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Share EdHeads.org with all your STEM friends!
Edheads, is a free nonprofit organization located in central Ohio, providing free, educational online games focused on science, math, and critical thinking. And their standards-aligned sims, designed for grades 2 through 12 and beyond, reinforce and inspire STEM-type learning. Share these with science, tech, and math teachers before they leave for summer break!
Each simulation delivers engaging interactive video background content and immerses learners into authentic, state-of-the-art career scenarios. Participants can print activity sheets along the way that allow them to record observations, data, and reflections as they might in a professional setting. Each activity comes with a Teacher’s Guide, glossary, and printables. Written transcripts appear below the video screens. The site also features a variety of career choice profiles.
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The following activities are currently available:
| Activity Title | Grade Level | Topics Covered |
| Simple Machines | 2-6 | Identification of simple and compound machines. |
| The Compound Machine | 2-6 | Compound machines, understanding/predicting forces. |
| Weather | 4-9 | Weather symbols, predict the weather. |
| Design a Cell Phone | 5-8 | Engineering design, charts and graphs, careers. |
| Deep Brain Stimulation | 7-12+ | Anatomy of the brain, Parkinson’s, careers. |
| Virtual Knee Surgery | 7-12+ | Anatomy of the knee, bones, careers. |
| Choose the Prosthetic | 7-12+ | Critical thinking, anatomy of the knee. |
| Virtual Hip Replacement | 7-12+ | Anatomy of the hip, careers. |
| Virtual Hip Resurfacing | 7-12+ | Anatomy of the hip, careers. |
| Crash Scene | 9-12+ | Forensics, physics, trigonometry, critical thinking, careers. |
| Create a Stem Cell Line | 10-12+ | Stem cell basics, vocabulary. |
| Stem Cell Transplant | 10-12+ | Current application of stem cells, new research. |
| Stem Cell Heart Repair | 10-12+ | New research with stem cells, evaluating research. |
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About Joyce Valenza
Joyce is an Assistant Professor of Teaching at Rutgers University School of Information and Communication, a technology writer, speaker, blogger and learner. Follow her on Twitter: @joycevalenza
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