Debbie Mickle

The Virginia Department of Education, CodeVA, and the Virginia Association of Science Teachers have created a new way to engage youth in exploring the pathways and possibilities of STEM opportunities and careers. The “Game of STEM” is not a game yet – but a chance to use eye-catching visuals to pull you through a landscape of opportunities. It illustrates pathways for STEM careers that require varying levels of education, from high school diplomas, certifications, associates and bachelor’s degrees, and graduate programs. It also shows a breadth of jobs and careers that expand across various professions and incorporate a wide range of passions and interests.

Learn how to turn your final draft essay into a finished piece with easy strategies for revision and editing. Experience the final steps of the writing process and take away tools that will help you along your writing journey. Developed for students in grades 6-8.

Join Sarah Peterson, Education Coordinator at the Virginia Zoo in Norfolk, as she explores the five things all animals need to survive: food, water, space, shelter, and oxygen. Developed for students in grades 3-6.

Biochemist and Miss America 2020, Camille Schrier explores DNA, the blueprint for all living things. Learn about DNA’s structure and function by extracting DNA from strawberries and building a model of DNA out of candy. Developed for students in grades 6-10.

You’ve been told to eat your vegetables, but have you ever tried to paint them? Join Lauren Paullin as we visit a baker's kitchen to test art techniques on cakes, use geometry to paint delicious treats, and learn why artists are fascinated with food. Art grades 4-10.

Learn how to make your essay details stand out and have your conclusion excite readers to want to learn more about your topic. This episode focuses on writing the body and conclusion of an effective essay. Developed for students in grades 6-8.

Take a walk through the human brain to discover how your mind moves your body. Move and balance along with neuroscientist, Dr. Catherine Franssen, resident scientist at the Science Museum of Virginia, to learn about your brain and nervous system. Developed for students in grades 4-7.Science grades 4-7.

Visual and performing artists use their creativity to raise their voices and share lessons, stories, and important ideas with the world. Explore musical conversations and check out murals with a message on this episode of The Creative Corner. Developed for students in grades 4- 10.

Join biochemist and Miss America 2020, Camille Schrier, as she uses her kitchen as her laboratory. Explore the science of semipermeable membranes and osmosis and experience a chemical reaction that breaks down the shell of an egg. Discover what happens when the chemical reaction is complete. Developed for grades 6-8 and correlated with Virginia Standards of Learning.

A lot of art is made to be seen — but what if you could touch, hear, and even smell works of art? Join host Lauren Paullin to make paints that smell like pastries, turn sounds into sketches, and learn what happens when the brain links multiple senses together.