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December 7, 2023
Fun & Informative
Looking for fun, educational activities to keep kids engaged over winter break? This post shares 12 hands-on STEM projects, experiments, and activities you can do at home using common household items. Learn how to make lava lamps, rock candy, magnetic slime, and more while teaching concepts like chemical reactions, geology, baking, and magnetism. Entertain and spark curiosity in 60-minute increments for about $5 or less per activity. With the holiday season about to come to an end, keep your children engaged with these fun, short, and budget-friendly projects.
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October 13, 2020
21st Century Skills
Skills like time management, critical thinking, and good communication practices have long been listed as necessary for job applicants but 2020 has required a whole new set of skills as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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October 24, 2018
Envision
Dr. Jan Sikorsky helps to build Envision programs to be the most effective for getting a true career experience. Here he answers questions about how we build our programs and the reasons behind them.
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May 17, 2018
Trending Topics
With graduation just around the corner (or recently past), the future is opening up for so many students this Spring, Envision's VP of Product Innovation, Jan Sikorsky, offers up his own words of advice for recent graduates.
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May 3, 2018
Trending Topics
With education reform front and center in conversations and the expense of college rising, how can we guide our youth to 'choose their own adventure' when it comes to finding the right path to pursue their passions? In this blog, we discuss what's been done in the past and the possibility that pushing all students into college might not be the best outcome in the long run.
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May 1, 2018
STEM
With a growing gap in the number of STEM jobs and applicants to fill those jobs, we need to start showing students WHY training and studying these fields is important for them. In this blog, we look at both how to interest students in these important crafts and how we can better teach and train students to be prepared for the work sooner.
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