Free Resources to Ignite Student Interest in STEM

Discovery Education and Social Impact Partners Support Families with New No-Cost Resources to Ignite Student Interest in STEM

To accelerate student learning and ignite student curiosity in STEM, Discovery Education presents parents and guardians an array of no-cost dynamic digital resources. This selection of content, created in partnership with leading corporate and community partners, inspires families to learn together by exploring the world around them. Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art K-12 digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place.

The following selection of new no-cost digital resources added to existing programs connect families to the wide world of STEM learning by bringing STEM learning home:

Science at Home with 3M

3M’s Science at Home video series is a collection of simple, watch-and-do science experiments that feature 3M scientists and special guests using common household items to make STEM learning as accessible as possible while also showing students that they can connect science to just about anything. Challenge kids to utilize everyday items to reinforce core scientific principles. From engineering with marshmallows to chemistry with baking soda, you can help inspire STEM solution seekers geared to change the world while also sharing a laugh. 

In addition, the 3M and Discovery Education program – Young Scientist Lab – provides no-cost dynamic digital resources for students, teachers, and families to explore, transform, and innovate the world around them.

Hands on STEM and Manufacturing Explorations with the STEM Careers
Coalition™

Calling all creators, doers, and makers to explore the world of STEM, modern manufacturing, and sustainability! From traveling the world to recycling water and cans, families can dive into these topics with K-12 activities, brainteasers, and career profiles from the STEM Careers Coalition. Inspire the next generation to embrace sustainability with exciting hands-on activities that spark student’s curiosity and help them understand how they can use their skills to protect our planet.

The STEM Careers Coalition is the first-of-its-kind national STEM initiative powered by corporate leaders and anchored in schools by Discovery Education. The STEM Careers Coalition’s mission is to empower educators to teach STEM effectively in the classroom, foster equity and access to quality education, and build the next generation of solution-seekers.

Exploring Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence with Mastercard

Explore cyber security in a new multi-part digital learning video series with accompanying activities designed to inspire girls to pursue STEM. Students travel to a high-tech cyber forensics lab and fusion center, where a diverse team of Mastercard cybersecurity experts investigate, safeguard, and innovate against threats like cyberattack and fraud.

With the goal of engaging five million girls by 2025, Girls4Tech™ is Mastercard’s signature science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) program. Mastercard has partnered with Discovery Education to launch the latest phase of this award-winning, global initiative which provides middle and high school girls access to STEM resources and career exploration tools with an emphasis on payment technologies, artificial intelligence (AI), and cybersecurity. Discover more at Girls4Tech™.

Unplugging STEM with TGR Foundation

From pancakes and color to lava lamps and mental wellness, the new STEM Unplugged Video Series from TGR EDU: Explore empowers students to find STEM in everyday activities and objects. Led by TGR Foundation facilitators, these engaging short videos encourage exploration and align to the array of professions and pathways in STEM.

TGR Foundation, A Tiger Woods Charity, and Discovery Education offer a digital professional learning series empowering educator agency with new strategies to support student’s success in school and beyond. The professional development series for educators from TGR EDU: Explore presents schools, particularly those from under-resourced communities, with the access and materials needed to transform STEM teaching.

Exploring Careers with Siemens

Careers in STEM are rapidly expanding and changing, and they provide exciting and fulfilling opportunities for tomorrow’s workforce. In the bite-sized Career Profiles from Siemens STEM Day, students discover that STEM careers are not one-size-fits-all: the paths to success look different, but everyone can discover a fulfilling career in STEM.

The Siemens Foundation and Discovery Education created Siemens STEM Day, a K-12 STEM program offering an extensive library of no-cost, standards-aligned activities that bring science, technology, engineering, and math to life inside and outside the classroom. These resources have been specifically designed to be easy to implement for educators, parents, Siemens employees, and community volunteers while remaining hands-on and engaging for students in all grades.

Discovery Science with AstraZeneca

Get inspired in the comfort of home with new At-Home Experiments. Each experiment features a short video explaining the activity, as well as a detailed handout to be completed over multiple sessions. All students can enjoy becoming an at-home scientist in their own time while bringing the family together.

AstraZeneca, Learning Undefeated, and Discovery Education partnered to create Generation Health: How Science Powers Us, a dynamic middle school program that aims to make science personal through a focus on healthy living. This program provides hands-on, standards-aligned STEM learning activities during which students investigate both preventative measures and innovative solutions to key health concerns in the areas of oncology, cardiovascular, and respiratory.

Families, students, and educators can discover even more resources for any time learning on Discovery Education’s flexible K-12 learning platform. The STEM Careers channel inspires students to dream big by meeting current STEM professionals from industry-leading organizations. The Social Impact Partnerships channel offers up a diverse array of multimedia activities designed to spark curiosity and launch learning into the world.

“As I work with teachers to build out lesson plans, I always look for new and innovative ways to capture and maintain my students’ attention,” said Rita A. Mortenson, an Instructional Coach at Verona Area High School in the Verona Area School District. “The resources from Discovery Education and their partners give me a powerful tool that I can count on to engage our students as it shows them the world beyond the classroom.”

Discovery Education’s Virtual Field Trips can be found within the company’s recently enhanced K-12 learning platform on the Virtual Field Trips channel or in the Social Impact Partnerships channel. Every month, Discovery Education adds hundreds of new resources—from ready-to-use activities to immersive videos and Virtual Field Trips to podcasts and curated channels. Each resource is culturally authentic, reflects the diversity of today’s world, and includes embedded supports, like closed captioning, text-to-speech, and language translations.

“Learning with family is a tool for success. Parents and guardians can gather their students around the table to explore the wonderful world of STEM, all from the safety of home,” said Beth Meyer, Vice President of Social Impact at Discovery Education. “We’re excited to collaborate with our industry-leading partners to provide communities powerful experiences that help them dive into innovative ideas.”

For more information about Discovery Education’s digital resources and professional learning services, visit www.discoveryeducation.com, and stay connected with Discovery Education on social media through Twitter and LinkedIn.

About Discovery Education
Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place. Through its award-winning multimedia content, instructional supports, and innovative classroom tools, Discovery Education helps educators deliver equitable learning experiences engaging all students and supporting higher academic achievement on a global scale. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5 million educators and 45 million students worldwide, and its resources are accessed in over 140 countries and territories. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc., Discovery Education partners with districts, states, and trusted organizations to empower teachers with leading edtech solutions that support the success of all learners. Explore the future of education at www.discoveryeducation.com.

Contacts
Grace Maliska | Discovery Education | gmaliska@discoveryed.com