July 2019
Stepping into space with STEAM
... teaching practices of Project Based Learning (PBL) and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) techniques, teachers are training students to not only think, process and succeed in academic terms, but in the leadership and collaborative techniques which...
May 2017
Could Brexit blow a hole in UK’s space ambitions?
...the exact impact of this could be. In any case, would the students from the EU be able to afford the higher fees or would... been suggested that reduction in the number of EU students studying at UK universities might further reduce the available number...
July 2020
Trailblazing STEM education
...adolescent to a young adult. Research indicates that by the time students reach the fourth grade, a third of boys and a higher... when key ‘levers’ of educational influence are activated, student progress in all four areas can be significantly enhanced....
May 2021
Dream big and reach the stars
... in and of itself. For example, at the more extreme end of the spectrum, The Mars Generation provides scholarships to students living at or below the poverty line to attend Space Camp (an educational camp in Huntsville, Alabama, on the grounds of the...
17 September 2021
NASA funds project to mine the Moon with swarms of autonomous robots
...500,000 from NASA, part of which will be used to train students in space mining. One of the reasons Momayez and Thenga decided to...the classroom, in the laboratory and even in the university's student-run San Xavier Mine. "They can test their robots at...
November 2016
Turning the Solar System into our backyard
...ESA), to encourage young people to pursue a carrier in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects. Groups of students design and build a ‘satellite in a soda-can’, which is then launched to 1 km altitude. Amongst other things, T-Minus...
