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Educator Voices August 22 2024

Educator Voice: Teaching students how to problem-solve with robotics

Learn about the many benefits of robotics in the classroom

Daily News Lesson August 09 2024

Building a robot: The dedication and drive of one world championship robotics team

Learn about the 2024 VEX Robotics World Championship

Lesson Plan April 30 2024

Lesson Plan: Using robotics to support high-speed internet in rural communities

A short project-based lesson that weaves arts & sciences together

Educator Voices April 18 2024

Educator Voice: Bridging the STEM gap one mother and daughter at a time

How this mother-daughter robotics club provides equity for students and their families

Student Voices April 18 2024

Student Voice: Robots bring mothers and daughters together

Hear from grade-school girls who taught their mothers how to build robots

Educator Voices March 17 2024

Educator Voice: How robotics can help students in special education learn social skills

Combining robotics instruction with social stories can help students figure out how to navigate friendship

Undated illustration handout of Perseverance rover being lowered to Martian surface by jet-powered "sky crane" descent vehicle

Daily Video February 19 2021

Classroom Resource: NASA rover lands on Mars, resuming search for remnants of life

Discuss the significance of NASA's latest mission to Mars.

Daily Video July 27 2017

All-girls robotics team from Afghanistan competes after initial visa denial

An all-girls team from Afghanistan reached the United States for a robotics competition after having their visas denied twice by American officials. Finally, they were allowed into the country.

Lesson Plan February 01 2017

Lesson plan: Invent your own device to battle invasive species

Stunning fish who were once kept as pets are destroying Florida’s coral reef ecosystem. In this PBS NewsHour lesson plan, students will learn how scientists are using a new invention, a lionfish zapping robot, to combat this harmful invasive species. They will then create their own invention to ward off invasive species in their community or region.

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