Roosevelt Community Education Center, an alternative high school in Rockford, Illinois, provides a nontraditional learning environment with unique educational opportunities for students at the secondary level, as well as students 21 and older who ar...

At the University at Buffalo, the introductory first-year engineering course consists of about 600 students—and the amount of academic preparation and experience, as well as the specific engineering degree program each student wants to pursue (e.g...

The quest for high-quality STEM education starts with having a solid foundation grounded in research. But what exactly does the research say about high-quality STEM education? To answer this question, Vernier Science Education commissioned Educ...

Note: A version of this story was originally posted on the Vernier website in August 2021. For more than 20 years, Dr. Richard Stevens has provided his physics students at Whitworth University with opportunities to participate in hands-on investi...

Good things come in small packages—including the Go Direct Light and Color Sensor. This robust sensor fits in your hand, but it combines the power of multiple sensors to measure light intensity in the visible range and UV portions of the electr...

Alexandra Boyd teaches AP Physics at Apex Friendship High School in Apex, North Carolina. Last year, she won a 40th anniversary educator grant from Vernier, which included $1,000 in Vernier technology. We sat down with Boyd to discuss the impact of ...

When you think about ways to teach science, coding might not be the first thing that comes to mind.  However, whether you teach first graders or college undergraduates, incorporating coding into your STEM classes can help your students addre...

What do you get when you take 40 to 60 high school students from across the northeast corner of the Keystone State, add a bunch of basswood, and throw in physics and engineering concepts? The answer: the Northeast Pennsylvania Regional Bridge-Bui...

Whether you are a K–12 or college educator, KidWind offers a versatile, affordable way to teach the science of renewable energy—and that’s just the start. With KidWind, students build wind turbines and work with solar panels. In the process...

For the past 30 years, Vernier Software & Technology participates in the Apprenticeships in Science & Engineering (ASE) program to give students the opportunity to see what it’s like to work at a STEM company. This internship normally take...