STEM and Sports Best Practices
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Fractions & Fantasy Football: Tackle Middle School Math Anxiety
Why do middle school students struggle with fractions? Are they confusing the numerator and denominator? Do they understand equivalent fractions? Are they using addition instead of multiplication? Or is it something else? Research suggests there’s often something shaping their math readiness before students even pick up a pencil…and these ontogenic obstacles may be one of…
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March Mathness: Real Basketball Data for Real Math Learning
Every spring, millions of people fill out brackets, debate upsets, and obsess over college basketball statistics during the NCAA Basketball Men’s and Women’s Tournament March Madness. What if we could harness that excitement to teach essential math concepts? That’s exactly what STEMPlay Labs Teacher Insiders are doing with Fantasy Sports Math League’s March Mathness. Here…
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It is time to draft your Fantasy Football Team!
Come play Fantasy Sports Math League with us! Need some coaching on how to use math to build a championship-caliber team? We got you! Here are our favorite FSML coaches’ strategy advice to build math skills and sharpen strategic thinking. 💖 Dream Team: Select as many of your favorite players as possible.Coach Bianchi: “Saquon Barkley…
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Create New Playbooks: Integrate Sports into STEM Lessons
Sports-based learning can motivate students who might otherwise be disengaged from STEM. Classrooms become more diverse, bringing different perspectives and experiences to problem-solving. Students learn that there are many ways to be “smart” and many paths to STEM success. Here are some simple strategies that work.
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STEM and Sports hits a Homerun in Middle School
STEMadium is the research-backed learning app built for 4th-6th graders that provides STEM education through baseball-related games. It has been proven to increase STEM knowledge scores during the school year and prevent students’ “Summer Slide” when the game is used in summer camps!
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A New Champion: STEM and Sports Learning Shatters STEM Stereotypes
Picture this: A student who has never considered themselves “good at math” suddenly finds themselves calculating batting averages, analyzing quarterback statistics, and creating graphs to track their fantasy team’s performance.