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"It is the formative learning that is a key to the PBL Essential Element of "revision and reflection". It is this element that allows student to take risks, have minor setback, innovate, apply strategy, remix, evaluate, succeed, and learn! Enjoy the multitude of formative possibilities below. I would like to learn from you. Please share with me any others websites you think should be included to facilitate STEM. Remember that formative is more than assessment… it is learning. It can come in many ways!"

The organization 100Kin10 rallied 30+ partners together to fund this wildly audacious campaign to recruit more STEM teachers. Now is where you stand up and clap for your screen.

Legacy New Tech  Legacy New Tech's foundation is Project Based Learning (PBL) with a STEM focus - science, technology, engineering and math. Legacy New Tech uses student centered projects and problem based learning methodology to increase relevance and rigor.

"LEVEL UP! features a series of standards-based lessons that provide students with the knowledge and tools to design their own video games-right from the comfort of your classroom. Video games are exciting, challenging, and a vital part of life for many teens. This year energize your students by using video games as an engaging educational tool to teach core language arts, math, and science concepts! Click here to review the research Two versions of this easy-to-use program have been created. Here's how it works: 1) Look below and choose the best program for you and your students. 2) Teach the classroom-based lessons. 3) Reinforce students' new STEM, language arts, and/or social studies knowledge by having them build an original game. 4) Encourage students in grades 7-12 to submit their video game designs to the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for a chance to win scholarships and awards! "

"When it comes to public education, 2013 is likely to be a year of new thinking, from innovative approaches to classroom technology to a potentially game-changing decision by the Supreme Court on affirmative action. States and school districts will continue to struggle with the recession's fiscal fallout, even as demands for more programs and services -- including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) initiatives, extended learning time, and early childhood education -- increase."

"The SimScientists program in WestEd's Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) program is comprised of a portfolio of research and development projects that focus on the roles that simulations can play in enriching science learning and assessment. The capabilities of technology allow modifications of simulation-based activities to offer accommodations for English learners and students with disabilities. Science simulations can be used in curriculum activities, as embedded, formative assessments, and as summative assessments."

"stem from one foundational question: What do I need to work on to be better next year? Care to discover some interesting answers? If so, just read below to take an honest self-assessment with these fifty questions and see what truths you reveal."

"Join the maker movement! There's a technological and creative revolution underway. Amazing new tools, materials and skills turn us all into makers. Using technology to make, repair or customize the things we need brings engineering, design and computer science to the masses. Fortunately for educators, this maker movement overlaps with the natural inclinations of children and the power of learning by doing. The active learner is at the center of the learning process, amplifying the best traditions of progressive education. This book helps educators bring the exciting opportunities of the maker movement to every classroom."