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STEM catalog introduces TETRIX™, renews sustainable energy focus
STEM isn’t just about
teaching four subjects. It’s about students learning how science, technology,
engineering, and math work together in the real world.
With
hundreds of items geared toward STEM concepts, Pitsco’s 2008 STEM Catalog helps
teachers find activities and products to . . .
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Building Dream Robots with TETRIX™
What
gives the Pitsco TETRIX™ Robotic Design System an edge over other
robot building systems is – of all things – its holes.
The
system’s patented hole pattern enables structural pieces to be connected at
many angles, not just 90º and 180º. “To
get creative with it . . .
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Big Book helps STEM take flight
Showing Dr. Zoon about to drift into the wild blue yonder, Pitsco’s 2008 Big Book of Ideas & Solutions also launches kits and activities to help students reach their potential. This year’s catalog features 375 pages of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) activities – . . .
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New Screen-Printing Competition Catches on at SkillsUSA
An enterprising new screen-printing competition took spectators by storm at the annual SkillsUSA National Convention in Kansas City, . . .
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Science and math catalogs spotlight STEM activities
Environments that encourage students to explore math and science deliver results. Creating that environment requires the right tools and ideas – and that’s what Pitsco’s 2007 Science and Math catalogs deliver. With hundreds of hands-on kits, tools, games, . . .
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New F1 in Schools products arrive
Formula One racing encourages excellence in automobile engineering while exciting fans around the world. Similarly, the F1 in Schools Challenge excites students about designing and racing excellent CO2 model F1 cars – all while instilling teamwork and developing skills in math, . . .
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Pitsco, TWLC offer special tours
The Tiger Woods Learning Center and Pitsco, Inc. are teaming up to provide national ASCD conference attendees the opportunity to tour the Learning Center on March 17 and 19.
Opened in Anaheim, Calif. in January 2006, TWLC is a 35,000-square-foot facility designed to enhance the . . .
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Capture attention for STEM subjects
Before you can teach students, you must get their attention. The selection of activities and tools in Pitsco’s 2007 Big Book of Ideas & Solutions aims to help teachers achieve this goal.
Continuing to feature the best in CO2 dragster products, the Big . . .
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Pitsco helps honor Schools of Distinction and ‘Best of the Best,’ Chisholm Middle School
Pitsco, Inc. is helping to recognize the 16 schools from across the country that have been named 2006 Schools of Distinction Award winners for their academic excellence and innovation in education. The winning schools share in cash grants, curriculum, software, and hardware valued at $2.5 . . .
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Showroom features top CO2 dragsters
The popular Science of Speed Web site has been updated to include a showroom of pictures from the Dragster Competition at the 2006 National Technology Student Association (TSA) Conference held in Dallas, Texas, earlier this year. Hundreds of students from throughout the nation raced their . . .
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Parton’s Book Drives Students to Succeed
Sam Parton brings the real world to the classroom with exciting educational presentations using the longest and loudest visual aid in the country – a top fuel dragster capable of traveling at nearly 300 miles per hour! As the owner of Team Thunder, Parton shares with thousands of K-12 . . .
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Propeller cars hook young students into learning science concepts
Racing provides a great teaching medium. CO2 dragster activities are popular at the middle and high school levels, but what about elementary-age students? Pitsco’s latest race system brings the excitement and learning of racing to the upper elementary grades – at an affordable . . .
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