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November 8, 2024
Ignite Learning

Baylor College of Medicine and Hess Corporation have joined forces again to provide another engaging resource for teaching STEM content to young learners. Activities in this guide use the Hess Fire Truck with Car and Motorcycle to explore force and motion, basic fire science and fire safety, geometry, and other critical elements relevant to the important role of firefighters in protecting lives and property. Additionally, the guide offers an activity that blends art with STEM, giving us the modified acronym STEAM.

September 18, 2024
All for Scienceā„¢

Authentic Literacy and Language (ALL) for Science is a new curriculum framework designed to teach science aligned with state standards and the national Next Generation Science Standards. The framework also helps students learn to read, write, speak, and listen in ways that are authentic to the practice of science.

June 21, 2024
Saving Baby Elephants from a Lethal Virus (EEHV)

Paul D. Ling, Ph.D., a microbiologist at Baylor College of Medicine, is a leading global expert on elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV), a disease that is killing baby Asian elephants. Join him as he discusses the virus, key discoveries, and a treatment protocol, developed by his research team, that keeps the elephants alive.

June 21, 2024
The Index Elephant

In this storybook, young students track a mysterious illness that is killing baby Asian elephants. Students learn how doctors and scientists identified the pathogen, found a treatment, and are working to make a vaccine.

August 12, 2022
K-1: The Senses

Students learn about the brain, skull and sensory system; investigate sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch; and discover how the brain and the senses are connected. (9 activities)

March 22, 2022
Explorations: Global Atmospheric Change

Students learn about Earth's atmosphere and the greenhouse effect, identify where children live based on their clothing, make a sundial, and model Earth's atmosphere.

March 7, 2022
Safe Food Preparation

Students learn about safe food preparation by making fruit ice cream in class.

March 1, 2022
Think Like an Engineer

Students follow an engineer's approach as they identify problems, brainstorm solutions, design a plan, and build, test, refine, and produce a product or solution. (8 activities)

March 1, 2022
Memory and Learning

Students discover how their brains store and retrieve information and, subsequently, how to be more effective learners. (7 activities)

March 1, 2022
STEM to the Rescue

Baylor College of Medicine and Hess Corporation have teamed to offer a unique resource for teaching STEAM content to elementary and middle school students. The 2020 Hess Ambulance Rescue Team, used in combination with the free curricular guide STEM to the Rescue, provides a powerful STEAM learning experience that engages as it teaches. Fill out the short form at the bottom of this page to download your free teacher’s guide.

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