Sunday, November 9, 2014

Happy 4th Birthday to "How to SMILE" and Celebrating Their Free STEM Lessons

Looking for something STEM to do with kids?

Check out www.howtosmile.org for 1000's of STEM lessons - a collection built up over the last four years.

On your phone too...
Looking for something STEM and active?

...To promote hundreds of STEM activities that get learners moving, Howtosmile.org has partnered with the Let's Move! Museums & Gardens initiative of the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services."

"Howtosmile.org celebrates its 4th anniversary this month! Launched in 2010 at the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) annual conference in Honolulu, Hawaii, SMILE has grown to nearly 4,000 STEM activities from more than 150 source institutions, in 28 languages.... 
Photo: Project directors Darrell Porcello and Sherry Hsi were all smiles at their first NSDL conference after SMILE was funded.

....Howtosmile.org has been honored as an ALA Great Website for Kids, AASL Best Website for Teaching and Learning, and Homeschool.com top educational website. Initially funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), SMILE has been a broad collaborative effort from its inception. Founding partners included Children's Museum of Houston, Exploratorium, New York Hall of Science, Science Museum of Minnesota, Lawrence Hall of Science, ASTC and the National Science Digital Library."

Reposted from: http://www.howtosmile.org/blog/posts/smile-turns-4-0

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