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This episode we look at time and direction and the influence of geomancy--theories of Yin and Yang and a little bit of how people viewed the world through that lens.  For more, check out the blog page:  https://sengokudaimyo.com/podcast/episode-127 Rough Transcript Welcome to Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.  My name is Joshua, and this is episode 127: Time and Direction in Ancient Yamato   Officers of the court stood in the pavilion.  The soft trill of water could be heard trickling from one reservoir to the next.  They watched closely, as the figure of a court official, one hand out, pointing at a measuring stick, slowly rose along with the water.  Eventually, the figure's outstretched arm indicated a line with a single character next to it. On cue, one of the officials began to beat the large drum that was nearby.  The rhythm was slow, but deliberate, and the sound was loud, echoing out to the mountains and back, showering the nearby palaces in a layer of sound.  Across the palace, people briefly paused, took note of the number of strokes, and by that they knew the time of day.  Without giving it much more thought, they then went about their business.     This episode we find ourselves partway through the reign of Naka no Oe, aka Tenji Tennou—his formal reign started in 668, but he had been pretty much running things since the death of Takara Hime in 661 and, arguably, for much longer than that.  668, however, saw Naka no Oe ascend the throne in his new palace of Otsu no Miya, officially making him the sovereign.  And although 645 is the year Naka no Oe and others had started the Taika Reforms, it's not wrong to say that  that 668 and the start of Naka no Oe's official reign, brief as it would be, that he finally had the ability to bring it all together and set it into stone. We've talked about many of these reforms before on the podcast, but a lot of them were associated with the continued push to incorporate continental concepts into Yamato society, covering everything from court ranks to how to organize agricultural production.  Of course, there was also Buddhism, which we've covered numerous times, but there were other concepts coming across as well, including ideas about history and writing, as well as ancient STEM—Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.  This included architects, and new ways of constructing buildings.  And it also meant ways of seeing the world, including things like directions and time.  And this is what I want to focus on this episode, taking a break from the primary narrative to spend some time on what we might call Yamato concepts of science, especially how they thought about the structure of reality organization of time and the universe – their cosmology, as it were.  After all, to better understand the reasoning and motives of people, it is helpful to try and understand how they saw the world, not just for translation—understanding what it means when an entry says something like the “Hour of the Horse” on an “Elder Wood” day—but also for understanding how things actually worked in their eyes.  For instance, the idea of ”auspicious” and “inauspicious” times and directions is something that most listeners probably don't incorporate much into their daily lives, but the Chroniclers and the people of Yamato absolutely did, so understanding concepts like this can sometimes be the key to unlocking why historical people may have taken the actions that they did.  In particular, we'll talk about things like yin and yang, five elements, ten stems and twelve earthly branches, and what all this meant for the Yamato ideas of organizing time and space. A large part of Yamato cosmology is tied to something called Onmyoudou, literally the Way of Yin and Yang, which in the organization of the Ritsuryo state fell under a particular ministry, known as the Onmyo-ryo.  If you've heard of Onmyoudou before, you likely have heard about the “Onmyouji”, practitioners who studied the flow of yin and yang—and who could reportedly do miraculous things with that.  A 10th century Onmyoji, the famous Abe no Seimei, is perhaps the most well-known, with numerous stories about his exploits, which were then turned into a fantastical series of stories by the award-winning author, Baku Yumemakura.  Those were then turned into Manga, movies, and more.  Abe no Seimei is like Japan's Merlin, or Gandalf, at least in the stories. Back to the organization we mentioned, the Onmyou-ryou was responsible for Yin-Yang theory, or Onmyou-dou, which included divination, as well as astronomy, or Tenmon-dou, and calendar making, or reki-dou.  While some of this was based on straight up natural observances, a lot of it was explained through older concepts of Yin and Yang theory.  Today, you might encounter a lot of this in the theories around Feng Shui, and this can also be referred to as “geomancy”, or earth divination.   To give a broad overview of Onbmyoudou and its origins, it is part of a large corpus of concepts focused around a concept of energy known as qi or ki—which forms the basis for a lot of Chinese and Japanese cosmology, or their concept of how the world worked.  Much of this is tied up in concepts that are modernly broadly called “Daoist” or associated with so-called Daoist practices.  That term can be a bit misleading, as strictly speaking, Daoism refers to the teachings of the legendary philosopher Laozi, in his book, the Dao De Jing, as well as works attributed to later authors, like the Zhuangzi. There is some controversy as to when and to what extent this strict Daoism came to Japan.  However, in the broader sense, the category of “Daoist “ practices includes an entire panoply of various folk practices, including concepts of Yin and Yang – and in the archipelago, many of these concepts were imported with the various books that people had acquired on the mainland, even if they weren't strictly tied to Daoist religious practice.  For example, there were aspects that were borrowed by various Shinto shrines, and others formalized into ritual practices under the new government.  And of course many of these became linked to various Buddhist teachings and practices, as well.   But what did this actually look like in concept and practice for practitioners of Onmyoudo in Japan? Let's start with the idea of yin and yang.  One of the earliest references comes from the Zhou Yi, the Zhou Book of Changes, the core of what we also know as the Yijing, the Book of Changes.  Here we see the idea that the universe began with a single force that split into two, and those two forces make up all of creation in one way or another.  Yin and Yang, or In and You—or even Onmyou—refer to these forces, which are characterized as shadow and light, moon and sun, female and male, cold and hot, etc.  So these forces are opposites, but it should be noted that they are not necessarily good or evil.  After all, too cold is just as bad as too hot.  Likewise too much darkness is as blinding as too much light. As most people have seen, yin and yang are often depicted as a circle divided into two comma shapes, with a smaller circle in each.  One side is white with a black circle and the other is black with a white circle.  This is the “Tai Chi” diagram, but the diagram itself doesn't seem to have been depicted like this prior to the 11th century, at least that we are aware. But the concepts are much older.    Now if you've heard of the Yijing, where it came from is something of a mystery.  One theory is that it started as a written account of folk wisdom, and may have even given instructions for things like when to plant and when to harvest, based on changes in various heavenly phenomena.   But overall it is organized into 64 chapters, each associated with a particular hexagram.  Start with a line, that can either be a full line – representing yang – or a broken line representing yin.  Stack three of these on top of one another and you get a trigram.  If you chart out every single possible combination of yin and yang lines, you get 8 unique trigrams, sometimes referred to as the baqua.  Stack two trigrams atop one another and you get a hexagram, a combination of 6 lines that can have 8 by 8 or 64 unique variants.   It's theorized that the Yijing resulted from taking all of the collected sayings or aphorisms and bits of advice and cataloguing and dividing them into 64 chapters, each one associated with a given hexagram. Going further, each line of the hexagram is  associated with particular line in Yijing, and various meanings are ascribed to it and its association.  It's a complex and fascinating system and I don't have time to go into it fully, but I would note that this was used as a form of divination—yarrow stalks or other means of random lot drawing that gives you a binary outcome – zero or one, yin or yang – could be used to determine the six lines of any given hexagram.  This, in turn, would reference a chapter in the Yijing which was then interpreted as a sign as to how to read a given situation that you might find yourself in. What's really important to understanding the worldview of the time is this idea, represented by the hexagrams in the Yijing, that you can encompass everything about the universe by making and cataloging different amounts and arrangements of yin and yang. It's a science, as it were – a systematic approach to understanding the differences in the world by breaking it into component parts.    And if this seems preposterous, consider this:  today we understand that all things are made up of tiny atoms.  And these atoms are all made up of the same material—protons, neutrons, and electrons.  And yet, how those atomic particles combine create atoms with wildly different qualities.  And how those atoms then combine into molecules and so on and so forth describe how we explain everything around us.  So is it really so far-fetched? I'm not saying that we should suddenly start to figure out the measurements of yin and yang in everything, but if we want to understand how the people of the time saw their world, it may be helpful to hold an open mindand understand the assumptions that they were working from and where they came from.  As human beings, we naturally look for connections in the world around us, and this was no exception.  People would observe facts, know how that it worked, and often then would back into the reason for it.  This is a tale told across cultures, and we still see it, today.  At the same time, we've developed structured approaches to test out our theories, empirically. So for the moment, let's leave the trigrams and hexagrams, and talk about another idea that also gained traction as people were trying to figure out how the world worked.  This was the five elements theory also known as Wuxing, or Gogyou, in Japanese.  The five elements in this case are Fire, Water, Wood, Metal, and Earth.  Some may notice that these, along with the sun and the moon, are used in Japanese for the days of the week:  Nichi (sun), getsu (moon), ka (fire), sui (water), moku (wood), kin (metal), do (earth). Buddhists, by the way, also had an elemental system with only four elements,  Fire, Water, Air, and Earth, possibly connected with some Greek influence, and brought along with Buddhist practice.  For now, however, let's focus on the five elements. The idea in wuxing is similar to that of yin and yang in that everything in creation is made up of these five elements in some degree and configuration.  Furthermore, there are creation and destruction cycles.  So fire creates ash, or earth.  Earth gives birth to metal.  Metal creates water—look at a cold piece of metal in a warm environment and see how the water droplets form on it, and imagine what that looks like without understanding humidity and how there could be water vapor in the air.  And then water creates wood, or plants—any farmer could tell you that without water the plants die.  And wood is where we get fire from. Of course, the reverse cycle is the opposite.  Fire eats the wood.  Wood drinks up the water.  Water rusts metal.  Metal tools plough the earth. And Earth can be used to douse fire. Finally, there is another cycle of weakening. ,. Because fire heats and weakens metal, metal chops down wood, the trees roots break up rocks, the earth soaks up water, and water likewise puts out or weakens fire. So the theory went, if these elements make up all matter, these relationships continue on a more complex scale in everything.  So if something was thought to contain a lot of “fire” element, then it would be potentially helpful if you needed “Earth” but destructive or at least weakening to metal and wood.  Properly accounting for these elements was important to achieve the results you were looking for, whatever that may be.   These were the kinds of things that were incorporated into traditional medicine practices, but also applied to auguries or divination about things like where and how to build a building.  Even today, Shrines will sell calendars that help people know the prominence of certain elements, and some folk remedies may look to balance elements, much as medieval European medicine was often designed to balance the four humors that ancient physicians believed were present in the human body. The chart of these five elements and their relationships is something you may have seen.  It is a five pointed star, often inside of a circle.  Of course this is also similar to a western pentagram, though typically drawn with the point of the star up, but it has nothing to do with Christian values or Satan, or anything similar.  Rather, it is just a way to represent these five elements, and you'll see it frequently in reference to Onmyoudou. The elements were used to categorize many different areas into groupings of five.  This includes grouping the various directions into five directions.  Of course, you may be wondering about that, since most societies usually mark four cardinal directions, and in this case, they did the same, but added the fifth as “center”.  And so you get things like the north is water.  It is related to cool, or cold weather.  It is represented with the color black. To the south, opposite of the north, is fire.  It is hot, and the color is red.  Of course, this probably doesn't take a huge leap to see the connections they drew: since these civilizations are in the northern hemisphere, the farther north you go, the colder it gets, and the farther south you travel, the warmer it gets, generally speaking, at least until you reach the equator. Meanwhile, the west was related to metal, and the color white, while the east was related to woods and forests, and the color…. Blue.  Alright, that last one, in particular, probably doesn't make sense to a lot of us.  After all, we likely associate blue with water, and wood, or trees, would be associated with brown or, possibly, green.  Well, in this case, it goes beyond that.  The north is water, but it is also associated with darkness—shorter days in the winter, and things like that Sothe association of north with black makes sense, but many also look at the ocean and don't necessarily see it as “blue”, or dark or even black, like Homer's famous “wine-dark sea”. Furthermore, although they have a word for it (midori), “green” was not a primary color in Japan, instead  considered more of a shade of “aoi”, or blue.  Even today they refer to a “green” traffic light as an “aoi shingo, not “midori” shingo.  So if you asked someone in the Asuka period to describe the wooded hills and fields, they would have likely used “aoi”.  And of course, we are missing the fifth element.  In the center we have the element earth and the color yellow. A lot of these different concepts were brought together during the Han period, when they were trying to syncretize all of the various philosophies and attempts to describe the world and bring them all together into a single system.  This meant that the Yijing, the wuxing theory, and others were mixed together with various other philosophies and theories of how the world work.  Things like the Shanhaijing, the Classic of Mountain and Seas, along with stories about immortals, the Queen Mother of the West, and more were all rolled together, and basically assumed to be true.  This included various real-world observations.  Therefore, there were many attempts to try and reconcile these various theories together. One of the other concepts, which we've discussed before, was the system of ten heavenly stems and the twelve earthly branches.  We've mentioned this before regarding the sexagenary style of counting the years, but we'll recap here.  The ten heavenly stems and the twelve earthly branches are concepts that go back to at least the legendary Shang period, and even show up in various bronzes Andit wasn't until later that they would be associated with other ideas.  The ten heavenly stems were each associated with one of the five elements, with each element being represented by a greater and lesser, or elder and younger, stem.  And then each of the twelve earthly branches were associated with animals—what we often call the Chinese Zodiac. We talked about how this applied to the calendar, in that it was used to track years in 60 year cycles, but also it was used to track days of the year.  The twelve earthly branches were also used for earthly directions.  The first, the rat, was in the north, and the order continued clockwise to the east, the south, west and then back to the north.  Now this means that the four cardinal directions—north, south, east, and west—all match up nicely with one of the twelve earthly branches, but as for northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest?  Those were all combinations of two branches.  So, for instance, the northeast was a combination of the ox and the tiger, or ushi-tora. Speaking of eight directions, where have we also heard the number eight come up recently? That's right: the eight trigrams, or bagua.  So each one of those trigrams, each representing a different concept, got associated with a direction as well.  This makes it easier to see where practices of geomancy came from.   You had a system with complex, overlapping associations between concepts and the physical world, and in the Tang dynasty, they used all of this  to understand not only  how things had happened, but also how the world would be in the future—in other words, they tried to use it to make predictions.  Hence the “mancy”. In the Yamato state, all of this became an official part of the government under the Onmyoryou: a branch of the government whose job is to make observations and figure things out from there, for the good of the state and the people.  They made observations of the heavens to figure out how the calendar should be aligned—which months should come at what time, and when there should be “leap months”, or intercalary months, to keep various astronomical phenomena in the correct seasons, which were also further divided up into 24 periods.  They also kept track of the movement of bodies like the various planets, because those planets were also assigned values, and thought to affect the flow of energy within this framework.  And so comets, storms, eclipses, and more were all important because of the theory that everything in the heavens impacted and were reflections of how things were happening on the earth.  Similarly, these various discussions of white animals and other omens were likely captured and catalogued by these officials as well, attempting to figure out what they meant. All of this also influenced things like how palaces, buildings, and even capitals, would be built and laid out.  For the palace, it was important the the sovereign be in the north, looking south.  In fact, many maps would have south at the top because that is how a sovereign would be viewing it, were it stretched out before them.  And one would need to consider various features, including mountains and streams, as all of those things carried various meanings, but it wasn't as simple as just finding the one thing that could affect a person.  As they observed differences they would also have to catalogue what happened and try to determine what the cause could be, based on their understanding of the world.  And in the archipelago this would also include an understanding of Buddhist and local kami-based wisdom and knowledge as well. One of the things in the Chronicles that inspired this episode was something I actually mentioned last time,  a record from 666  talking about Chiyu, a Buddhist priest of the Yamato no Aya family, who presented a south-pointing chariot to the sovereign, Naka no Oe.  this appears to be the same Chiyu from a similar record in 658, which also refers to him building a south pointing chariot.  So did it take him eight years, or is he just now presenting it to the sovereign?  And what, exactly, is a south-pointing chariot? Well, as the name implies, a south-pointing chariot is a two-wheeled chariot that always points south.  More appropriately stated, it is a wheeled device with a figure on top, much like a weather vane, which always points south.  This is usually described as the figure of a person or an official pointing in the appropriate direction.  This was a mechanical, rather than a magnetic compass. As the chariot, or carriage, is wheeled around, the two wheels spin.  The wheels themselves are independently connected to a series of gears.  If the wheels spin at the same rate, then their movement cancels each other out.  However, if one wheel turns more than the other, then it will cause the figure on the top to rotate.  Of course, as the chariot turns to the right, the left wheel, traveling along the outer diameter, will travel farther than the right.  This will cause the figure to turn counter-clockwise to the left, but from an outside observer's perspective, it will continue to point in the same direction, even as the chariot itself turns.  Turning to the left would cause the opposite effect. Though it may have been used earlier, there appears to be reliable written evidence of a South Pointing chariot starting from the third century.  The first one was based on much earlier stories of a similar device, but it is unclear if it was a chariot, some other device, or even just a legend that was told as historical fact.  From the third century on the design appears to have been continuously improved upon. I should point out that all we have is descriptions—we don't have any actual south pointing chariots, let alone diagrams showing how the mechanisms worked.  There is the possibility that it used a kind of differential gear to work automatically, but we don't have any actual evidence.  There are other theories that it may have required some kind of manual switch, so that it would attach to one wheel or the other as needed.  That would require that the chariot be moving in either a straight direction or turning in one particular direction, which seems rather unwieldy. I noted some of the problems with this, and even moreso in a place like Japan, where 70% of the terrain is mountains.  Up and down hills, along paths that are likely anything but the smooth, paved surface we have for roads today—and even those have plenty of irregularities and potholes that could throw off any such device. And if you want to use it for any real distance, then you have to factor in other things, including the curvature of the earth.  After all, with the earth being a sphere, any chariot traveling due west to east or east to west, other than at the equator, would have one wheel traveling farther than the other one.  Granted, at the scale we are talking about, it probably is all but negligible, and the rough terrain and simple slippage of what were most likely wooden gears probably entered a lot more variability than the earth's curvature. One of the other issues is that the chariot only points “south” if you set it up to do so.   And if you know that, well, why do you need a south-pointing chariot?  Ultimately, it seems that this is more of a novelty item, good for impressing crowds and demonstrating some engineering principles, rather than an actual, useful invention.  After all, it was forgotten about and recreated multiple times, often centuries apart.  Had it been a truly useful invention, it probably would have been kept in constant use.  Meanwhile, I suspect that there were a fair number of farmers and others who knew that you could more easily and reliably use the sun and stars, as long as the weather was clear. There is also some evidence of an understanding of magnetic compasses since at least the 2nd Century BCE.  Early Han sources suggest that a spoon made of naturally magnetized ore could be placed on top of a polished bronze surface, and it would align itself north to south.  We don't have any actual surviving examples, however—there are later versions that you can find, where the plate is divided up into various directions, and then a magnetized “spoon” is placed on top, but nothing has actually come from Han tombs.  Furthermore, this seems to mostly be for geomantic purposes.  A more practical compass, with a magnetized needle, seems to have been developed by the 11th century, which could then be used for actual navigation. By the way, the “spoon” as a compass pointer may be in reference to the “Big Dipper” constellation, which was envisioned as a spoon, or ladle, in shape.  The seven stars were often used in geomancy, likely because of their importance, at least in the northern hemisphere, of pointing to the north.  So there's some thought that the “needles” of these early compasses weren't litterally  spoon shaped, but symbolically representive of the Big Dipper or the Northern Ladle.  Quick astronomy lesson, here.  If you are in the northern hemisphere, particularly from the 35th parallel to the north pole, you can see the seven stars that make up the constellation or asterism we know as the Big Dipper.   In English we sometimes also refer to this as Ursa Major, though technically the familiar seven stars are just a part of that larger constellation.  In Japan, the same constellation is often referred to as Hokuto Shichisei, the Seven Stars of the Northern Ladle.  It can be seen further south, but parts of it may dip below the horizon during the autumn season. It is important for several reasons.  One is that it is made up of particularly bright stars, which you can generally see even when other stars may not be visible.  Second, its distinctive shape lends itself to being easy to find in the sky.  And finally, if you draw a line between two of the stars at the end of the “cup” of the ladle, you can follow that line to find Polaris or hokkyokusei, the north star, which means you know which direction is north- and once  you know that, you can use it to figure out any other direction.  And Polaris is less than a degree off of true north, making it even more accurate than most magnets, as the magnetic pole can be quite different, depending on its current position, and magnetic north changes over time as the magnetic field around the earth fluctuates. That said, this was not necessarily the case in ancient times.  Four thousand years ago, the star closest to true north would have been the star Thuban, in the constellation Draco, a star that most of us probably haven't heard of.  Polaris, in the constellation Ursa Minor (the Little Bear, also known as the Little Dipper) apparently took over as the north star around 500 CE.  However, even before then, the mouth of the dipper could still be used to indicate north.  In fact, if you draw a line between two of the stars in the back of the constellation, then you also end up finding Thuban.  So even if the north star itself wasn't accurate, finding the dipper would still help you orient yourself, especially if you can find true north during the day and then compare that with the constellation at night. Which helps to understand why astronomy, or Tenmondou, was so important in the Onmyouryou.  Though it wasn't just a study of stars, but of the way of the heavens in general.  And the changes in the heavens, brings us to another important concept—the flow of energy across the seasons.  From the bright days of summer, filled with sunshine and yang energy, to the dark yin energy of winter's long, cold nights. It wasn't enough to just know what happened, and where, but when was also important. Obviously you need to know when to sow seeds, flood the fields, and harvest the rice.  Beyond that, though, you have other concepts, such as how the the day and hour of an event could be symbolically important. And of course, all of these had their own associations with various concepts of the flow of yin and yang energy. Now knowing the year, the month, and even the day is largely just a matter of counting.  But let's talk about something a little more tricky:  How do you know the hour? This brings us to the vignette at the top of the episode, about the clepsydra, or water clock, that Naka no Oe is said to have built. Now we talked about some of the fountains and similar things that have been discovered in the Asuka region back in episode 118.  One thing that they believe they also found evidence of is something called a water clock, which is, as its name suggests, a clock powered by water.  It is typically depicted as a series of three or more boxes or reservoirs that each hold an amount of water.  Water is placed in the top reservoir, and then a hole towards the bottom is unplugged and it is allowed to drain into the box beneath.  The hole is of a particular size, and thus the water flows at a constant rate, filling up the container below, which has a similar hole, etc. all the way to a reservoir at the very bottom.  The multiple boxes mean that the water level in the intermediate boxes stays relatively constant, resulting in relatively consistent pressure and flow rate.  The last reservoir has a measuring stick on a float, so that as the last box is filled with water, the measuring stick raises up.  Since it is rising at a constant rate, one can use that to tell how much time has passed, regardless of anything else.  Thus you can keep time even at night. There is a record of Naka no Oe making one in the fifth month of 660, and he would have another one built in 671, which we will discuss later.  It is interesting that both of these inventions appear twice in the narrative—once during the reign of Naka no Oe, aka Tenchi Tenno, and once during the previous reign, that of Takara Hime, aka Saimei Tenno.  In this case it is said that 671 is the first time that the water clock, or roukoku, was actually used. From what I can tell, there is nothing that definitively indicates that the Mizuochi site in Asuka was definitely the site of Naka no Oe's water clock.  There isn't much in the Chronicles telling us what it was like or where, exactly, it was built, and there wasn't anything found at the site naming it as the location of the roukoku.  However, the site is in a prominent enough place, with channels for water and a pavilion of some sort.  They definitely found evidence of pipes, remnants of lacquered wood, and reservoirs for water, among other things, that suggest something to do with moving water happened in this area.  So it seems a very strong choice, as it all fits with theoretical archeological reconstructions. A water clock like this is excellent for keeping accurate time at all hours of the day.  However, it does have a slight problem in that anyone without a clock is still going to have to use the sun and similar heavenly cues to know what time it is.  So how do you let them know?  Well, it turns out that the continent had an answer for that as well, and instituted various systems of drums and bells to let people know the hour.  In fact, some of these practices continued, in one form or another, right up to the modern day—with or without a water clock.  After all, the key was to give the community some sense of the passing of time, but I doubt anyone was using it to time things more precisely than a general idea of an hour—though they did have the concept of their own minutes and seconds.  Which brings us to just how they saw time back then. The system of time that the Chronicles seems to use also came over from the continent, where there appear to have been several different methods for telling time prior to accurate clocks.  And while there was an idea of dividing the entire day into twelve segments, the time as it was announced was not always consistent with those twelve segments, or hours.  Rather, time was based around the key parts of the day.  So, for instance there was sunrise, noon, sunset, and midnight.  And while noon and midnight remain exactly twelve hours apart, sunrise and sunset change with the seasons.  So if you call out sunrise, and then divide the time between sunrise and noon into equal segments of time, the size of those time segments change with the seasons.  On top of that, because of the tilt of the earth and our slightly irregular orbit around the sun, the sun appears to “move” across the sky faster or slower throughout the year, with a difference of about 30 minutes total between the extremes.  This isn't going to affect most people's daily lives, but would have been noticeable to those taking accurate measurements. In ancient Han, this appears to have been common in cities and towns, with a watch that would call out as they progressed on their rounds at set points in the day and night, relying largely on heavenly cues—which I suspect did not lead to the most accurate timekeeping, but it was sufficient for what most people needed.  The telling of time in this manner was partly to help with keeping track of the time of day, but was just as much an announcement that the watch was on duty and a warning to would-be criminals. Now a water clock was an excellent device for keeping track of a standard, absolute time, such as it were, but it required constant maintenance.  If you already have a watch calling out the time, perhaps they can also keep the water clock properly set, but you did have to have someone constantly filling it up and draining it at known points of the day.  Plus there was the problem that you only knew the time if you could check it, and this wasn't like a clock tower or something similar. And so in 671 it appears that Nak no Oe instituted the continental idea of drums and bells to announce the time to the people—or at least to those at the court.  We don't have a record of exactly how they were, used, but we can infer from other sources on the continent, and what we do know that some tradition of announcing the time with drums and bells continued to be employed in Japan until the Meiji era, though perhaps not without interruption:  Temples and the like had bell or drum towers, and as the day progressed they would beat out the time.  It was not, however, telling time as we might think of it, with one stroke at the first hour, two on the second, etc..  In fact, in many ways they counted backwards, and they only counted 12 hours, not our modern 24.  By the Edo period it seems that it was common practice to toll the bells nine times at noon and at midnight.  From there, they would count down, with 8 bells at roughly 2 o'clock, 7 bells at 4 o'clock, and 6 bells at 6 o'clock.  That would be another issue.  From 6 o'clock, the number of bells that would be tolled continued to decrease, so that at 8 o'clock it would be 5 bells, then 4 bells at 10 o'clock.  It would then jump back up to 9 and start over again. Why these numbers were used for the different hours we are not entirely sure, and I have no idea if these numbers were the same ones used back in the 7th century—though it does seem to match similar continental traditions.  Even the hours themselves were known by the twelve signs that came to be associated with the zodiac:  the hour of the rat, the hour of the ox, the hour of the tiger, etc.  Midnight fell in the middle of the hour of the rat, and noon fell in the middle of the hour of the horse, with each hour being almost exactly 2 hours by modern reckoning. There were other systems in use as well.  One divided the entire day up by 100 and then each of those divisions by another 10.  The key was whether or not it was an absolute or relative measurement. Something like the roukoku would indicate an absolute measurement.  After all, the fall of water from one reservoir to another was not affected by the change in seasons—at least as long as the water didn't freeze.  The flow was constant, as was the measurement of time. For those using other forms of reckoning, such as celestial phenomena or even a sundial, things might be a bit less accurate.  This was especially true when using concepts like “sunrise” and “sunset”.  Still, through observing the changes over the year, people eventually figured out charts and rules to help reconcile absolute forms of measurement with solar time.  There were other methods for telling time, as well.  Perhaps one of the more pleasant was the use of incense sticks.  By the time of the Tang dynasty, incense in stick form was relatively common, and it had been noticed that sticks of incense could burn at a fixed rate.  This meant that you could use incense sticks like candles were used in Europe, counting down how far they had burned to tell what time it was.  If you were really fancy, you could make a single stick out of different types of incense, so that as it hit a new hour, the scent would change, alerting you to the time through your olfactory senses. Speaking of time, we are coming to the end of ours for this episode.  We do have some more information on this on our website, Sengokudaimyo.com, and we'll have links to those sections of the website accompanying our blog. Next episode we will focus more on the reign of Naka no Oe, aka Tenji Tennou, from his seat at Otsu no Miya. Until then, thank you once again for listening and for all of your support. If you like what we are doing, please tell your friends and feel free to rate us wherever you listen to podcasts.  If you feel the need to do more, and want to help us keep this going, we have information about how you can donate on Patreon or through our KoFi site, ko-fi.com/sengokudaimyo, or find the links over at our main website,  SengokuDaimyo.com/Podcast, where we will have some more discussion on topics from this episode. Also, feel free to reach out to our Sengoku Daimyo Facebook page.  You can also email us at the.sengoku.daimyo@gmail.com.  Thank you, also, to Ellen for their work editing the podcast. And that's all for now.  Thank you again, and I'll see you next episode on Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.  

Following two intense days of competition in the CanSat Ireland National Finals, a team of students from Confey Community College, Kildare, has today clinched the coveted national title. The CanSat Ireland competition is an ESERO Ireland collaboration, co-funded by the European Space Agency and Research Ireland and coordinated by MTU Blackrock Castle Observatory. The victory marks the end of a campaign that began in September 2024. All participants in this year's competition have displayed incredible technological prowess, with judges lauding the expansive expertise on display from the teams of young scientists. A CanSat is a simulation of a real satellite developed in the size and shape of a soda can. A European Space Agency initiative, the competition fosters an interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths) careers by offering students a hands-on experience of a space-themed project. The multidisciplinary nature of the project ensures students are exposed to industry standards in a broad array of potential career paths. In recent months, regional competitions have taken place across Ireland, in partnership with the Technological Universities in Dublin, Athlone, Limerick, Tralee, and Cork. Regional winners gathered in Emo Court, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, on Thursday 1st May, and launched their mini-satellites in rockets to a height of over 350 metres. On Friday 2nd May, these national finalists presented their analysis, recordings and flight patterns to the judging panel consisting of experts from a range of STEM fields. Congratulating Confey Community College, Alan Giltinan, project coordinator for CanSat Ireland said: "Confey College can't be praised enough for this achievement. Winning the National Final of the CanSat competition is no small feat. Year on year, the STEM literacy of the participating students seems to increase as rapidly as the technology they're working with. The technical competency displayed by teams all over the country continues to surpass the expectations of the judges. These students represent Ireland's STEM future, and I think it's safe to say we're in very good hands! ." The students from Confey have been invited to attend the celebratory event, 'Space Engineer for a Day', at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in The Netherlands. The students will have the opportunity to explore ESTEC facilities and laboratories, network with space experts, and present their work to a panel of experts. The CanSat competition will re-open in September 2025. Students or teachers interested in competing in the next iteration of the project are encouraged to visit the CanSat project page at esero.ie. More about Irish Tech News Irish Tech News are Ireland's No. 1 Online Tech Publication and often Ireland's No.1 Tech Podcast too. You can find hundreds of fantastic previous episodes and subscribe using whatever platform you like via our Anchor.fm page here: https://anchor.fm/irish-tech-news If you'd like to be featured in an upcoming Podcast email us at Simon@IrishTechNews.ie now to discuss. Irish Tech News have a range of services available to help promote your business. Why not drop us a line at Info@IrishTechNews.ie now to find out more about how we can help you reach our audience. You can also find and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat.

In this episode of the H.E.A.L. Her Podcast, Makini sit down with the visionary Doina Oncel, a social entrepreneur, financial educator, and founder of hEr VOLUTION, a Canadian nonprofit dedicated to creating opportunities in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) for underserved young women. From navigating financial hardship to being named one of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women, Doina's journey is a masterclass in resilience, purpose, and the power of representation. We dive into her mission to bridge the gender gap in male-dominated industries, her creation of Money Made—a financial literacy program for youth—and the lived experiences that continue to fuel her work. This episode is for you if you've ever wondered how to empower the next generation, build wealth rooted in healing, or rise from your circumstances with purpose. What We Cover in This Episode: Doina's path from adversity to impact Why inclusion in STEM matters now more than ever Financial literacy as a gateway to generational freedom How personal pain can birth a powerful purpose The role of mentorship and community in healing and elevation Connect with Doina Oncel: Website Instagram Stay connected with us online: MakiniSmith.com Legacy Leavers Media Facebook Instagram Threads Youtube LinkedIn Books Send feedback/questions to info@makinismith.com Submit guest suggestions HERE Make a donation to keep the show going! Podcast music produced by: defnottyrell This episode is brought to you by Imanahealth.com If you've ever struggled with recurring yeast infections, gut imbalances, or just feeling off in your body… I see you. And I want to tell you about a product I genuinely stand behind. It's called Muna by Imana Health—an oral probiotic created by two incredible Black women doctors and best friends who understand our bodies from the inside out. Muna supports your vaginal health, boosts your immune system, and fits easily into your daily ritual—one capsule, once a day. It's dairy-free, gelatin-free, travel-friendly, and infused with intention. I always say, healing is your responsibility—but you don't have to do it alone. So if you're ready to nourish your body with love, science, and soul, visit imanahealth.com to try Muna today. That's imanahealth.com—because healed women, heal women.  

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Sent us text! We would love to hear from you! Learn as much as you can, while you can. The mind is truly a terrible thing to waste. If you want to avoid long lines at airports in the United States consider enrolling in the TSA Pre-Check/Global Entry program. Both programs will drastically reduce waiting times before and after a flight. TSA Pre-Check expedites processing through security for your departure, while the Global Entry drastically reduces your time spent with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol when flying back into the U.S. from a foreign location. It costs a little money, but it's worth it, especially since several credit card companies my pay the fee for you as a benefit. To show there are good things in the world, one our listeners, despondent over the loss of his government job got back in contact with us to joyfully tell us he has been rehired. If you are looking for a career path with long term potential, we recommend pursuing something in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math), with special emphasis on fields deeply involved with AI (Artificial Intelligence). Meet a wingman who put his life and limbs on the line as he literally “went to the mat” for a legion of orphans who had nowhere else to go. 

Show Summary:As a mom to two daughters, Natasha is always on the lookout for STEM-inspired clothing that's both stylish and empowering. If you can relate or are interested in the story of two passionate entrepreneurs, then this episode is for you! Join Claire and Natasha as they sit down with Margarita (Maty) and Ana—the creative co-founders behind Prisma Kiddos. Frustrated by the lack of options in kids' fashion, these passionate moms took matters into their own hands, launching a brand that blends STEM inspiration, gender empowerment, and sustainability into every unique outfit. In this conversation, we explore their journey as entrepreneurs, the challenges they've faced, and the passion that drives their mission. (Plus, Remi makes a special appearance to show off one of her favorite Prisma Kiddos looks!)About Prisma Kiddos:Prisma Kiddos is driven by the vision of two incredible moms, Ana and Maty, who saw a need to break free from traditional gender norms and promote equality through fashion. Their mission is to inspire the next generation of kids to embrace their curiosity, creativity, and passion for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics).With designs that go beyond stereotypes, Prisma Kiddos offers non-traditional clothing options that empower girls and introduce boys to sensitive and thoughtful themes. Their eco-friendly materials and ethical manufacturing practices reflect their commitment to sustainability, making sure that their products are not only stylish but also kind to the planet.Links from the Show:Related The STEM Space Podcast Episodes90. We Launched a Weather Balloon153. Don't Tell Your Kid to be an Engineer127. Why You Should Teach About STEM CareersVivify STEM Blog Posts How to Launch a Weather Balloon: Ultimate STEM ChallengeTop 10 Ways To Encourage Girls In STEMVivify STEM LessonsWeather Balloon Launch: STEM Engineering Project GuideBreak Down Stereotypes! Who is a STEM Professional? game & activitiesSTEM Classroom Posters - Inspirational or Careers!Building Bricks STEM: STEM Careers - K-5 Challenge Mats or 3-5 Building ChallengesSTEM Careers BINGO - K-5 or 5-12Other STEM ResourcesPrisma KiddosRube Goldberg CompetitionsBoston Children's MuseumThe Whiteside Museum of Natural HistoryInternational Dimetrodon Day - April 5Natasha & Family go to Boston Children's Museum (ft. Prisma Kiddos apparel)Houston Museum of Natural ScienceShare your Quick Tips with us!THE STEM SPACE SHOWNOTESTHE STEM SPACE FACEBOOK GROUPVIVIFY INSTAGRAMVIVIFY FACEBOOKVIVIFY XVIVIFY TIKTOKVIVIFY YOUTUBE

Several female Olympians and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) graduates will lead an extraordinary lineup of speakers at the largest-ever 11th annual I Wish Showcase, taking place on 6 February at the RDS, Dublin. Olympic sprint star Phil Healy will be joined at the Showcase by rower Zoe Hyde, who also competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Claire Dunne, a member of the 4x400m relay squad at the London 2012 Olympic Games and now Head of Social Impact at Deloitte, will also speak. Together, they will inspire over 4,000 female teenage students from across the island to consider STEM careers, highlighting how advancements in STEM innovation drive success in sports and beyond. I Wish, a community committed to showcasing the power of STEM to teenage girls, has held its renowned annual Showcase - with inspirational speakers, interactive exhibitions and workshops - since 2015, engaging with over 62,000 students in this time, hosting over 1,000 speakers, and partnering with over 130 industry leaders. Registration is still open at iwish.ie/register. Speaking ahead of the event, Phil Healy said: "STEM drives innovation on and off the track. From the engineering of high-performance running shoes and the physics behind optimal sprinting techniques to the data analytics fine-tuning training plans, STEM is a part of my daily life as an athlete. I'm thrilled to share my journey and show how women in STEM are revolutionising every facet of sports. The I Wish Showcase is an incredible opportunity for young girls to see the endless possibilities available to them." TV host Sinead Kennedy, returning MC, will guide the event's programme, with more speakers to be announced in the coming weeks. There will be over 30 exhibitors, including key partners Deloitte, Dell Technologies, Merck, Virgin Media, Sport Ireland Her Moves Campaign, Johnson & Johnson, Regeneron, Qualcomm and more. I Wish co-founder Caroline O'Driscoll said: "The findings from our most recent annual survey report make it clear that while progress has been made, systemic barriers persist, preventing too many young girls from seeing STEM as a viable career path. Role models like Phil, Claire and Zoe are crucial in shifting this narrative. By showcasing women who have broken through these barriers, the I Wish Showcase provides tangible examples of success in STEM and empowers them to imagine their future in these industries. This is how we inspire change - by showing young girls the endless possibilities available to them." The 2025 I Wish Showcase will feature a new Sport Innovation Hub where attendees can explore how advancements in technology are revolutionising performance, training and competition. Additionally, the event will debut a Food Science Hub, offering a glimpse into how STEM is reshaping what we eat and how it's made. Other innovative hubs dedicated to construction, entrepreneurship and emerging STEM fields will showcase the latest breakthroughs shaping these industries. This year's event features ongoing transport partnerships with Iarnród Éireann and Bus Éireann, along with a new partnership with Translink, making the event fully accessible to students from Northern Ireland for the first time. Co-founder Gillian Keating added: The success of the I Wish Showcase is a testament to the power of collaboration and strategic partnerships. By drawing on the support of our industry leaders, educators, and transport partners that we have been able to connect young women with the resources and networks they need to choose and thrive in Stem careers that work for them. Together, we are building a community that champions inclusivity, equity, and opportunity for girls across the island of Ireland."" Beyond the annual showcase, I Wish has expanded its activities to a year-round suite of programmes, including a Tech for Good Programme, entrepreneurship programmes and the newly launched I Wish Primary Programme. See more stories here. More about Irish Tech Ne...

Groundbreakers Series Two: Three documentaries that chart the life and work of older women who did not just live through a changing Ireland but who were the changemakers.Three groundbreaking women have made positive changes in academia, engineering, the environment, and social justice. These women are known and highly regarded and loved within their area of expertise, but they are not known by the general public. We listen to their story, to celebrate them, to thank them for making Ireland a better place for us all.Jane was the first female graduate in engineering in Trinity College Dublin (TCD). Being the only woman in the class, she was never expected to last. This was the 1960s, at a time when female engineers were almost unheard of, not just in Ireland but worldwide. Even now Engineering and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) struggle with gender bias. But in the 1960s, as a young woman, Jane sat as the lone female in a class of engineering students. But it never deterred her.Jane went on to obtain a first-class honours degree and a Masters and PhD degrees in Computer Science in 1971 and 1981 respectively. She then went on to become Dean of Engineering and of Research. Throughout Professor Jane Grimson's extraordinary career as an engineer she has achieved much and received many accolades. However, perhaps one of Jane's most lasting legacies will be the hugely important role she has played as an advocate for women in engineering, science, and academia. She has mentored a generation of female engineers and is passionate about promoting the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women in STEM. As Provost and President of Trinity College Dublin Linda Doyle said ‘I would not be here without her”.Their lives tell the story of Ireland's progression and change. One women's story that brings us on an audio journey through the changes, over the last decades, to the issues she dedicated her life to. In Groundbreaker: Anita Hayes we explore the issues of seed sovereignty and biodiversity, in Groundbreaker: Mary Crilly we examine sexual violence and exploitation in Ireland and in Groundbreaker: Jane Grimson, we look at women in engineering and genderism in the workforce.

Lack of awareness around the opportunities STEM holds for their future careers is students' number one barrier to entry into the industry. This is according to a survey of more than 150 second-level students. Respondents to the STEM South West survey cited their top three possible reasons for not pursuing or considering a career in STEM: Lack of Knowledge About STEM Careers - 29% Perception of Difficulty - 21% Uncertainty About Ability to Handle STEM Subjects - 20% The experts at STEM South West, an industry-led STEM cluster which promotes and nurtures STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) throughout the South West region of Ireland, say these insights underline the need for better communication around STEM opportunities and better support systems to build confidence and engagement among students. Mary Good, Chair of STEM South West, spoke of the significance of empowering the next generation, "Ireland is at a pivotal moment in ensuring its place as a global leader in tech, pharma, MedTech, engineering, and biosciences. For students, STEM is not just a pathway to incredible careers but a chance to contribute to solving the world's most urgent problems - from healthcare and climate change to housing and energy. By inspiring and equipping today's students with the skills to innovate and lead, we can secure a brighter future for all. Ireland's current STEM industry base and the companies that choose to locate here depend on a robust talent pipeline. Together, we must ensure our students are on board. We must make students aware of the vast possibilities that lie ahead if they choose a career in STEM. The pathways available are diverse and abundant, ranging from cutting-edge research in artificial intelligence and robotics to groundbreaking work in healthcare and environmental science. By highlighting these opportunities, we can inspire students to envision themselves as the innovators and problem-solvers of tomorrow." STEM Education: The Key to Ireland's Future Success To maintain its position as a global hub for innovation, STEM Southwest estimates that at least 35% of Ireland's 964,000 primary and secondary students will need to pursue STEM education. Current participation trends at the third level show approximately 30% of students studying STEM, with female participation growing steadily at 40% of STEM students. Ms. Good concluded, "Educating students about the myriads of career options in STEM not only broadens their horizons but also equips them with the knowledge and confidence to pursue these fields. Our goal is to ensure that every student understands the potential impact they can have on the world through a STEM career and to provide them with the support and resources they need to succeed."

Accounting experts debate STEM designation and its implications for the accounting field. Accounting ARCWith Liz Mason, Byron Patrick, and Donny Shimamoto.Center for Accounting TransformationAs accounting evolves into a technology-driven profession, a question looms: Does accounting qualify as a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) field? On the latest episode of Accounting ARC, thought leaders hosts Liz Mason, CPA; Byron Patrick, CPA.CITP, CGMA; and Donny Shimamoto, CPA.CITP, CGMA, tackle this provocative question. MORE Accounting ARC: Rose Wang: Where Numbers Meet Strategy and Creativity | TikTok Fraud Exposes Gaps in Financial Literacy | How Accounting Pros Own the Stage in Public Speaking | Greg Kyte: Being a CPA Is Like Being the Marie Kondo of Numbers | Rachel Bashore: A Lawyer's Case for Reinventing Accounting | Beyond the Basics in Ethics Eduction | Bailey Lenart: From Ledger Sheets to Transformational Change | Election Tax Plans: What CPAs Need to Know | Leadership for the Future: Stakeholders, Sustainability, and Strategic Vision |“STEM is about applying rules-based knowledge in real-world scenarios,” explains Mason, CEO of High Rock Accounting. “Accounting fits because we apply principles and make ethical decisions just like other STEM professions.” But not everyone agrees with Mason.

The Irish Girl Guides (IGG), in collaboration with Engineers Ireland, is excited to announce the launch of the Engineers Ireland STEPS Ladybird Engineering Badge. This new Badge builds on the success of the Engineering Badges for Brownies (ages 7-10) and Guides (ages 10-14), extending the opportunity to explore STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) activities to girls aged 5-7. With the Ladybird Engineering Badge, Irish Girl Guides and Engineers Ireland aim to inspire young girls to explore STEM and consider engineering careers. The badge introduces fun, hands-on challenges that foster creativity, curiosity, and teamwork while building problem-solving abilities and an engineering mindset. By engaging in this initiative, girls are empowered to see themselves as future innovators in a traditionally male-dominated sector. This partnership aligns seamlessly with IGG's Journey Programme and mission to enable girls and young women to reach their fullest potential as responsible citizens of the world. The initiative also supports several UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 5 Gender Equality, SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities, SDG 1 No Poverty, and SDG 4 Quality Education. It envisions a future where young girls can contribute to sustainable engineering practices that address global challenges. Since the launch of the Engineering Badges in 2018, more than 3,500 Brownies and Guides have earned their Badges, highlighting the success of this initiative. By introducing the Badge to Ladybirds, IGG and Engineers Ireland aim to inspire girls from an early age, empowering them to believe in their abilities and pursue their ambitions, promising a bright future ahead. "At the moment less than a quarter of both engineers and engineering students in Ireland are female. It is clear that more must be done to encourage girls and young women to take up roles in this fascinating industry, particularly if Ireland is to develop the kind of large and diverse engineering profession needed to meet tomorrow's challenges," said Damien Owens, the Director General of Engineers Ireland. "Through our collaboration with the Irish Girl Guides, a community-focused organisation with which we share many values, we are delighted to have the opportunity to promote engineering to young girls, opening up greater opportunities for their future," said Owens. Róisín Mills, the Programme and Training Commissioner, said, "Our mission at IGG is to develop girls into global citizens. Through our partnership with the Engineers Ireland STEPS programme, we have delivered high-quality STEM education to our youth members, broadening both their knowledge and understanding of engineering, as well as their prospects in STEM fields. The Ladybird Engineering Badge is a great way for our youngest members, the Ladybirds, to be exposed to engineering topics in a fun and engaging way." The Engineers Ireland STEPS Programme unlocks the potential of engineering for school children eager to make a meaningful impact in the world. The award is one of four primary and post-primary student engineering initiatives coordinated by the STEPS programme, which is funded by the Department of Education, Arup, the EPA, ESB, Intel, and Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII). Irish Girl Guides has 10,000 members across Ireland. Guiding started in Ireland in 1911 and operates throughout the 26 counties with 1,600 volunteer Leaders providing an informal educational programme of fun and challenging activities that foster confidence and leadership skills in girls and young women, enabling them to develop to their full potential and to become responsible citizens.

“As people we are all capable of so much more than we imagine ourselves to be” - Katherine Bennell-PeggIn this episode you meet Australia's first ever astronaut. Katherine Bennell-Pegg grew up looking at the stars in her suburban Sydney backyard, and by early high school when asked by a teacher to write down three professions she'd like to pursue as an adult she wrote just one.  Unlike those of us who still don't know what we want to be, she set her sights on the stars and achieved what few dare to dream. Listen in to hear what it takes to become a qualified astronaut, why being able to understand Привет, как дела? is important, how space food is better than you'd expect, why all astronauts are medical test subjects, and how big aspirations are so important for young kids. On the menu are Fantales, chip butties, and marshmallows. It's a sweet and super-inspiring episode.    Katherine's social cause is diversity in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) because “unless we have diverse thought and creativity we can't solve the problems of tomorrow”.Katherine serves forth duckweed, from the Plants4Space team to our next guest Heston Russell. This episode was recorded at SXSW Sydney on the iHeart Radio stage. Send us a textTo find out more about the project and Savva - head to threefoodmemories.comInsta - @savvasavas @threefoodmemoriesEmail us at threefoodmemories@plated.com.au, we'd love to hear from you! TFM is produced and edited by Lauren McWhirter with original music by Russell Torrance.

Explore the exciting world of STEM—Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, right here at Seneca Valley! In this episode, we're uncovering the wide range of STEM classes, clubs, and activities available to students, plus a sneak peek at the upcoming STEM Alumni event and STEM fair.IN THIS EPISODE, WE WILL REVIEWWhat STEM is and the significant growth in related classes and programs over the yearsThe many ways students can get involved with STEMDetails about Seneca Valley's STEM Alumni event and STEM fairHow STEM skills are preparing students for future careersFor more information about the STEM Alumni event or STEM fair, email Ms. Rebecca Finch at FINCHRS@svsd.net or Ms. Kelly Weston at WESTONKM@svsd.net.SPECIAL GUESTSMs. Kelly Weston, Seneca Valley Senior High School AP Chemistry teacher, Science Department Chair and Sponsor for Science Honor SocietyWith 25 years of teaching experience, including two decades at Seneca Valley, Kelly Weston is a dedicated educator and passionate advocate for science. Currently teaching AP Chemistry, she also serves as the Science Honor Society sponsor and faculty advisor for the PJAS and PRSEF competitions. Her commitment to outreach shines through her organization of elementary STEM activities and mentorship of senior project students as they create their own STEM events. Mrs. Weston loves sharing her enthusiasm for science with learners of all ages, inspiring the next generation of curious minds.Ms. Rebecca Finch, Seneca Valley Senior High School/Anatomy and Molecular Biology TeacherRebecca Finch is in her 32nd year of teaching in the science department of Seneca Valley Senior High School. Throughout her career, she has taught a variety of subjects, including Science and Technology, Horticulture, Biology, Honors Anatomy, and Honors Molecular Biology.  Ms. Finch is also the proud sponsor of the Medical Careers Club, where former STEM students return to engage current students in hands-on career exploration. Additionally, she co-sponsors the Science Honor Society, overseeing both the STEM Fair and annual events featuring STEM alumni. 

Hosted by Mike Simmons. Astronomy for Equity will use the proven ability of astronomy to promote, support, and create STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) education programs. Programs have been designed to encourage students and others in marginalized and isolated communities that lack representation and opportunities in STEM fields. Students interested in science are often discouraged by the lack of opportunities, role models, and support from teachers.   Mike Simmons is the founder of Astronomy for Equity ( https://bmsis.org/astro4equity/ ). Others on the team, including people around the world in astronomy and space exploration, authors and philosophers, designers and artists and more will be added as the website is developed.   Mike founded Astronomers Without Borders in 2006 to unite astronomy and space enthusiasts around the world through their common interests. During the UN-declared International Year of Astronomy 2009, Mike led the effort to organize the Cornerstone Project 100 Hours of Astronomy in more than 100 countries, with an estimated one million people looking through outreach telescopes in one night.   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.  Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

"The best STEM projects take a real problem and require blending knowledge to engineer solutions." ~ Robert Walsh Watch this full interview on our YouTube Channel. Dive into the world of STEM education with Yvette Hampton and Robert Walsh from Excalibur Solutions STEM Academy. Robert and Yvette discuss the benefits and complexities of teaching STEM in a homeschooling environment. Discover why incorporating STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) is more accessible than you think!

2024 begins the 15th annual  Samsung Solve for Tomorrow competition, which empowers public school students in grades 6–12 to leverage STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) to develop innovative solutions that address pressing local issues in their communities. Each year, Samsung Solve for Tomorrow awards more than $2 million in Samsung technology and classroom supplies to participating schools throughout the U.S. The competition format incorporates video-based storytelling, building support for a concept, and live pitch presentations emulating the real-life environment STEM students face in higher education and the STEM workspace.The Application ProcessU.S. public middle and high school educators are encouraged to submit applications now through Thursday, October 24, 2024. The entry application asks teachers to answer just three questions, sharing an initial idea outlining how students would use STEM to address a critical need in their local community. And educators don't have to be a STEM teacher to apply—History, Arts, Physical Education teachers, coaches, and administrators from public schools are all welcome!To learn more about the annual contest, and for official contest rules, please visit samsung.com/solvefortomorrow. (Listen to Ep 253, Ep 232, &  Ep 217 for more ideas & info from Ann and contest winning teachers and Ep 246 for a conversation with Ann about the future of STEM education)Connect with Solve for Tomorrow :Website samsung.com/solvefortomorrowEmail solvefortomorrow@sea.samsung.comTwitter/X @SamsungNewsUSInstagram @solvefortomorrowFacebook facebook.com/SamsungSolveForTomorrowChris Woods is the host of the STEM Everyday Podcast... Connect with him:Website: dailystem.comTwitter/X: @dailystemInstagram: @dailystemYouTube: @dailystemGet Chris's book Daily STEM on AmazonSupport the show

Karl spoke to Matt Frankenbery, CEO of Pitsco Education and Eric Simmons, Director of Sales of Pitsco Education in our continuing series of segments with STEM in Schools and Eduardo Galindo.Learn More: https://www.bcn.news/stem-in-schools/Pitsco Education: Inspiring Innovation in EducationPitsco Education is a leading provider of innovative educational resources and solutions that aim to engage students in hands-on learning experiences. Founded in 1971 by a former teacher, Pitsco has grown from a small company into a significant player in the field of educational products, particularly in the realms of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education.Mission and VisionPitsco Education's mission is to help educators inspire students to learn by providing engaging, hands-on experiences that develop critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and creativity. Their vision is to create a world where all students can achieve their potential through innovative learning experiences that are both meaningful and enjoyable.Product OfferingsPitsco offers a wide range of products and solutions designed to enhance educational experiences for students of all ages. These include:1. **STEM Kits and Curriculum**: Pitsco's STEM kits are designed for various grade levels and cover a range of topics, from robotics and engineering to environmental science. These kits provide educators with the tools to facilitate hands-on learning and help students apply their knowledge in real-world situations.2. **Maker and Tinkering Supplies**: Recognizing the importance of creativity in learning, Pitsco provides a variety of maker supplies that encourage students to build, invent, and explore. These resources support the maker movement in education, allowing students to engage in design thinking and iterative problem-solving.3. **Robotics and Coding**: With the increasing importance of technology in education, Pitsco offers a variety of robotics and coding products. These resources help students develop essential skills in programming, engineering, and teamwork.4. **Professional Development**: Pitsco Education is committed to supporting educators through professional development opportunities. They offer training and workshops designed to equip teachers with the skills and knowledge to effectively implement hands-on learning in their classrooms.Educational PhilosophyAt the heart of Pitsco Education's approach is the belief that students learn best when they are actively engaged in the learning process. Their educational philosophy emphasizes experiential learning, where students are encouraged to explore, experiment, and collaborate. By fostering a learning environment that prioritizes inquiry and hands-on activities, Pitsco helps students develop a deeper understanding of complex concepts and prepare for future challenges.Impact on EducationPitsco Education has made a significant impact on education by transforming traditional teaching methods and promoting a more interactive and engaging approach to learning. Their products have been implemented in schools across the United States and beyond, enabling educators to create dynamic learning environments that inspire curiosity and innovation.Through partnerships with schools, educators, and community organizations, Pitsco continues to champion the importance of STEM education. Their commitment to making learning accessible and enjoyable has helped to spark interest in STEM fields among students, encouraging them to pursue careers in these vital areas.ConclusionPitsco Education stands at the forefront of the movement to enhance educational experiences through innovative, hands-on learning solutions. By providing educators with the tools they need to inspire and engag

Maribel Cortés es una IT Gerente de Proyectos en un compañía Fortune 500 en Cincinnati, OH. Maribel habla de su vida México, su trasfondo cultural y cómo esto la ha moldeado su vida actual. Maribel es una STEMfluencer, es miembro de la junta del Hispanic Chamber Cincinnati y presidenta de @SHPE Cincinnati Professional Chapter. Maribel tiene pasión por las carreras STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) y habla de las diferentes iniciativas que actualmente ofrece en las escuelas de Cincinnati. Como líder y miembro de la comunidad, Maribel comparte un consejo a las personas y a la comunidad latina de Ohio.

On today’s edition of Bring It On!, host Clarence Boone and co-host Liz Mitchell spend the hour with Dr. Markay Winston, the new interim superintendent of the Monroe County Community School Corporation (MCCSC). MCCSC serves nearly 11,000 students in 23 schools throughout Monroe County, Indiana. The district is a leader in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, …

ONE STORY A DAY / Una historia para cada Día es una iniciativa para celebrar el Mes de la Herencia Hispana / Latinx 2024 de la Hispanic Chamber Cincinnati USA y MujerLatinaToday.com Maribel Cortés es una STEMfluencer, es miembro de la junta del Hispanic Chamber Cincinnati USA y presidenta de @SHPE Cincinnati Professional Chapter. Maribel tiene pasión por las carreras STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) y habla sobre las diferentes iniciativas que actualmente ofrece en las escuelas de Cincinnati. Como líder y miembro de la comunidad, Maribel comparte

An interview with Deb Mumm-Hill, Executive Director of Oregon STEM and Kristen Harrison, Executive Director of Portland Metro STEM on the uses of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and STEAM (which adds Art) in education, about career connected learning, and how STEM is preparing the next generation of leaders and innovators. oregonstem.org 

Tom Rogers and Hannah Wilson host a one off special supported by Futurum Careers to discuss the career aspirations of young people, particularly in the areas of STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and SHAPE (social sciences, humanities and arts for people and the economy). Two incredible guests join the conversation; Julia Black, President of the British Academy, advisor to the Bank of England and Professor of Law and Professor Louise Archer of the Aspires Project and Professor of Sociology at UCL. In this far ranging conversation built for anyone interested in careers education, we explore how students choose future careers, which subjects are on the rise and fall, how can we open pathways to students to follow their dreams and how can schools and teachers use practical strategies to support students on their journeys. Free STEM and SHAPE resources are available via the Futurum website here: https://futurumcareers.com/stem-shape-activity-sheets

Monica Gori"Donne nella scienza: è ancora una sfida?"Festival della Comunicazione, Camogliwww.festivalcomunicazione.itvenerdì 13 settembre 2024, ore 18:30Monica GoriFestival della ComunicazioneDonne nella scienza: è ancora una sfida?Nel corso della storia della scienza, le donne hanno lottato duramente per affermarsi. Per secoli, la ricerca in ogni ambito del sapere, soprattutto nelle discipline STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering e Mathematics), è stata dominio esclusivamente maschile. Solo negli ultimi cinquant'anni abbiamo assistito a un cambiamento significativo nella percezione delle donne in ambito scientifico e tecnologico. Esistono ancora differenze? Abbiamo davvero raggiunto la parità di genere? L'incontro prenderà avvio dal recente documentario “Women of Science”, prodotto da EBU (RAI, Contenuti Digitali e Transmediali per l'Italia), in cui Monica Gori è stata protagonista per l'Italia e cercherà di rispondere a queste domande coinvolgendo role model femminili nel settore STEM. Verranno affrontati temi quali l'inclusione, le tecnologie per la disabilità e la conciliazione tra famiglia e carriera, in un viaggio che si snoda tra i laboratori dell'IIT e i suggestivi paesaggi di Genova e Camogli, esplorando il percorso che dall'arte conduce alla scienza attraverso svolte imprevedibili. L'evento è supportato dal progetto MySpace finanziato dall'European Research Council, volto a comprendere il ruolo della visione nella rappresentazione spaziale.Monica Gori è Responsabile del team “Unit for Visually Impaired People” (U-VIP) dell'Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT). Diplomata in arte, laureata in psicologia e con un dottorato in tecnologie umanoidi, si specializza nella percezione multisensoriale e sviluppa strumenti per l'autonomia dei non vedenti. Riconosciuta a livello internazionale, ha coordinato numerosi progetti europei e ottenuto 2 prestigiosi finanziamenti dall'ERC.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.

AWS GetIT is a fully funded education programme and competition designed to inspire 12-14-year-old students, especially girls, to consider a future in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics). The programme gives them access to curriculum designed to help build foundational skills, learn about cloud tech, and design app ideas to solve real-life problems. Schools are paired with a dedicated AWS GetIT Ambassador who supports the school and educator and acts as a role model for students. After completing the programme curriculum, schools can submit a student app idea for consideration in a countrywide AWS GetIT competition. This year, three schools were brought to the AWS GetIT final, which took place at the AWS offices in Dublin. The teams in the final presented their ideas to a judging panel of people working in the tech industry. The finalists were invited to present their App ideas on the day and answer questions surrounding their design thinking cycle, teamwork, the issue they are tackling and the technology they will use. The AWS GetIT finalists were: 1. 1. Fit Quick by Coláiste Abhainn Rí, Callan, Co. Kilkenny - App aimed at tackling young people dropping out of sporting activity, particularly during the transition from primary to secondary school. The app is aimed at 11-19 year olds with the overall goal of encouraging maintaining interest in sport and physical activity during their teenage years. 2. Job Box Celbridge Community School, Co Kildare - App aimed at helping young people aged 18-25 find accommodation and employment. The team acknowledged how homeless is a huge social issue and the app aims to support young people with resource information on housing, as well as assist them on their job search journeys. 3. Puzzled by Sandford Park School, Ranelagh, Dublin - App focused on providing support resources for secondary school students with learning difficulties. The app contains resources aimed at helping students overcome challenges they are having with schoolwork and includes a fun mascot called 'Pablo' to guide app users on their journey. Mark Dunleavy, General Manager, AWS Ireland and Northern Ireland, said: "On behalf of AWS, I'd like to congratulate the contestants in this year's AWS GetIT competition; each year, we are completely blown away by the high level of innovation and creativity shown by secondary students across Ireland. AWS GetIT empowers and inspires 12-14-year-olds to consider a future in STEM and learn other key skills such as problem-solving and teamwork. It is also an opportunity for them to get face-to-face time with AWS ambassadors and gain real insight into what it is like to work in tech. At AWS, we hope that taking part in this competition is their first step in a journey towards an exciting and rewarding career in STEM." Jane Dawson Howe, Country Manager Ireland, Slalom and AWS GetIT judge, said: "I was thrilled to be involved with AWS GetIT 2024. I was so impressed with the quality of the finalists' projects and their determination to solve real-world problems. I was also amazed at their confidence and how they communicated the impact of their ideas. Congratulations to all the students (and their teachers) on developing such compelling solutions. The future of technology for societal good is in the right hands!" Frances Abeton, CEO and Co-Founder of Whyze Health and AWS GetIT judge, said: "I was truly captivated by the calibre of projects presented at the AWS GetIT competition. The students' work was not just impressive, but it also showcased their exceptional talent and creativity. This experience has reinforced my belief in the significant impact of integrating technology education in schools. It was a true privilege to witness such potential and support an initiative that empowers young people to excel in the tech industry." More about Irish Tech News Irish Tech News are Ireland's No. 1 Online Tech Publication and often Ireland's No.1 Tech Podcast too. You can find hundre...

About the Guests:In this episode, we're introduced to Kirsten Turner and Amit Prabhakar, the dynamic duo from icode Tri-Cities. Kirsten Turner, originally from Phoenix, Arizona, has an educational background with experience in teaching and school administration. Amit Prabhakar brings a wealth of knowledge from the IT sector, having immigrated from India in 2007 with a passion for new technologies and cultures. Together, they represent icode Tri-Cities, an organization dedicated to bringing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Art) programs to young students in the Tri-City area.Episode Summary:In this engaging conversation with Colin Johnson, Kirsten Turner and Amit Prabhakar discuss the impactful role of STEM education and their organization, icode Tri-Cities. From the favorable community vibe of Johnson City to the nitty-gritty of education in tech and critical thinking, they explore how icode Tri-Cities brings vital educational experiences to today's youth.The episode delves into the essential nature of STEM, often elaborated as STEAM to include art, and the urgency of preparing students for the rapidly evolving technological landscape. Kirsten and Amit unfold the various offerings of icode Tri-Cities, emphasizing summer camps and programs that extend beyond the realm of basic curriculum to hands-on, interactive learning experiences, thereby sowing the seeds for a generation of innovators and problem solvers.Key Takeaways:icode Tri-Cities is pioneering a new program model to deliver cutting-edge STEM education to the Tri-City area and beyond.The STEAM curriculum is designed to engage students with hands-on learning experiences, including robot battles and design projects.icode Tri-Cities caters not only to schools but also provides programs accessible to homeschoolers and after-school settings.Funding and adapting to local needs are some of the logistical challenges icode Tri-Cities faced while setting up in the Tri-City area.Summer camps are a significant part of their offerings, featuring engaging education in robotics, drone coding, and even video game design, emphasizing both fun and learning.Notable Quotes:"STEM is a very unique field where you're basically teaching a child how to think, how to troubleshoot, how to be creative, how to be innovative." - Amit Prabhakar"We're taking students to the other side of Roblox, and they were the ones actually building and designing, creating the games." - Kirsten Turner"Each year, or the topic that they choose, has a color. So at the end of the year, they will graduate to that color." - Amit Prabhakar, on the upcoming 'belt' program"It's not just about creating a curriculum, but also you got to test it, you got to test the code, you got to test the hardware and all that stuff." - Amit PrabhakarResources:Ico Tri city Website: icodeschool.com/tricitiestnSocial Media: Follow icode Tri-cities on Facebook and Instagram @icode.tri.cities.Listen to the full episode to explore the colorful world of STEM education with Kirsten Turner and Amit Prabhakar and discover how icode Tri-cities is nurturing young minds for a better tomorrow. Stay tuned for more inspiring content from this podcast series.

Crystel Robbins Rynne, Chief Operating Officer at HR solutions provider HRLocker, outlines Ireland's journey toward gender equality in STEM and beyond. Highlighting success stories and addressing the ongoing challenges In recent years, Ireland has emerged as one of the world's leading technology hubs, with a reputation that continues to soar. Yet, if it is to achieve its aim of becoming Europe's STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) leader by 2026, Ireland, like many other parts of the world, has to improve the gender gap that sees women vastly underrepresented in STEM education and careers. According to recent research from the Department of Education, women only make up a quarter of those employed in STEM roles across Ireland. A figure that comes as no surprise considering just one in three EU STEM graduates is, as the European Commission reports, female. But it's not all doom and gloom - there are reasons to be optimistic. Female STEM role models in Ireland Women such as Abigail Ruth Freeman, Director of the Science Foundation Ireland, who has contributed to advancing scientific research and innovation in the country, and Fionola Cliffe, the Chief Operations Officer of Hooke Bio, are not just highly successful professionals, but they're also preeminent role models for young Irish women with aspirations of a career in STEM fields. Freeman, Cliffe and their peers epitomise the positive trend of increasing female participation in STEM in Ireland. This progress is not only encouraging but also inspiring, as it paves the way for more girls to follow in their footsteps. The visibility of Freeman and Cliffe, along with other Irish women in STEM, is crucial in empowering more women to pursue leadership roles in previously male-dominated industries. Another notable STEM role model, Sonya Geelon, the Chief Commercial Officer at Conferma Pay, champions the motto, 'If you see it, you can be it'. As a passionate advocate for nurturing young up-and-coming talent, Geelon embodies and endorses the progress that continues to be made and instilled in young girls and women. Ireland's low gender pay gap In addition to positive role models, we can be proud that, according to Eurostat, Ireland's gender pay gap is among the lowest in the European Union. Standing recently at 9.9 per cent, it is almost three percentage points below the regional average and has been falling since 2018. The gender pay gap doesn't represent illegal pay discrimination but is a measure of the difference between men's and women's average pay across an entire organisation. A high figure indicates a lower proportion of women in higher-paid leadership positions or more women at the lower end of the pay scale. A relatively low gender pay gap is definitely a positive step in the right direction. Whilst there is undoubtedly still a long way to go here to achieve full gender equality in the workplace, this is a reassuring sign for the future. Increasing levels of participation The rise of women and girls studying STEM subjects and entering STEM careers must also be acknowledged and celebrated. In their 2023 Survey of Female Students' Attitudes to STEM, I Wish, an Irish volunteer-led community committed to showcasing the power of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths to female secondary school students, reports a rise in the percentage of females studying a STEM discipline undergraduate programme from 29 per cent in 2014 to 36 per cent in 2022. The percentage of those studying ICTs rose from 15% to 23% over the same period. This is particularly heartening, considering the statistics cover the COVID-19 pandemic, when other industries slowed and saw less uptake. Other standout statistics include the percentage of female uptake of undergraduate courses in: Biology - 68 per cent Biochemistry - 65 per cent Food Processing - 64 per cent Environmental Sciences - 53% ICT - 51 per cent In response to the I Wish 2023 Survey, the team notes that over the past ten...

In this episode, we dive into the often-discussed but seldom addressed divide between academics and practitioners in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) field. We welcome two esteemed guests: Dr. Amanda Diekman, Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Associate Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs at Indiana University, and Jayshree Seth, Chief Science Advocate and Corporate Scientist at 3M. Dr. Diekman acknowledges the existence of a gap between academia and industry, suggesting that it persists partly because people believe it does. However, she emphasizes that the divide can be bridged through effort, communication, and setting clear expectations. The most immediate impact of academic work is when students apply it in their careers, indicating a strong need for better alignment between academic research and industry practice. Jayshree Seth uses the metaphor of "paths not taken" to explain the academic-practitioner divide. She points out that when people stick to the familiar, the less-traveled routes become increasingly invisible. To bridge the gap, individuals must step out of their comfort zones and embrace new approaches, even if it means learning new rules and navigating uncharted territory. Jayshree and Amanda share a common interest in understanding why women, who earn STEM degrees, often do not pursue careers in STEM. Jayshree approached this issue from a social science perspective, seeking ways to ensure persistence among women in STEM fields. Amanda, with a background in gender roles and representation, found stability in the gender distribution within STEM unexplained by conventional narratives. Their collaboration aimed to identify and address the signals that deter women and minorities from engaging with STEM. Jayshree's role as Chief Science Advocate at 3M emerged from the company's efforts to understand public perception of science, which revealed that many people believed science had little impact on their lives. This realization motivated her to advocate for science and connect with like-minded researchers like Amanda. Amanda's research on gender roles and communal goals resonated with Jayshree's experience, leading to their collaboration. Amanda and Jayshree conducted a study to examine how goal congruity, the alignment between personal goals and workplace or academic values, affects students' engagement in STEM. They focused on communal goals, recognizing that a lack of context, collaboration, and empowerment might deter underrepresented groups. The study sought to document the psychological benefits of nudging students toward a purpose-driven approach in STEM, highlighting the need to shift the culture to foster inclusion and belonging. Jayshree identifies three critical areas where communal goals play a role in STEM: contextualization, collaboration, and empowerment. She shares her journey of feeling out of place in a male-dominated lab, only to discover the importance of her work later. At 3M, she found these communal goals embraced, contributing to a more inclusive environment. The PRISM (Purpose Reflection in STEM Modalities) project is an effort to provide practical tools for STEM faculty to create assignments that encourage students to reflect on their purpose and engage in meaningful conversations. This initiative, funded by 3M, aims to bridge the gap between academia and industry, promoting STEM equity and supporting minoritized talent pipelines. Both Amanda and Jayshree share their visions for the future. Jayshree hopes to see the PRISM curriculum become mandatory in STEM classes, fostering a sense of belonging and encouraging students to align their goals with communal values. Amanda envisions a broader cultural shift that creates more space for diverse values and perspectives in STEM, ultimately leading to increased retention and success among faculty and students alike. Join us as we explore these critical topics and uncover actionable steps to bridge the gap between academia and industry in STEM, ultimately creating a more inclusive and supportive environment for all. Three Key Takeaways: • Bridging the Academic-Practitioner Divide: The divide between academia and industry in STEM is real but can be overcome with better communication, clearer expectations, and a focus on shared goals. Both academic researchers and industry practitioners need to explore untaken paths and learn from each other to close this gap. • The Role of Goal Congruity in STEM: The concept of goal congruity—alignment between personal goals and workplace or academic values—is critical in encouraging underrepresented groups to pursue and persist in STEM careers. The lack of communal goals, such as collaboration and empowerment, can create barriers for women and minorities. Addressing these gaps can increase inclusivity and belonging. • The PRISM Project and Cultural Change: The PRISM (Purpose Reflection in STEM Modalities) project is designed to provide practical tools and templates to help STEM faculty integrate purpose-driven assignments into their curriculum. By promoting a more inclusive culture that values communal goals, the project aims to drive cultural change in STEM, ultimately leading to increased diversity, retention, and success for students and faculty alike.

Early in my educational career, I was a member of a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) advocacy organization. Through a grant from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, the organization's mission was to expand STEM education access to non-traditional students. One primary function was advocating with federal legislators and policymakers in Washington, DC. In today's podcast we'll discuss the partnership activities between government bodies and school districts that ensure national coherence, equity, and excellence in education delivery. #EducationalLeader,Kim"Drop me a text now—I'd love to hear from you!" “When students are led well, they learn well.”Website: http://www.kimdmoore.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimdmooreYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EducationalLeaderThe views shared in the Educational Leadership Moment are solely mine and do not reflect the positions of my employer or any entity within the local, state, or federal government sectors.

Dr. Alice Christie, Founder and CEO of Tynkertopia has been an educator for the last 56 years. She taught in the K-12 arena for 20 years, was a professor of education at Arizona State University for 20+ years and spent 9 years traveling to 37 states to provide STEM education workshops to over 5000 PK-12 teachers. In 2017, she founded and self-funded Tynkertopia, Inc. (a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation in Flagstaff, AZ. Dr. Christie received her Ph.D. in Language and Literacy and Educational Technology in 1995. She served first as assistant professor, then as associate professor at Arizona State University. She retired in 2008 as ASU President's Professor Emerita. This designation is one of Arizona State University's most prestigious faculty honors. It is designed to reward enthusiasm and innovation in teaching, the ability to inspire original and creative work by students, mastery of subject matter and scholarly contributions. Only 36 professors at ASU hold this title. Tynkertopia, Inc. is a non-profit community center in Flagstaff, AZ. We focus on creativity, inquiry, and STEAM knowledge and skills. Flagstaff is America's First STEM Community, and Tynkertopia is Flagstaff's STEAM Community Center. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) + A for the Arts = STEAM. Tynkertopia is a place filled with opportunities to play, invent and launch imaginations into overdrive! Designed for kids, parents, teachers, and community members, Tynkertopia builds STEAM skills and encourages independent thinking, questioning, inquiring, designing, building, exploring and tinkering!

About the Guest(s): Dr. Jodi Asbell-Clarke is an esteemed figure in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) community, particularly in the realm of game-based learning. With a background enriched by working on the space shuttle program for its first 25 missions, she has been pivotal in linking computational thinking and neurodiversity, offering unique insights into the talents that neurodivergent learners bring to STEM problem-solving. Asbell-Clarke holds a wealth of experience and has dedicated her career to advancing equity and opportunities in STEM education through innovative methods such as educational gaming. She is a key member of the Educational Gaming Environments group (Edge) at TERC, a non-profit dedicated to STEM education.Episode Summary: Join us on the Think Inclusive Podcast as we delve into the fascinating intersection of STEM education, game-based learning, and neurodiversity with our guest, Jodi Asbell-Clarke. With an intriguing blend of personal anecdotes and professional insights, this episode offers a deep dive into the ways educators can foster inclusive STEM classrooms that empower all learners, including those who are neurodivergent.Asbell-Clarke shares her journey from being a student with a keen interest in math, thanks to a dedicated teacher, to her work on groundbreaking educational games that unlock the potential of neurodivergent learners. This conversation traverses topics from computational thinking to the transformative educational power of project-based learning, presenting novel approaches to teaching that emphasize inclusivity, differentiation, and executive function support.Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/YwCjtk2WqRqgjOS9E-llrBEiskcKey Takeaways:The link between computational thinking skills and the natural talents of neurodivergent learners can create strong competencies in STEM fields.Game-based learning can serve as a gateway to STEM for students who may not traditionally engage with these subjects, leading to improved learning outcomes.Including neurodiversity in STEM education is not about remediation but rather about leveraging individual strengths to foster a community of skilled problem-solvers.Differentiated instruction and multiple entry points into learning activities can help address the diverse needs of students in a STEM classroom.Project-based learning and games like Portal offer powerful frameworks for engrossing students in STEM education while nurturing critical thinking skills.Resources:Educational Gaming Environments group (Edge): https://www.terc.edu/edge/Zoombinis game: Available in the App StoreJodi Asbell-Clarke's book: https://www.routledge.com/Reaching-and-Teaching-Neurodivergent-Learners-in-STEM-Strategies-for-Embracing-Uniquely-Talented-Problem-Solvers/Asbell-Clarke/p/book/9781032562476Thank you to our sponsor for this week and the month of April: https://autismsociety.org/MCIE: https://www.mcie.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Continuing with last week's episode on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math) education, I'd like to introduce you to Elijah Kempton. Elijah is VP - West Region at engineering firm Campos EPC and is the board secretary at MathPath—a four week residential summer program for students showing high promise and interest in mathematics. During today's episode, we talk about the broad reaching benefits of pursuing a career in engineering, how to expand access to engineering educational pathways, and the MathPath attendee experience. Tune into episode 132 to hear Elijah's story, his 'rocket-booster' moment, and his thoughts on education and careers in STEM fields.

Hosted by Dr. Jacinta Delhaize & Dr. Daniel Cunnama. With Prof Mirjana Pović, Prof Vanessa McBride, Dr. Priscilla Muheki and Prof Carolina Ödman.   In this week's episode we are joined by fours members of the board of the recently established African Network of Women in Astronomy (AfNWA).   AfNWA is an initiative that aims to connect women working in astronomy and related fields in Africa. AfNWA aims to guarantee the future participation of girls and women at all levels in astronomy and science developments in Africa.    Their main objectives are improving the status of women in science in Africa and using astronomy to inspire more girls to do STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).   Mirjana, Vanessa, Priscilla and Carolina chat with us about how AfNWA came about and some of the exciting achievements thus far!   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.  Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

Las compañeras del grupo de ciencia de la comunidad han querido aconsejar e inspirar a las niñas de nuestro entorno para que consideren elegir una carrera STEM -Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (ciencia, tecnología, ingeniería y matemáticas)- si es lo que desean, y no dejarse convencer por quienes la frenan por ser chica.

Welcome to the PRmoment Podcast. On the show today, I'm chatting with one of my favourite people, the wonderful Bienosa Ebite. Bieneosa is head of communications and government affairs, inclusion & diversity at GSK.In this regular format of the PRmoment Podcast with Ben Smith, we'll be catching up with UK public relations leaders - and our guests will share their, in hindsight, secrets that they wish they'd known when they started their careers!Bienosa Ebite joined GSK 18 months ago. Previously, she was at Centrica for eight years. She ran her own agency, Bright Star Public Relations, from 2007 to 2014, but Bienosa is best known as the chair and co-founder of Ignite, which was the original not-for-profit organisation established to promote the benefits of cultural diversity in public relations. Before we start, we've got some huge news - The PRmoment Awards 2024 are now - OPEN!There are some exciting changes this year; we've tweaked the categories, refined the entry form and with no additional entry fee, we've launched a regional champions scheme so we can reach the work right across the UK.Also, thanks so much to the PRmoment Podcast sponsors the PRCA.Here is a summary of what Bieneosa and PRmoment founder Ben Smith discussed:2 mins Bieneosa tells us why, for the “first time in my life, work doesn't feel like work.”“My purpose as a human being is aligned with what I'm doing professionally.”“How do we get more people from underrepresented groups into the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) sector careers.”5 mins Improving diversity is a wide remit: Bieneosa talks us through where she tries to make a difference in your current role.9 mins Does science and, more broadly, STEM have the same diversity issues as public relations?“One of the things that is missing is representation at the senior level in the public relations sector.”“When I started in PR, I didn't feel like I belonged.”“People have left PR because they don't feel welcome.”14 mins Bienosa and Ben reminisce about how and why Ignite was a trailblazer!“Having a community is great, but I'm all about campaigning to make change.”“What I found was that at that time, diversity and inclusion almost was like a fashion for PR…it was in vogue for a time, and then it would go quiet.”18 mins Here is the link to Ben Smith's interview with Taylor Bennett Foundation alumni  Kwaku Aning, Shanice Hoo Mills and Toni Adeola on a recent PRmoment Podcast.“If you want to see change, you have to agitate. Otherwise, nothing will happen.”“When it's something that affects you…ten years is too long… You want change now.”“If you address things head-on, you stand a better chance of being able to solve issues. If you skirt around it and don't want to say the word (racism) - nothing will ever change.”32 mins What would Bienosa do differently in her career if she had her time again?“Investing in a mentor or a coach is something I didn't do early enough.”34 mins What is the difference between a mentor and a coach?39 mins Looking back at public relations' DE&I journey - how does Bienosa think PR is doing?40 mins What KPIs does Bienosa look for when assessing a sector's progress on DE&I?

Center Makes Fundraising Push in Face of CUNY Budget Cuts In this second episode of the Podcast of the Center for Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies at Queens College CUNY, I speak with the College's President, Frank Wu, who has emerged as an important ally for the Center as it deals with a cut-off of funding from CUNY. Earlier in 2023 all independent centers at CUNY had to certify that they were capable of self funding. This has provided a challenge to the Center as it prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary with a fundraising gala in Queens on May 17, 2024. The Byzantine and Modern Greek Center is the brainchild of the late Professor Harry Psomiades, who left a tenured position in the history department at Columbia University to come to Queens in 1974. Since then, the Center has been arguably the largest Hellenic studies program in the country with more than 20,000 students enrolled over the decades. Over its 50-year history the Center has gotten substantial support from the Greek-American community, which has funded the dozens of scholarships that help its primarily middle class students cover the cost of their educations. In addition, it received substantial support from various Hellenic and Hellenic-American foundations, one of which helped endow a professorship in Byzantine studies. But as a recent article in Kathimerini, Greece's leading newspaper, pointed out, Hellenic studies programs around the world are suffering from decreased funding from their host universities, in part because of an emphasis on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) over the liberal arts (though this does not appear to be the motivation at CUNY). In a wide ranging conversation, Wu, a lawyer and legal scholar who has written books on race relations, recounts his upbringing as the child of immigrants from Taiwan and makes connections with the experiences of his diverse student body at Queens, which speaks more than 100 languages. He outlines his vision for a diaspora center at Queens and the vital role the Byzantine & Modern Greek Center plays in the College's mosaic. And he pledges his support for the Center and expresses his eagerness to work with the Greek-American community to help fund it for the future. Says Wu, “It's so important that we have a program that looks at and helps to empower the Greek diaspora.” I have served on the Center's advisory council for three decades, a position in which I followed my father, the late Takis J. Metaxas, a founding member of the council in the early years with Professor Psomiades. I have been able to watch all the successes and challenges the Center has experienced. It is comforting to know that as it faces the future, the Center for Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies has College President Frank Wu in its corner.

Nicole Jackson joins PaTTANpod at the 2023 CSforAllPA Summit to discuss her nontraditional professional journey in computer science (CS) and STEM, the relationship between technology and creativity, applications of cognitive science in technology leadership, and the role of empathy in efforts to close equity gaps in education. Click here for more episodes https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCkBP2csbOssi3rUsfM-yQT1DVGUihxg2 Also available in podcast format on iTunes and Google Play Music iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pattanpod/id1436873041?mt=2 Google Play Music https://play.google.com/music/m/Iwyth5xyq26f67f4qrzktutbxke?t=PaTTANpod Nicole Jackson is a technical leader with more than a decade of experience in product software engineering. She combines her background and love of user experience, economics, systems, and analytical thinking to the development of eloquent, scalable solutions to complex problems in a multitude of spaces, including social equity, healthcare, and higher education. Currently, Nicole serves as the Head of Digital Transformation at Catalyst.org, a global nonprofit supported by many of the world's most powerful CEOs and leading companies to help build workplaces that work for women. Nicole is also a nationally recognized contributor to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education. She is a National Science and Technologies Medals Foundation mentor to two Howard University STEM students, and an ambassador for the Association for Advancement of Sciences IF/THEN Initiative, which brings together high-profile women in STEM to serve as role models for middle school girls.

F1 in schools is a competition designed to introduce secondary school students to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). Teams get to design, race, and construct their very own miniature Formula 1 car. The cars are powered by gas canisters that slot into the back of the car, and the competition is judged across several categories, including racing, scrutineering, engineering, and enterprise. On Monday's Morning Focus, Alan Morrissey was joined by 'The Smooth Operators' team from Coláiste Muire, Niamh Queally, Amy Ryan, Lauren MacCarthy, Sofie Keane and Amy Hennessey The students hope to represent Ireland at the F1 in Schools World Finals.

Good morning friends! We have a great show for you this morning. Our guest today is Nicole Astra, Executive Director of APS Training Academy. Join us as we learn about the various STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) programs that APS offers and what 2024 holds. Learn more about APS by visiting their website here: https://www.apstrainingacademy.org/ Let's get ready to learn! Here's the news: - The Dementia Support Group meets every last Wednesday of the month from 5 to 6 pm at Bardwell Residences. You must RSVP, to do so call (630) 892-5790. Visit the website here to learn more about Bardwell Residences: https://www.gardant.com/bardwellresidences/ - Saturday, December 9th from 1 pm to 4 pm Alderwoman Shweta Baid will host the 10th Ward Winter Fest at Fox Valley Mall! Admission is free and there will be music, face-painting and other great family activities. Come out for a great time this holiday season. - Tuesday, December 2nd from 8:30 to 11 am Breakfast With Santa is taking place at West Aurora High School! In addition to a tasty breakfast there will be community resources available, face painting, games and much more! There are separate prices for admission and breakfast, scan the QR code to purchase tickets, register and get more information. Save the date and stop on by and see Santa! Have a great rest of the day! Good Morning Aurora will return with more news, weather and the very best of Aurora. Subscribe to the show on YouTube at this link: https://www.youtube.com/c/GoodMorningAuroraPodcast The second largest city's first daily news podcast is here. Tune in every Monday, Wednesday & Friday to our FB Live from 8 am to 9 am. Make sure to like and subscribe to stay updated on all things Aurora. Twitter: goodmorningaur1 Instagram: goodmorningaurorail Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6dVweK5Zc4uPVQQ0Fp1vEP... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../good-morning.../id1513229463 Anchor: https://anchor.fm/goodmorningaurora #positivevibes #positiveenergy #downtownaurora #kanecountyil #bataviail #genevail #stcharlesil #saintcharlesil #elginil #northaurorail #auroraillinois #cityofaurorail #auroramedia #auroranews #goodmorningaurora #news #dailynews #subscribe #youtube #podcast #spotify #morningnews #morningshow #wednesday #apstrainingacademy --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goodmorningaurora/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goodmorningaurora/support

The Secret of the Magic eyePad: Putney Hick Inventor Adventures–Book 1 (Putney Hicks Inventor Adventures) by Marsha Tufft https://amzn.to/40M3g6j https://dl.bookfunnel.com/2fywtzbmuh 2021 Readers' Favorite GOLD MEDAL WINNER 2022 Wishing Shelf Book Awards Silver Medal WINNER 2023 Moonbeam Book Awards Silver Medal WINNER She dreams of becoming an inventor. First, she has to survive middle school… Putney Hicks just wants things to go right for once. A socially awkward girl dropped among rich kids in an experimental STEM institution, the anxious twelve-year-old can't seem to see her own potential. But life sprinkles in a surprise when she receives a mysterious tablet housing an advanced, talkative intelligence. Wondering if the friendly pixie in the device is alien or supernatural, Putney is determined to keep it safe while exploring its possibilities. But when competitive art and science projects lead to an ill-advised bet with a wealthy mean girl, the would-be engineer may be in way over her head. Will Putney's mysterious new mentor help her make it through her first week in class? The Secret of the Magic eyePad is the award-winning first book in the Putney Hicks Inventor Adventures middle grade series. If you like girls in STEM, preteen drama, and clever innovations, then you'll love Marsha Tufft's lighthearted tale. Buy The Secret of the Magic eyePad to click through to fabulous fun today! What Readers' Favorite says: ★★★★★ The Secret of the Magic eyePad is a sci-fi adventure book for children by Marsha Tufft. Twelve-year-old Putney Hicks is a science and math prodigy but often finds herself struggling in social situations. Putney is about to start seventh grade in a new experimental STEM school when she receives a mysterious gift from Miss Pepper, her favorite teacher from Kodiak Elementary. The gift turns out to be an "eyePad," containing an advanced interface of a holographic pixie named Sam... Her only problem is Sue Wexford, a rich girl who never fails to embarrass Putney. However, with the upcoming Science Fair, Putney is determined to beat Sue in the design challenge. Will she succeed? ★★★★★ Geared to readers aged 10-15 years, Tufft's book is a masterpiece with a great storyline and even greater lessons. The novel will surely generate a love for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) in young readers. It will teach them to think critically, enhancing their problem-solving skills. I loved the learning curve Tufft incorporated in the plot, depicting the prototyping and designing steps that led to the perfect invention. The innovative curriculum at Putney's school maintained a balance between science and art and highlighted the importance of healthy competition and teamwork. These lessons were complemented by an intriguing and fun plot featuring newly blossomed friendships, a little bit of rivalry, and a few instances of sleuthing. Tufft included just the right amount of magic to hold the plot together. The colorful illustrations were at once informative and relaxing. As a reader with a scientific background, I found The Secret of the Magic eyePad to be a unique resource suitable for including in school libraries and reading assignments. ★★★★★ Marsha Tufft does an incredible job of writing about science, curiosity, and self-discovery. There is something magical in this book and readers will enjoy that part of the story. But the part about product design is written in a fun way and packed with information and insight that will fuel the problem-solving skills of young readers and ignite their imaginations. The Secret of the Magic eyePad is written in the first-person narrative and it is a humorous voice that reflects the thoughts and feelings of a young character. It is filled with fun activities, interesting characters, and lessons on solving problems. It is as realistic as it is magical. About the author Award-winning author Marsha Tufft loves snorkeling ...

#129 In a world that is heavily focused on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), I can't help but wonder if we are making a mistake leaving the creative arts behind. Some schools don't even offer music and art, while others only offer one type. Now I know STEM is important, but so are the creative arts. Listen to this episode to find out why!Support the show

En el episodio de hoy me siento nuevamente con Joshua Castro, quien es creador de contenido, cofundador de Lumynal y anfitrión de "Soy Un Glitch Podcast". Joshua me cuenta cómo surgió la idea de hacer un podcast de 24 horas, cuál era el plan original para celebrar el aniversario del podcast, por qué hizo las becas para los estudiantes de STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) y qué aprendió de sí mismo durante el evento de "El Podcast + Largo". También hablamos sobre el futuro de la educación, su evolución como podcaster, el negocio de los creadores de contenido y qué es lo próximo para Joshua Castro. Tres "takeaways" de este episodio: 1. "Mantenerme ingenuo es lo que me ha mantenido corriendo para poder seguir logrando esas metas." 2. La belleza de la vida es que uno puede aprender algo de todo el mundo. 3. Cuando tú eres creador de contenido, tú eres la empresa y el producto o servicio que ofrezca. Sigue Joshua Castro: Instagram | Youtube | TikTok No olvides suscribirte a nuestro canal de Youtube. Merch oficial del podcast: https://earnednotgiven.store/

How can combining STEM, sports, and fashion empower the next generation? Dive into our 500th episode with Rhonda Vetere, a global executive with experience in over 23 mergers and a passion for making a difference. In this conversation, we'll cover topics such as accountability as a lost art in leadership, the importance of adapting and pivoting to stay ready for an ever-changing world, how hard work and no instant gratification are required for success, and the diversity of thought that makes the world go round. Rhonda has worked in retail insurance banking and technology across 23 mergers and acquisitions, so you know she has some great advice to share. We'll also discuss her team-building experiences, writing books, and speaking in the media about topics such as artificial intelligence, female leadership roles, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math). Tune in to hear how Rhonda has embraced change throughout her career while staying true to herself and inspiring others!In this episode:How to hold yourself accountable to reach Your highest purpose in lifeEmbracing and adapting the Next era of technology managementBeing a corporate athlete and being prepared for whatever life throwsMain takeaways:Accountability is a lost art, and hard work does not have instant gratificationSurround yourself with good people who think differentlyDiversity of thought is what makes the world go around and is essential for high-performance teamsLeaders need to understand how to foster trust and vulnerability within their teamsEmployees need to ask questions about the culture, tools, and technology used in the workplaceIt's essential to build relationships with people outside of one's industry and countryIn the future, leaders will need to balance artificial intelligence with human skills and reskill their workforcePeople should educate themselves on AI and embrace it rather than be afraid of itQuotes:"Change is good. It's good thinking, getting your blinders off, learning new things, and if you don't like what's happening within your company, do something about it. Go somewhere else, learn more." - Rhonda Vetere"Stay ready so you don't have to get ready. You have to be consistent and have a routine and a schedule. You also have to be adaptable. But if you don't have a goal, you will go off track." - Rhonda Vetere"Make sure you're taking time to think, look at yourself inwardly, reflect first because you can't lead people if you're not taking care of yourself." - Rhonda VetereConnect with Rhonda:Website: https://www.rhondavetere.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhondavetere Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhondamvetere Twitter: https://twitter.com/RhondaVetereH Connect with Denis: Email: denis@leadingchangepartners.comWebsite: http://www.leadingchangepartners.com/Leadership Is Changing Facebook Group:...

The Sistas welcomed the Founder & CEO of Taking Up Space, Czarina Salido, to the show. This Special defintely shines a light on the non-profit BUT it quickly turned into a conversation between 5 grown women nerding out. We covered Alien Conspiracies, Ghosts, mothers and grandfather, little girls in STE(A)M and of course; Sci-Fi. Taking Up Space is a non-profit dedicated to increasing Native American representation and decreasing the gender gap in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) fields. They empower middle-school-aged Native American girls to develop and pursue their curiosity, passion, and confidence in STEM by providing an intensive 36-week colloquium and sponsoring their trip to NASA's Space Camp in Huntsville, AL. Founded in 2016 and based in Tucson, Taking Up Space is where fun, passion, curiosity, and STEM come together to inspire the next generation of scientists, health care workers, mathematicians, and more!  Become a Sponsor: https://taking-up-space.org/?page_id=3841 Donate & Patches: https://taking-up-space.org/?page_id=3570 Check out Czarina Salido:  Intagram & Twitter: @czaritsa Time in Cosmology: https://firstflightbook.com Former Astronaut John Bennett Herrington: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/herrington_john.pdf     U.S. Space Force Capt. Haida StarEagle: https://www.facebook.com/officialnabmw/photos/a.637601233453152/989360474943891/?type=3 Please support the SyFy Sistas podcast on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/syfysistas Thank you Dena Massenburg for our dope logo: @blackbeanz70 Thank you to our sound engineer DoS, the Anonymous: @dos_theanonymous_1 You can find the SyFy Sistas and our family of podcasts on The Trek Geeks Podcast Network: https://trekgeeks.com FANSETS - our pins...have character. We want to thank our friends at FanSets for being the presenting sponsor of the Trek Geeks Podcast Network. https://fansets.com ALL SYFY SISTAS INFO AT YOUR FINGERTIPS https://linktr.ee/syfysistas

The Sistas welcomed the Founder & CEO of Taking Up Space, Czarina Salido, to the show. This Special defintely shines a light on the non-profit BUT it quickly turned into a conversation between 5 grown women nerding out. We covered Alien Conspiracies, Ghosts, mothers and grandfather, little girls in STE(A)M and of course; Sci-Fi. Taking Up Space is a non-profit dedicated to increasing Native American representation and decreasing the gender gap in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) fields. They empower middle-school-aged Native American girls to develop and pursue their curiosity, passion, and confidence in STEM by providing an intensive 36-week colloquium and sponsoring their trip to NASA's Space Camp in Huntsville, AL. Founded in 2016 and based in Tucson, Taking Up Space is where fun, passion, curiosity, and STEM come together to inspire the next generation of scientists, health care workers, mathematicians, and more!  Become a Sponsor: https://taking-up-space.org/?page_id=3841 Donate & Patches: https://taking-up-space.org/?page_id=3570 Check out Czarina Salido:  Intagram & Twitter: @czaritsa Time in Cosmology: https://firstflightbook.com Former Astronaut John Bennett Herrington: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/herrington_john.pdf     U.S. Space Force Capt. Haida StarEagle: https://www.facebook.com/officialnabmw/photos/a.637601233453152/989360474943891/?type=3 Please support the SyFy Sistas podcast on Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/syfysistas Thank you Dena Massenburg for our dope logo: @blackbeanz70 Thank you to our sound engineer DoS, the Anonymous: @dos_theanonymous_1 You can find the SyFy Sistas and our family of podcasts on The Trek Geeks Podcast Network: https://trekgeeks.com FANSETS - our pins...have character. We want to thank our friends at FanSets for being the presenting sponsor of the Trek Geeks Podcast Network. https://fansets.com ALL SYFY SISTAS INFO AT YOUR FINGERTIPS https://linktr.ee/syfysistas

In this episode of SPEDTalk, we learn all about the positive impact that project based learning is having on the performance, achievement, and outcomes of students at the UT Tyler University Academy Charter School. UTTUA is a public university Charter School that incorporates STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education into daily classroom curriculum and utilizes a hands-on learning approach to better equip students with the 21st century skills required to succeed in the future. https://www.uttua.org/ 2022 Barbara Jordan Media Awards⁠ ⁠2021 Barbara Jordan Media Awards⁠ ⁠www.facebook.com/SPEDTalk2020⁠ ⁠www.instagram.com/spedtalk2020/⁠ ⁠Twitter@spedtalk2020⁠ ⁠SPEDTalk Dashboard⁠ ⁠ARD Buddy Elite⁠ It Takes Courage To Create Culture & Kindness To Keep Us Connected! (Dr. JCB) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spedtalk/message

Dr. Ebony McGee - a professor of diversity and STEM education at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College - joins Tavis to explore the intricate connections between imposter syndrome and the uphill battles experienced by marginalized individuals in the world of STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics).

Are you ready to expand your business or career into the space industry? This interview is part of the Space Tech Innovation event where Space Tech Leaders share the latest trends and key insights to grow any tech company.  The event is Free – you can register at https://SpaceTechInnovation.com to see all the videos, edited transcripts, and an executive summary of each interview. Today I have the pleasure of talking with Laura Forczyk.  She's the Founder and Executive Director of Astralytical, which is a space consulting firm.  Laura guides businesses and government entities to grow in the exciting and fast-paced space sector. Laura is passionate about spaceflight and the entire space industry.  She has a broad expertise spanning science, technology, exploration, and public policy – which gives her a unique perspective. During our interview, Laura discusses opportunities for non-space companies to expand into the space industry.  She also shares information about the many space-related jobs that don't require STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) degrees. I know you will enjoy this discussion and get some valuable insights about the space industry and how you might be able to play a role in that industry. “Every tech company has some kind of link to the space industry, they just don't know it yet.” – Laura Forczyk (Founder and Executive Director of Astralytical) Today on the Tech Leader Talk podcast: - Space-related jobs (not just STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) - Suborbital transportation opportunities - How space technology is helping people on earth - Opportunities for non-space companies to expand or reposition into the space industry - Increasing diversity in the space sector Books: Dune:  https://www.amazon.com/Dune-Chronicles-Book-1/dp/0441013597 The Expanse  https://www.amazon.com/Leviathan-Wakes-James-S-Corey/dp/0316129089 Connect with Laura Forczyk: LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauraforczyk/ Space Career Coaching website:  https://LauraForczyk.com Business Consulting website:  https://Astralytical.com Thanks for listening! Be sure to get your free copy of Steve's latest book, Cracking the Patent Code, and discover his proven system for identifying and protecting your most valuable inventions. Get the book at https://stevesponseller.com/book.

Our guest today is award-winning CEO Daphne Jones. Daphne E. Jones is an accomplished and seasoned executive with extensive experience strategically, entrepreneurially, and globally within multi-national corporations. She has over thirty years of experience in general management and executive-level roles at IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Hospira (now Pfizer), and General Electric. Drawn from her own rags-to-riches story, WIN WHEN THEY SAY YOU WON'T: Break Through Barriers and Keep Leveling Up Your Success is her inspiring guide to help anyone achieve the career of their dreams with a winning mindset and proven playbook. On this episode, Daphne shares with us growing up as a pastor's daughter, how she defied everyone's expectations and went from the bottom to the top of the white male dominated field of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.Check out Daphne's book here!Thanks for subscribing!YouTube SubscribeAudio SubscribeOpening Credits: Daniel Cowans, Musical Director @ The DNA ProjectProduced By: Anthony Lewis and Diriki Palmer The DNA Project – All rights reserved 2023

In the American school system, math and science are considered essential building blocks of a good education. But for many students, those building blocks can topple over somewhere along the way. We spoke to Professor Lara Perez-Felkner, who laid out invisible barriers faced by racially minoritized and economically disadvantaged students pursuing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics). Perez-Felkner discussed ways that school administrators, policymakers, and families can come together to remove these barriers and increase opportunity –  all the way from kindergarten classrooms to college laboratories.  For more on this topic: Check out Lara Perez-Felkner's SSN brief: Transforming Opportunity to Support STEM Success for All.  Read her paper, co-authored by Samantha Nix: Difficulty Orientations, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity: An Intersectional Analysis of Pathways to STEM Degrees