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8 STEM Programs for Your Teen this Summer

Posted November 8, 2023, 2:59 pm by Marie Schwartz

The school year is ending and if your high school student loves STEM, you need to move quickly to nail a spot in a chemistry camp, high school summer medical...

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3 Steps for Picking a STEM Summer Program

Posted April 7, 2016, 1:43 pm by Suzanne Shaffer

Remember when your parents shipped you off to summer camp for three months of camping, outdoor activities and fun? Those camps are still available; but today, students can choose summer...

Dreaming of a STEM Career? You Need to Know This

Posted February 5, 2016, 2:00 pm by James Paterson

On a chilly winter morning, students in a suburban Washington, D.C., middle school classroom are raising their hands to report their career choice, and their responses have changed from those...

Crank Up the WPM: Our Test of RSVP Readers

Posted February 3, 2016, 2:54 pm by John Cho

If you’re a decently fast reader, you can read, at most, at about 400 words per minute (WPM). (You can check how fast you read here.) So when I first...

Hurry! Check these 10 STEM Scholarships with February Deadlines

Hurry! Check these 9 STEM Scholarships with February Deadlines

Posted January 28, 2016, 2:00 pm by Suzanne Shaffer

STEM majors (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) are hot college degrees and students who pursue these careers have lots of scholarship help available. These are just 10 scholarships with February deadlines...

Why Girls Should Consider Engineering as a Profession

Posted January 20, 2016, 2:00 pm by The Experts at TeenLife

Are you a girl interested in creative design, solving problems, and changing the world? Maybe you’re an engineer at heart. Forget what you might imagine about engineering: It’s only for...