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SAM Labs empowers teachers with the most engaging STEAM solution including lesson plans, apps and electronics. Our goal is to inspire every student to discover the fun in coding and creating.

Leveling Up — 6 Tips to Boost Your Confidence Teaching STEM & Coding

Leveling Up — 6 Tips to Boost Your Confidence Teaching STEM & Coding

The more confident a teacher is, the better their teaching will be. Here are 6 tips to level up your STEM & Coding instruction.
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Stephen Gee
Jul 13, 2021
STEAM Learning in the Classroom: 5 Methods for Authentic Experiences

STEAM Learning in the Classroom: 5 Methods for Authentic Experiences

How do we become more authentic in the way that we teach as educators?
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Joachim Horn
Jul 13, 2021
3 Ways to Prepare Students for a Future STEAM-powered Workforce

3 Ways to Prepare Students for a Future STEAM-powered Workforce

STEM jobs are the future. Here are 3 ways to prepare current students for their future STEAM careers.
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Stephen Gee
Jul 8, 2021
10 Teacher Resources Distance Learning Field Trips

10 Teacher Resources Distance Learning Field Trips

Distance learning has truly transformed the learning environment for K-12 schools, as the COVID-19 crisis has forced educators to go…
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Joachim Horn
Jun 30, 2021
Ready-made Lessons — How To Teach STEAM & Coding with Limited Time

Ready-made Lessons — How To Teach STEAM & Coding with Limited Time

Teachers work a LOT. Ready-made lessons can help. Here’s 5 things to look for & 10 places to find them.
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Stephen Gee
Jun 28, 2021
STEAM vs. STEM Learning K-12: Definitions, Differences, & Best Practices

STEAM vs. STEM Learning K-12: Definitions, Differences, & Best Practices

How STEM & STEAM are different, how they’re the same, and how to excel at teaching both.
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Stephen Gee
Jun 23, 2021
5 Benefits of Open Ended Challenges During STEM, STEAM, and Coding

5 Benefits of Open Ended Challenges During STEM, STEAM, and Coding

My favorite moments of teaching are when I get to see students attack an open ended challenge! Facilitating the learning process as they…
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Joachim Horn
Jun 23, 2021
Why Physical Connections Create Learning Success in K-12 Education

Why Physical Connections Create Learning Success in K-12 Education

“The key to pursuing excellence is to embrace an organic, long-term learning process, and not to live in a shell of static, safe…
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Joachim Horn
Jun 17, 2021
5 Reasons Why You Should Make Investing In STEAM & Coding a Top Priority

5 Reasons Why You Should Make Investing In STEAM & Coding a Top Priority

Want to unlock students’ potential to succeed in the future? Teach STEM & coding. Here’s why.
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Stephen Gee
Jun 14, 2021
K-12 Teacher Interview: Why Educators Need to Make STEM/STEAM a Way of Life

K-12 Teacher Interview: Why Educators Need to Make STEM/STEAM a Way of Life

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” — Benjamin Franklin
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Joachim Horn
Jun 10, 2021
Traditional Teaching vs. Learning Through Failure: Which Works Best?

Traditional Teaching vs. Learning Through Failure: Which Works Best?

The concept of 21st-century learning has revolutionized the tools and methods we use to teach in the classroom. STEAM (science, technology…
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Joachim Horn
Jun 3, 2021
#1 Way To Boost Your Student Engagement With STEAM & Coding

#1 Way To Boost Your Student Engagement With STEAM & Coding

Every teacher knows how important it is to keep their students engaged. As noted by the University of Washington’s Center for Teaching and…
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Stephen Gee
May 28, 2021
3 Ways to Implement STEAM in a Personalized Learning Environment

3 Ways to Implement STEAM in a Personalized Learning Environment

In one of our recent blogs, we touched on the benefits of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics) and how this…
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Joachim Horn
May 25, 2021
5 Education Studies You Should Know About from 2020

5 Education Studies You Should Know About from 2020

These insightful education studies are a reason (or 5) we all can be hopeful about the future of today’s educators and tomorrow’s problem…
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Joachim Horn
May 18, 2021
STEM/STEAM Learning Teacher Interview: Why Educators Need to Power Through

STEM/STEAM Learning Teacher Interview: Why Educators Need to Power Through

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” ― William Arthur…
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Joachim Horn
May 11, 2021
Connecting Meaning and Motivation: Education Tech Implementation

Connecting Meaning and Motivation: Education Tech Implementation

Any time administrators aim to rollout new computer science coding curriculum or education technology product into a classroom, school or…
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Joachim Horn
May 5, 2021
5 Truly Inspiring STEAM Figures Who Made History by Fusing Science, Technology and The Arts

5 Truly Inspiring STEAM Figures Who Made History by Fusing Science, Technology and The Arts

The intersection of science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics is all around us. In fact, many inventions and discoveries…
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Joachim Horn
Apr 27, 2021
Student STEAM Invention Round-Up: 7 Innovative SAM Labs Projects

Student STEAM Invention Round-Up: 7 Innovative SAM Labs Projects

Automated plant watering systems. A working coffee machine. A parent-to-child security bracelet. Do these things sound to you like…
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Joachim Horn
Apr 21, 2021
$122B in Education Funds — ESSER III — What’s it about?

$122B in Education Funds — ESSER III — What’s it about?

Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021(ARPA) on March 11, broadly one year after the Coronavirus Pandemic was declared in…
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Joachim Horn
Apr 18, 2021
The Top 5 Challenges of Assessing K-8 Students in 2021

The Top 5 Challenges of Assessing K-8 Students in 2021

STEM & STEAM are revolutionary teaching methodologies which require a new approach to assessments. Learn 5 major challenges of assessments.
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Stephen Gee
Apr 11, 2021
The art & science behind our Learn to Code course — How SAM Labs pushed the teaching of Coding to…

The art & science behind our Learn to Code course — How SAM Labs pushed the teaching of Coding to…

Anna Vaughan, Head of Curriculum at SAM Labs, retraces the 6-month epic into how her and her team, broke the code to a truly unique…
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Joachim Horn @ SAM Labs
Jun 27, 2019
Can SAM Labs STEAM Lessons bring the fresh perspective sorely needed in Primary schools?

Can SAM Labs STEAM Lessons bring the fresh perspective sorely needed in Primary schools?

Curriculum designer and former teacher Laura Pendlebury explains the need for a STEAM approach to learning in Elementary schools.
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Laura Pendlebury
Jun 7, 2019
A Guide to Avoid #ParentFails: Things Your Tweens Should Be Doing

A Guide to Avoid #ParentFails: Things Your Tweens Should Be Doing

According to Elisabeth Stitt, you shouldn’t raise a child; instead raise a mini-adult. The rollover from childhood to tweenhood isn’t…
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Joachim Horn @ SAM Labs
Jul 11, 2016
What is the Internet of Things (IoT)?

What is the Internet of Things (IoT)?

Do you have a smartphone? Do you know why it’s smart?
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Joachim Horn @ SAM Labs
Jun 2, 2016
The Perks of EdTech in Schools

The Perks of EdTech in Schools

EdTech prepares children to live in the world of the future.
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Joachim Horn @ SAM Labs
May 23, 2016
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