All Episodes

208. How Do You Know What You Know?

207. Project Hail Mary

206. How to Turn Off Your Selective Attention

205. Can You See Stuff In Your Head?

204. What Makes a Great Inventor?

203. What Your Students Should Know About Robots

202. Trashy STEM and a Review of SEEC

201. How to Structure a STEM Program ft. Sharon Boese

200. SUPER SPACE BUGS!

199. Chickens and Rockets (Part 2)

198. An Engineer's Guide to Thoughts and Emotions (ft. Alison West and Audrey Gilfillan)

197. You Should Build a Rocket… Seriously

196. You Can Start a Microschool (ft. Changemaker Education's David Richards)

195. The Impact of Game Development (LIVE Lab)

194. Should You Be a STEM Expert?

193. Are You Manufacturing Engineers?

192. How to Address the Alien Question

191. What STEM Teachers Should Do In the Summer

190. Prime Picks: Vivify STEM's Smartest 2025 Deals

189. Applying the GLEAM Framework ft. Rolanda Baldwin of UnboundEd

188. Which Design Process Should You Use in STEM?

187. How to Make Math Meaningful ft. Ki Karou of MIND Education

186. Mind and Motion: Where STEM Meets PE ft. Naomi Hartl of School Specialty

185. Cultivating Confident Decision-Makers in STEM ft. Ramin Mohajer and Alison Stumacher

184. Is Teaching Coding Still Important? ft. CodeMonkey CEO Jonathan Schor

183. Stratospheric STEM: From Helium Hiccups to High-Altitude Heroics

182. Power On! The Fight for Equity in Tech ft. Drs. Jean Ryoo & Jane Margolis

181. How to Make Science Stick ft. Dr. Erica Colón

180. The Secret to Loving Math ft. Nichole Austion of the National Math and Science Initiative

179. Seeing Students as Mathematicians ft. Cherelle McKnight of Illustrative Mathematics

178. Getting Kids to Think

177. The Power of Makerspaces ft. Dr. Leah Hanes of Two Bit Circus

176. How to Promote Entrepreneurship in the Classroom

175. How Robotics Transforms Learning ft. Jason McKenna of VEX Robotics

174. Empowering Kids with Stylish STEM ft. Prisma Kiddos

173. Getting Students Across the Finish Line Ft. Debra Hettleman

172. Stop Buying 3D Printers!

171. How to Empower All Students with STEM ft. Carlos Romero

170. The Story Behind the Virtual Makerspace ft. Qweebi (Part 2)

169. A Virtual STEM Makerspace ft. Qweebi (Part 1)

168. Winter Woes: Saving the Mission to Mars Plant

167. STEM Educator Turned CEO ft. Liz Gallo of WhyMaker

166. Why Math Matters ft. CEO of NMSI

165. Tears & Teaching: How to Prepare for Engineering

164. STEM Overload: A STEM Space Q&A

163. Brain Building Box: What's Inside the Moon?

162. EcoInsight: A 10th Grader’s Vision for Sustainability ft. Tara Tony

161. Making Tech Education Accessible ft. imagi Co-Founders

160. How Does a Toilet Work?

159. A Vision for K-12 Engineering Education

158. Speedy STEM - What to Teach When You Don't Have Time

157. Training Astronauts ft. NASA's Ike Theriot

156. Would an Engineer Solve Your Problem?

155. Your Greatest Challenges in Teaching STEM

154. How to Make Space for STEM

153. Don't Tell Your Kid to be an Engineer

152. Claire’s STEM Classroom Finds for Back to School

151. How to Exercise Engineering Science Skills

150. Screw the Standards! Or Should We? ft. Dr. Pedersen

149. Moving Beyond Design Challenges ft. Dr. Pedersen

148. AI Tips for Teachers ft. Lauren Kelly

147. When STEM Heats Up! Summer STEM Failures

146. Is It Squishy? How to Build Engineering Intuition

145. How to Create an Engineering Lesson

144. Another Year of Smashing STEM

143. Unusual Donations to a STEM Class

142. An AI Lesson Gone Awry

141. The Insider's Guide to Engineering ft. Luke Zollinger

140. Making STEM Joyful, Rigorous, and Relevant ft. Beyond100K

139. Is Teaching Engineering Bad? Part 2

138. Prepare for the Solar Eclipse

137. Is Teaching Engineering Bad?

136. Cool Lessons on Heat Transfer

135. What Should Students Learn?

134. Are You Gifted?

133. Conferences You Should Attend in 2024

132. The Focus of an Engineering Design Competition

131. How to Scaffold Engineering Design in K-12

130. Amazing K-12 Space Projects ft. Juan Nolasco

129. A Good & Bad Example of Phenomenon-Based Teaching

128. Preparing for the New Science Standards in Texas

127. Why You Should Teach About STEM Careers

126. Star Parties & Thematic Classroom Attire

125. Constraints in a STEM Classroom

124. Bones & STEM: Spooky Special Episode

123. Solar Eclipse Partying and World Space Week

122. How to Motivate Students

121. The Importance of Clear Communication in Science

120. Prioritizing Prototypes & Assessing STEM

119. Think Like A Scientist

118. Adventures in Engineering Education with Rachelle Pedersen

117. Why Does Belonging Matter in STEM Education?

116. Back to School Icebreakers

115. How to Design a Makerspace

114. Strategies for a Teacherpreneur

113. From Miniatures to Mariners: The Power of Prototyping

112. Have We Over-Engineered the Goals of Engineering Education?

111. How AI will Transform Education ft. André Thomas

110. How to Implement Game-Based Learning ft. André Thomas

109. Behind the Scenes of the G6 ft. Whitney Holt

108. A STEM Challenge with Earthquakes ft. Kristina Ohl

107. How Students Can Search for Asteroids ft. Dr. Trudi

106. Why is Engineering in K-12?

105. Explaining the 3 Stages of STEM

104. How to Access the Free STEM Space Library

103. Teaching Light & Breaking Misconceptions

102. Celebrate World Water Day ft. MakeWater

101. How ChatGPT Will Transform Education

100. Celebrating 100 Episodes: A Lesson on Exploring Air Resistance

99. How to Teach Kids to Think Like a Scientist

98. Who is an Engineer?

97. Robots and Computer Science ft Hal Speed

96. Chat with a Chemist ft Dr. Danna Freedman

95. Colony Competitions, Wheelchairs, and More in 2023

94. How Sphero Supports STEM Teachers ft. Michelle Acaley

93. How Does Engineering Relate to Science?

92. Unpacking the NGSS ft. Molly Seward (K-4 Science Coach)

91. Defining STEM ft. Molly Seward (K-4 STEM Teacher)

90. We Launched a Weather Balloon

89. Chat with a Physics Teacher ft. Jonathan Stancek (DoD STEM Ambassador)

88. What Does a Brain Feel Like? ft. Maria Garza

87. How is STEM More Than a Problem?

86. A Parent's Perspective of STEM

85. How to Navigate Vivify STEM's Resources

84. Show Me the Money for STEM

83. How to Engage Families with STEM

82. How to Rock it with Rockets

81. Join a Virtual Space Mission

80. How Does Your Education Compare?

79. The Impact of STEM

78. Stage 3 STEM

77. Back-to-School Icebreakers

76. Career Chat with an Astronaut

75. Space Colony Competition

74. Rate My STEM Lesson

73. Does STEM Track?

72. Astrophysics and Weightlifting with Dr. Roman Gomez

71. How to Create a Relevant STEM Challenge

70. Career Chat with a Satellite Program Manager

69. Can My Baby Do STEM?

68. Game Based Learning with André Thomas

67. Is STEM After School Effective?

66. Eco-House Sustainable STEM with Kristina Ohl

65. How to Plan Your Year in STEM

64. Inspire Kids with Space: Chat with NASA Ground Controller!

63. What is the Point of a Field Trip?

62. Life on Another Planet? Career Chat with an Astrobiologist!

61. Crazy Chemistry and Your Questions Answered

60. Why Should You Have More Than One Solution?

59. How to Motivate Students and Regulate Emotions in STEM

58. Are You Training Up Innovators?

57. How to Organize a STEM Summer Camp

56. What Do Kids Need To Prepare For Engineering?

55. How to Teach STEM During Women's History Month

54. HELP! My Students Are Struggling With TEAMWORK!

53: Getting Data From Our Poop? Career Chat with Dr. Olesen

52: How to Host a STEM Family Night

51. How Do You Get Every Student to Speak?

50. How to Involve Girls in After-School STEM

49. Big Things Happening in 2022!

48. What Is In Our Air?

47. What Maps Have To Do With Creativity

46. STEM Career Chat with Bioengineer Dr. Georgia Lagoudas

45. The Best STEM Challenge Ever

44. How Do You Manage Your STEM Classroom?

43. How Do We Define Success In STEM?

42. How Do You Chew?

41. What is Your Problem?

40. Escape the STEM Room

39. How Did We Get Here?

38. Back to School STEM

37. The Learning Potential of Space Club

36. Are You A Visualizer?

35. Question Everything

34. We Interviewed an Astronaut

33. My Students Built A Wheelchair

32. Preparing Our Students for the Future

31. Reflections from a First Year STEM Teacher

30. Launching A High Altitude Balloon Part 2

29. Why Do We Teach Engineering in Schools?

28. Elementary STEM Con & Beyond

27. Launching A High Altitude Balloon

26. Making Time for STEM (featuring Kerry Tracy)

25. Teaching Fads: Should You Have A Makerspace?

24. Craft Projects vs. STEM (featuring Kerry Tracy)

23. Mission to the Moon: Virtual STEM Program

22. Teaching Fads: Should You Teach Like a Pirate?

21. Teaching Fads: Should You Teach STEM?

20. Thanksgiving STEM Activities

19. How To Motivate Your Students

18. What You Should Know About Failure

17. We All Need a Lesson in Failure

16. Everything You Know About Learning Styles Is Wrong

15. How to Address Students' Misconceptions

14. When Kids Are Ready to Learn and How to Teach Them

13. How to Effectively Teach Skills to Students

12. Stage 3 STEM: STEM Competitions

11. 3 Ways to Effectively Praise Your Students

10. Tips For Your STEM Program

9. STEM with Sphero Robotics

8. STEM vs. STEAM+

7. How to Ask Questions

6. Our Favorite Summer PD Takeaways

5. STEM Tools for your Classroom

4. Why You Should Teach Space

3. Building Relationships with Distance Learning Icebreakers

2. STEM Careers in your Classroom

1. The 3 Stages of STEM