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"Geogebra is free mathematics software for teaching and learning. It is an amazing program that is not hard to learn how to use. Simulations created with GeoGebra can be saved as html and run through any web browser with Java. Geogebra is available at GeoGebra.org ."

A good summary and a way to compare Project- vs Problem-based learning and more traditional models.

With so many educational apps on the App Store, there's no limit to the learning possibilities at your fingertips. Take a look at some of our favorite apps for learning.

A site to help individual learn more about a subject. It displays the results of web searches to provide information. Its subject webs will be very useful in defining needs and finding related topics.

A good summary that can be used to contrast Problem- vs. Project- based learning.

games that discover optimal learning pathways for STEM education.' If you've got kids, check out their first game, Refraction http://games.cs.washington.edu/refraction/. It teaches multiplying fractions without kids drilling on multiplying fractions, almost like education is a side effect of game play.

A good collection.

Learn about how survivors of the USS Arizona are interred upon their death with those who died when the ship was attacked and sunk in Pearl Harbor by the Japanese during WWII.

Learn how this unusual commercial art is created.

Instructables is a web-based documentation platform where passionate people share what they do and how they do it, and learn from and collaborate with others.

Learn about them at this site.

Click and learn.

Those taking college courses in the sciences likely already have a great number of resources at their disposal courtesy of their school library. But what about those late night study sessions when you need information - and need it fast - and don't have time for a trip to the library? Or when you just want to learn new information without having to leave the house? That's when these 100 reference sites will come in handy, letting you look up everything from the basics of the periodic table to the intricacies of human DNA.

At the Expedition Earth and Beyond student workspace, student teams can share research, work with a mentor, and learn with and from others!

Learn about the history and missions of this nuclear-powered carrier.

Learn about the offering of 14 cows, the ultimate show of love and support from an Afrucan trube to the tragedy-stricken American people after the events of 9/11.

Learn more about these very special young women.

Fly To Learn and Build A Plane have joined forces to use STEM education software to build virtual airplanes. The program will culminate in an Aviation Challenge where students compete using their digital planes against one another in regional and national competitions.

See a video and learn about its capabilities.

The National STEM Centre houses the UK's largest accessible physical library of resource materials to support the teaching and learning of science, design & technology, engineering and mathematics.