishments, Events, Great ideas

Bigelow MS’s year-end competition to design and build a remote-controlled Bionic Arm shows one facet of how STEM is being taught in Newton’s middle schools. Students were challenged to design and build a prosthetic arm that would lift and place … Continue reading →

Robotics is Under Way at Oak Hill Middle School!

Posted on June 25, 2011 by newtonstem in Accomplishments, Great ideas

This spring, Oak Hill MS formed a new after-school Robotics Club, the MegaOHMS.  About 20 students from all three grades joined together each Monday afternoon to plan, design, build, and program Lego robots to tackle the season’s challenge —navigating the … Continue reading →

Summer Math Program, July 18-22 in Newton Highlands

Posted on June 22, 2011 by newtonstem in Resources

Planet Kids in Newton Highlands is hosting a summer math program led by Christine Moynihan, Ph.D., an educational consultant and former principal of Williams School in Newton. Two programs will run July 18-22: Grades 2 – 5 from 8:30AM to … Continue reading →

Paid Summer Internship in Science Education

Posted on June 12, 2011 by newtonstem in Opportunities

Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science (G.E.M.S.) is a one-week, paid, extracurricular, science education internship program, new this summer. Aiming to allow students to experience science in a real laboratory setting, it seeks highly motivated: Middle School students … Continue reading →

Khan Academy: Free, Online STEM Education Videos

Posted on June 11, 2011 by newtonstem in Great ideas, Resources

Salman Khan has created a growing library of over 2000 engaging educational videos — all free on YouTube — in arithmetic, algebra, trigonometry, statistics, calculus, biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, history, finance, economics.  See www.khanacademy.org for the entire library, including 9-minute … Continue reading →

TenMarks: Online Math Education Resource

Posted on June 11, 2011 by newtonstem in Resources

TenMarks (www.tenmarks.com) is on online math education resource “to help students achieve their potential in math, and supplement and enrich their classroom learning.”  Its co-founder, Andrew Joseph, is a Newton parent featured in the “Newton person of the week” interview … Continue reading →

DIGITS Launches in All Four Newton Middle Schools

Posted on June 2, 2011 by newtonstem in Events, Great ideas, Resources

Newton has become the latest site for DIGITS, a statewide program offered free to middle schools to increase 6th graders’ interest in STEM and knowledge of STEM-related careers. DIGITS pairs volunteer STEM Ambassadors — professionals in STEM-related fields who are … Continue reading →