Our Services
With the rapid adoption of emerging technologies, STEM River aims to help navigate the digital world responsibly and creatively, keeping humans at the forefront.
We provide professional development and skills building kits easily accessible to anyone to build the following data analysis skills necessary to take on the world productively:
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Exploring
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Handling
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Parsing
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Categorizing
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Organizing
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Visualizing
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Displaying
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Concluding
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Messaging
Teacher Professional Development
STEM River provides professional development opportunities to teachers to facilitate more deliberate discussions about data and information at earlier ages. Developing a discerning eye on data and information will help the next generation thrive in this data driven world.
We offer two levels of professional development: high school and elementary school.
K-12 Student Activity Kits
These aim to:
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Bring more deliberate conversation around data and information categorizing, parsing, and decision making
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Build toolboxes to make deliberate assessments of the information you use
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Develop a discerning eye on data and information
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Provide hands-on learning experiences
Two levels are currently available:
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Digital mini-courses for the high school age
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Non-digital activity kits for elementary school age
What You Need to Complete a STEM River Data Science Adventure
We have deliberately kept the tools needed for these experiences simple and accessible. The most common tools are:
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A sense of adventure
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A drive to expand your and/or your students' data skills
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A computer (high school age and above)
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Access to Google Workspace (free with a Google account) and the internet (high school age and above)