Caldwell Exempted Village School District is increasing enrollment in STEM electives, strengthening soft skills, and reinforcing student-centered learning by adopting a carefully created robotics and coding curriculum from Thimble.io.
Making Space for STEM Learning: Thimble.io’s Mission on National Space Day 2023
Celebrate National Space Day, and sit down with us as we discuss STEM Education with Aerospace Engineer, Tanner McMakin. Renowned naturalist Edwin Way Teale once said, “All things seem possible in May.” If you consider the incredible discoveries scientists have made with regard to space exploration, then no month is more fitting for National Space Day than the month of …
Thinking Outside the Box: Thimble.io’s Celebration of World Creativity and Innovation Day and Its Importance in STEM Education
Thinking Outside the Box: Thimble.io’s Celebration of World Creativity and Innovation Day and Its Importance in STEM Education. This is an unmissable event in STEM and a great educational opportunity. Join us to learn more and get great ideas on how to mark the occasion!
Thimble.io Connect
We’re so excited to share that we launched our Thimble.io Connect Newsletter! We will share our latest and greatest updates moving forward in the newsletter. If you want to subscribe, you can do so at the bottom of this post!
STEM Teacher Success Story #1: Amherst Middle School
Look at those smiles! When we first met Library Media Teacher, Drew Schmidle, at Amherst Middle School, he came to us with a unique problem. Not only was he using various hands-on projects in the classroom, but he was also using quite a bit of them and was unsure whether he was providing a guided path for his students to …
Announcing Thimble Courses
Thimble started with a vision that “making is for everyone.” We searched around for ways to fulfill that vision and had ideas abound, including an online portfolio, version control for hardware projects, an electronic components search engine, and all sorts of other ideas. We decided on a simple promise – “Learn & Build Electronics w/ Monthly Delivered Kits.”
Learn How To Predict The Weather With Thimble’s Climate, Science, & Technology Course
Many of you have asked what a subscription to Thimble entails – particularly what comes after the Creator Set (our first kit). So we’ve crafted this post for those of you interested in learning more about the quest for learning engineering and programming through our hands-on kits. After you’ve completed your first kit, the Creator Set, your journey with Thimble …
Thimble Enthusiast Uses Kits to Develop STEM Skills
Last month, we sat down with Mike Kenig, a hobbyist and one of our longest running subscribers to Thimble. We discussed his experience with our kits and why he continues to be a valued member of our community. Mike went to college to get a degree in math, with a minor in computer science. At the time, he was really …
What You Can Expect When You Subscribe To Thimble
We created Thimble to make engineering and computer science more accessible so that children (ages 10+) have the option to pursue an education or career in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). When you subscribe to a monthly or annual subscription to Thimble, you’re a part of an educational journey. This journey is built on a curriculum that teaches electronics, …