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Once called vocational education and geared toward students who were not considered “college material,” career and technical education (CTE) has evolved into an educational approach that emphasizes setting all students up for success. Specifically, CTE stresses authentic, meaningful learning by giving students the opportunity to apply academic and technical skills in a contextualized fashion.

Science Education Innovation: Elevating College Chemistry with Cows, Kombucha, and Data Collection

by Vernier Software & Technology
April 11, 2022
Career and Technical Education, Chemistry, College, Educator Success, The Vernier Blog
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Note: A version of this story was originally posted on the Vernier website in July 2021.Dr. Jerry Easdon is a proponent of using inquiry-based, hands-on experiments to reinforce key concepts in his General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry courses ...

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STEM Education Innovation: Using Data Collection to Prepare Students for the Agricultural Workforce

by Vernier Software & Technology
April 11, 2022
Biology, Career and Technical Education, Educator Success, High School, The Vernier Blog
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Note: A version of this story was originally posted on the Vernier website in October 2019.Technology plays a significant role in making modern agricultural practices more efficient and profitable. Sensors monitor environmental conditions and analyz...

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Science Education Innovation: Taking Human Anatomy and Physiology Labs Online

by Vernier Software & Technology
March 1, 2022
Biology, Career and Technical Education, College, Educator Success, The Vernier Blog
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We’re always excited when educators share the ways they use Vernier products in their science courses—and we’re always so impressed by their ingenuity. When the pandemic forced instruction to go remote at Portland State University in Portla...

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How Colleges and Universities Can Prepare Students for Careers That Don’t Exist Yet

by John Wheeler
March 1, 2022
Career and Technical Education, College, Research and Resources, The Vernier Blog
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App developer. Drone operator. Cloud computing specialist. These were some of the careers listed in a 2016 report from the World Economic Forum titled “10 Jobs that Didn’t Exist 10 Years Ago.” In the same report, the authors...

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Exploring the STEM Career Cluster

by Lisa Rummler
January 3, 2022
Career and Technical Education, College, High School, The Vernier Blog
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Career and technical education (CTE) “provides students of all ages with the academic and technical skills, knowledge, and training necessary to succeed in future careers and to become lifelong learners,” according to the national nonprofit Adva...

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Career and Technical Education: A Strategy for Setting All Students Up for STEM Success

by Lisa Rummler
January 3, 2022
Career and Technical Education, College, High School, The Vernier Blog
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Time waits for no one when it comes to workforce readiness. Put another way, it is critical to equip today’s students with the skills they will need for tomorrow’s careers, especially in STEM fields. Career and technical education (CTE) is on...

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Our intern for the the Apprenticeships in Science & Engineering (ASE) program

Interning During a Global Pandemic

by Vernier Science Education
September 8, 2020
Career and Technical Education, Engineering, High School, The Vernier Blog
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For the past 30 years, Vernier Software & Technology participates in the Apprenticeships in Science & Engineering (ASE) program to give students the opportunity to see what it’s like to work at a STEM company. This internship normally take...

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Agricultural Science Teachers Honored with Prestigious Awards

by Vernier Science Education
April 2, 2020
Biology, Career and Technical Education, Educator Success, High School, K-8, News and Announcements, The Vernier Blog
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At the 2019 National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE) Convention, three outstanding educators were presented with prestigious awards from Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education (CASE). CASE is a project started by the National...

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Engineering Outreach with Vernier Technology

by Vernier Science Education
April 1, 2020
Career and Technical Education, College, Educator Success, Engineering, High School, K-8, The Vernier Blog
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Maija Benitz, Assistant Professor of Engineering at Roger Williams University (RWU), has just deployed 29 upper-level engineering students, along with 57 wind turbine kits, to 11 classrooms to coach 232 fourth graders as they design wind turbin...

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Students adjust their wind turbine design for the competition

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2019 National KidWind Challenge!

by Vernier Science Education
July 1, 2019
Career and Technical Education, Environmental Science, High School, K-8, The Vernier Blog
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As part of their commitment to STEM education and hands-on learning, Vernier sponsored this year’s National KidWind Challenge in which teams of students test the energy output of wind turbines they designed and built. This event strengthens student...

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