Supplement to Dee Howard International Education Foundation (DHEDF) Rural STEM July 2025 Newsletter-Recommended Reading and Viewing
 The following information supplements the information in the July 2025 DHEDF Rural STEM Newsletter which will be published on or before 31 July 2025 and when published may be viewed in the DHEDF Newsletter archives at 
https://us20.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=73c61a9dce2defa84be0e8e66&id=d228d0249a 
Recommended Reading
Meet the robots that are helping keep the planes flying at this N.J. airport
https://www.nj.com/atlantic/2025/06/meet-the-robots-that-are-helping-keep-the-planes-flying-at-this-nj-airport.html 
Mythbusting Early Childhood Education: How the Earliest Interactions Predict the Future and What’s at Stake Today
https://home.edweb.net/webinar/learningp320250610/ 
Creating A High School To MRO Industry Career Pathway
https://aviationweek.com/mro/workforce-training/fast-5-creating-high-school-mro-industry-career-pathway 
How School Gardens Can Teach Students Valuable Skills for a Tech-Heavy World
New teachers' impact on equitable science learning
From Vivify STEM: Posters: Engineering Foundations + Phases of EDP
Share the steps of an engineering design lesson with these fun posters for the classroom! 
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https://www.vivifystem.com/stemspace-explorer/library-search/engineering-posters
From Vivify STEM: Paint With Sphero | Family Night STEM Activity
Combine art with robotics for a perfect activity during a STEM or STEAM Family event! This collaborative art-robotics activity invites families and students to drive Sphero robots through paint to create a large-scale abstract mural. This messy lesson is definitely a crowd-pleaser, combining creativity, coding, and collaboration! 
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https://www.vivifystem.com/stemspace-explorer/library-search/paint-with-sphero
Call to dismantle STEM education's ‘deficit story’ in rural schools
https://educationhq.com/news/call-to-dismantle-stem-educations-deficit-story-in-rural-schools-196505/ 
Recommended Viewing
WHY ARE THERE STONE TREE TRUNKS IN THE ARCTIC?
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/why-are-there-stone-tree-trunks-in-the-arctic/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_14148141&utm_Newsletter=NOVA_Newsletter 
Ron Rosano Galactic04 multi-view
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RjeruKIEfc 
New Study Unveils Volcanic History And Clues To Ancient Life On Mars
Read: 
https://t.e2ma.net/click/68zx0r/m532xeu/qc0rpmc  
View: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XVQELQhGvo 
Goodyear Blimp Flies Over Oshkosh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWbIwGgvetY
Check 6 Podcast: Air & Space Reimagined
Join the National Air and Space Museum’s director Chris Browne and Aviation Week’s Joe Anselmo for a private tour of the revamped museum in Washington D.C. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCuDEVjmytc 
For more DHEDF Resources we invite you to 
•	Subscribe to DHEDF Newsletter on DHEDF Website at bottom of home page at
        
https://dhedf.org/ 
•	Join the DHEDF Rural STEM Initiative as a Participating School or School District 
        DHEDF Rural STEM Initiative Signup at 
https://dhedf.org/rural-stem-signup 
•	Visit the DHEDF Website and social media links at 
https://dhedf.org/
•	Visit Wayne I. Fagan LinkedIn page at 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-i-fagan-89691915/ 
•	We invite current and future DHEDF Rural STEM Initiative Participating Schools/Districts to join as a DHEDF Member. To learn more once a school or school district has subscribed as a Participating School/District they should visit the DHEDF website, log in, and then click on Rural STEM in the banner to learn more about Member Benefits and how to join as a DHEDF Member.