Ready… Set… Relax! Rocket Fuel for Summer Planning, High Water Science, and Beach Reads for Teachers In this month’s issue, we close out another surprising, fun, jam-packed, drive-all-over-Texas, electrifying, inspiring school year! We bring you some thoughts about weather (and our good wishes for all those recovering from its effects), some rocket fuel for summer […]
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May 2015: 30th Annual State Math & Science Competition
We’ve Come a Long Way Since 1985, And We’re Going Even Further In this month’s issue, we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the TAME State Math & Science Competitions. From our beginnings in Houston in 1985 to this month’s exciting event at the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics campus in Fort Worth, the Competitions have been the launchpad […]
April 2015: State & All That Jazz
A STEM Take on Poetry and Music: Electrified Haiku, Your Brain on Jazz, and 30 Years of Winners In this month’s issue, we honor National Poetry Month and Jazz Appreciation Month, by combining the right and left brain sides of STEM: the mathematical structure behind poems, your brain’s response to rhythm, beat, and harmony, and […]
March 2015: Irish Science, Engineering with Eggs, and A Big Slice of Pi
What do leprechauns eat on March 14th? Irish Pi! In this month’s issue, get a leprechaun’s view of science, celebrate a once-in-a-lifetime Pi Day, and see how students in the Panhandle crack an egg – or don’t. This month’s teacher newsletter features: · Calling all designers: $100 art contest ends this […]
February 2015: Big Hearts, Big Brains, Big Dreams
Big Hearts, Big Brains, Big Dreams: The Valentine Issue In this month’s issue, get prepared for the next round of Divisionals, celebrate Black History Month with Guy Bluford, African-American astronaut, and find out how sugar can make you smarter. This month’s teacher newsletter features: · Divisional Math & Science Competitions: o […]
January 2015: Hoverboards, TAME in Space, and Divisionals
It’s 2015. Where’s my hoverboard? In this issue, we look back at what the future used to look like, and look ahead at the future taking shape! The makers of the Back to the Future movies were aiming for entertainment, not accuracy, when they imagined 2015. Their future didn’t include climate change or pandemics. […]