Author Melissa Schilling Breaks Down What it Takes to be a Genius
How do geniuses become innovators? Are all innovators geniuses? Or vice versa? Melissa Schilling was driven by these questions as she researched...
Roblox Brings Coding (and Jurassic Park) to the Classroom
Over the past two years, the community-based game/development platform Roblox has exploded. While it might sound like a confusing concept, the platform is immensely popular, attracting 64 million monthly users according to Business Insider. The program acts as both development platform and game, allowing players to boot up millions of...
Justin Shaifer On Starting His “Magic Cool Bus”
Keynote Speaker, Science Communicator, and Fascinate, Inc. Executive Director Justin Shaifer has a major mission: showing underrepresented communities that STEM can not only lead to a great career, but also provide fun, exciting experiences. He is doing this with the Magic Cool Bus, a crowdfunded project that looks to inspire and engage...
USASEF Sunday Wrap-Up
The United States Science & Engineering Festival ended with a bang on Sunday! Partially because of Dr. Kate Biberdorf showing off her explosive science experiments. In this Facebook Live exclusive, Editor-in-Chief Charles Warner and Vice President of Sales Jason Riggs discuss the amazing innovations being shown off throughout the...
USASEF Saturday Wrap-Up
We had an amazing time at the USA Science & Engineering Festival's first full day! In this Facebook Live, Jason Riggs and Anthony Elio will go over all the amazing things from the Festival's debut, from VR and robotics to flamethrowers and...
USASEF Sneak Peek Friday Wrap-Up
We had an amazing time at the Sneak Peek Friday of 2018's United States Science & Engineering Festival. We saw some amazing exhibits, interviewed some interesting people, and got a firsthand view of the innovators of tomorrow. Make sure to join Adam and Ants all throughout the weekend for wrap-up streams exclusively on Facebook...
Explosive Science at USASEF with Kate Biberdorf
Heralded as “The Next Bill Nye” by Austin Woman Magazine, chemistry professor Kate Biberdorf has received considerable attention for her penchant for classroom theatricality at the University of Texas at Austin. Indeed, Biberdorf’s pyrotechnic experiments and interactive learning environments are a breath of fresh air for...
Lockheed Martin Is Locked On STEM At This Year's USASEF
Dr. Charles Johnson-Bey of Lockheed Martin celebrates the power of STEM education at this year’s USASEF Featuring established speakers, fun activities, and incredible events, the USA Science and Engineering Festival (USASEF) is known as the largest STEM event in the world for a reason. Taking place from April 7-8, the event looks to...
What Not To Miss At The USA Science & Engineering Festival 2018
The largest science and engineering festival in the world is here once again! The USA Science & Engineering Festival (USASEF) is back for their fifth Festival Expo, presented by Lockheed Martin, and it looks to be the best event yet. Taking place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., 2018’s USASEF event...
Disney Uses Black Panther Success to Donate to STEM Education
Of all the incredibly cool things in the recent Black Panther film, one of the coolest is Letitia Wright’s portrayal of T’Challa’s extremely tech-savvy teenage sister Shuri. The film has been making a lot of noise since its debut, helping IMAX break February box office records. Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger said himself that...
The Dangers of E-Shaming
As a high school counselor, I witness countless student crises each year. Still, every now and then a particular student’s story really stays with me. Recently, one such story involved a student who I will call ‘Sarah’. In middle school, a boyfriend convinced her to send him a shirtless photo. This led to E-Shaming, blackmail,...
Danni Washington Shows Us What Real Science Communication Looks Like
Fans of science fiction are no doubt familiar with the opening lines of Star Trek: “Space, the final frontier…To boldly go where no one has gone before.” But, in our frenzied enthusiasm to explore other worlds, we may have neglected our own. Space is certainly a frontier, but to hear Danni Washington tell it, we should be looking...
Physicist Michio Kaku on STEM Education
Superstar physicist Michio Kaku sat down with Innovation & Tech Today for a sprawling interview on education and future tech in the summer of 2016 for that year's fall issue. As one of the faces of popular science, Kaku is uniquely positioned to supply advice on how to engage young minds. Part of that interview is recorded...
What Leonardo da Vinci Can Tell Us About STEM vs STEAM
While April 15 is generally known as Tax Day, it also is the birthday of one of history’s great inventors: Leonardo da Vinci. A pioneer in many fields, Leonardo da Vinci is a great lens through which to view a popular debate -- is STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) or STEAM (those emphases with the inclusion of...
Winter’s Tail - How Winter The Dolphin’s Prosthesis Led to Incredible Innovation
"We were treating wounds that we’d never encountered before,” said trainer Abby Stone. “And you’re dealing with injuries that you really don’t have any reference for, from other cases…There were a lot of unknowns – even if we got to the point where she was healed, what we do at that point?” Winter’s Rescue In...
STEM to Space Camp and Beyond at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center
Entering the Saturn V Hall at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, you’re immediately aware of the sheer size of the facility, as you realize that the entire rocket, all 363 feet of it, is on display above you. Here, the experts guiding you through the multitude of machinery, rockets, and space artifacts include...
Adam Savage Airs His Thoughts on the Current State of Science Education
In the age of The Bachelor and Keeping up with the Kardashians, we should count our lucky stars that pop culture science isn’t a complete oxymoron. As one of the most recognizable science communicators out there, Mythbusters’ Adam Savage has a passion for making education as fun as possible. Also, like many people in the...
Chevron Helping to Build New STEM Pipeline
As the sponsor of Sneak Peak Friday at the 2018 USA Science & Engineering Festival (USASEF), Chevron joins companies and government organizations from across the country to promote STEM education through interactive learning. In their Chevron Tech Zone, students can engage in hands-on activities that will allow them to experience...
