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Women in Tech: What do you wish someone had told you when you were in school?

• September 9

The “Women in Tech” panel was held on April, 2019 and hosted by University of Dallas at Texas in partnership with Communities Foundation of Texas and talkSTEM. The audience comprised of UT Dallas students, alumni, faculty as well as middle school girls from schools who had been invited to attend, together with their teachers. In this short video, we hear discussion around the specific question: What do you wish someone had told you when you were in school?... CONTINUE READING

Women in Tech: How do you think companies support communities?

• September 9

The “Women in Tech” panel was held on April, 2019 and hosted by University of Dallas at Texas in partnership with Communities Foundation of Texas and talkSTEM. The audience comprised of UT Dallas students, alumni, faculty as well as middle school girls from schools who had been invited to attend, together with their teachers. In this short video, we hear discussion around the specific question: What implicit biases have you witnessed?... CONTINUE READING

Women in Tech: What implicit biases have you witnessed?

• September 9

The “Women in Tech” panel was held on April, 2019 and hosted by University of Dallas at Texas in partnership with Communities Foundation of Texas and talkSTEM. The audience comprised of UT Dallas students, alumni, faculty as well as middle school girls from schools who had been invited to attend, together with their teachers. In this short video, we hear discussion around the specific question: What is a STEM mindset?... CONTINUE READING

Women in Tech: Why do women need to be at the table to make decisions?

• September 9

The “Women in Tech” panel was held on April, 2019 and hosted by University of Dallas at Texas in partnership with Communities Foundation of Texas and talkSTEM. The audience comprised of UT Dallas students, alumni, faculty as well as middle school girls from schools who had been invited to attend, together with their teachers. In this short video, we hear discussion around the specific question: why do women need to be at the table to make decisions?... CONTINUE READING

What’s My Question (Introduction)

• September 9

Viewing the world through a mathematical lens is a great and easy tool to practice in our daily lives. We organize various math walks and video tours to help grow wonderful mindset. Here, we outline some of the steps we take to interact with math in the world around us and to create place-based, math learning opportunities. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant DRL 2115393. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in... CONTINUE READING

What’s My Question – Geometric Shapes & Transformations

• September 9

We take a look at the math theme of geometric shapes and transformations, practicing how to find shapes in the space around us and using basic starter questions to begin to analyze what we see. Follow along with us as we put these methods to the test in the Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant DRL 2115393. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of th... CONTINUE READING

What’s My Question – Math Patterns

• September 9

We discuss starter questions related to the math theme of patterns, ways that things behave at regular intervals and increments in the world around us. Join us as we demonstrate our own pattern-related questions we were inspired to ask while at the Dallas Zoo! This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant DRL 2115393. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily... CONTINUE READING

What’s My Question – Estimation, Quantity, and Scale

• September 9

Estimation, quantity, and scale help us understand aspects of the world around us that we can’t always interact with directly – these tools help us understand large objects and numbers, and ways to represent them. We discuss the questions students at the St. Philip’s School and Community Center posed within this math theme to show just how intuitive this can be! This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant DRL 2115393. Any opinions, findings, an... CONTINUE READING

Welcome to the Girl Scouts STEM Center of Excellence at Camp Whispering Cedars

• September 9

Camp Director Shane Woods welcomes you to this walking tour at the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas’ STEM Center of Excellence at Camp Whispering Cedars. Girl Scouts are known for their commitment to empowering young women by providing unique and opportunities to engage with STEM. This tour was supported in part by the High Tech High Heels nonprofit organization. Supplementary Activity Guides for this video to extend student learning for K-12 grade levels are freely available here:... CONTINUE READING

How Many People Can Fit on the Observation Deck?

• September 9

At Camp Whispering Cedars, Girl Scouts climb a winding series of steps to reach the top of an observation deck, where they can stargaze or have meetings. We wonder how they might estimate exactly how many people could have fun stargazing sleepover party on the deck! Supplementary Activity Guides for this video to extend student learning for K-12 grade levels are freely available here: https://talkstem.org/tal... CONTINUE READING