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National STEM Day 11-8-2021

The 2021 Hess Guide Fun-damentals of Flight is a great way to celebrate National STEM Day with your students. The guide features several fun STEM activities that can be used with and without having the actual Hess Cargo Plane and Jet on hand. Students learn about fundamental flight dynamics and principles by constructing, flying and observing paper airplanes and gliders.

STEM to the Rescue

Baylor College of Medicine and Hess Corporation have teamed to offer a unique resource for teaching STEAM content to elementary and middle school students. The 2020 Hess Ambulance Rescue Team, used in combination with the free curricular guide, STEM to the Rescue, provide a powerful STEAM learning experience that engages as it teaches.

COVID-19 Teaching Resources

Find lessons and activities for grades K-12 on healthy behaviors and science related to the pandemic. Topics include COVID-19 prevention, microbes, infectious diseases, wellness, vaccines and the immune system. The resources are designed for face-to-face or virtual instruction and many of them integrate science with health, reading, mathematics, social studies or art.

Memory and Learning

New to BioEd Online! The Memory and Learning Teacher's Guide, lets students explore structural parts of the brain involved with memory and learning, the differences between declarative and procedural memories, investigate how mnemonics and other strategies work, use the sense of touch to make a new memory, and read about different types of learning disabilities. (7 activities)

STEM @Home Activities

Easy STEM-based science lessons for children and teens.

In these unprecedented times of school closures and Stay-at-Home notices, Baylor College of Medicine is offering a set of hands-on K-12 activities, grouped by grade level, that will enable parents and children to remain engaged in STEM learning until school operations return to normal. We call this collection STEM @Home. The lessons were selected specifically because they are easy to use at home, and provide high-quality STEM content without the need for specialized training, equipment or materials. We welcome you to investigate our STEM @Home activities, and to explore the entire BioEd Online website for accurate, free STEM educational materials.