Land Science: An Epistemic Game
Land Science is an Epistemic Game where students play the role of interns at an urban and regional planning firm in their state. This version features the planning firm “Urban Design Associates”...
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Where the jobs are
A recent report from the National Science Foundation shows that more and more, jobs are in science and engineering fields, which are growing at over 2% per year on average, while the rest of the...
View ArticleStudents Feel High School Insufficiently Prepared Them for STEM Majors
Today, Microsoft released a survey indicating that only 20% of students in STEM fields felt that their high school courses sufficiently prepared them for college-level work, despite the fact that 55%...
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Physics and Poetry
Professions that depend on STEM skills are the second-fastest professional group in the United States according to New York Times blogger Motoko Rich, who references a Georgetown University study....
View ArticleEpistemic Learning Does Work: Real World Examples
This video created by Translogic describes an after school program called Minddrive. Minddrive is a not for profit organization that reaches out to at-risk students in the Kansas city area. This...
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Land Science
It’s been a busy few months for Land Science, and the Epistemic Games Group is excited to continue introducing new students to STEM through epistemic gaming. The game has been played at five high...
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Land Science helping Worcester Tech STEM program
As Worcester Tech High School’s (Worcester, Mass.) first group of students in the school’s STEM program nears graduation, its students are showing how effective and worthwhile early education in the...
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Online mentoring program hoping to build STEM interest
U.S. students are falling behind in STEM subjects when compared to their global counterparts. The president recognizes this and has called for the number of students graduating with STEM degrees to...
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Land Science in Boston during the Lockdown
Last week Jenny Saucerman, a graduate student in the Epistemic Games Group, traveled to the Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary near Boston to observe a group of local high school students play Land...
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