Tag Archives: STEM

Announcing The First Ever Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) Kids Early Reader Book Series

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Education was a priority President Obama shared in his inaugural address. For the first time, a STEM-specific kids illustrated book series is being released by best-selling authors Ponn, JuJu, GiGi and JoJo Sabra.

Los Angeles, CA, March 29, 2013 – Best-selling authors and bloggers Ponn, JuJu (12), GiGi (11) and JoJo (9) Sabra announce the new release of: ‘What Is STEM?’ book one of the Emmy and Ott – The STEMBots kids book series. To be released on March 30, 2013, the book aims to “Make Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Fun and Easy for kids aged 4 to 12 years.”

In the attempt to make STEM subjects more practical, approachable, easy-to-understand and fun, best-selling authors and self-proclaimed STEMologists, Ponn, JuJu (12), GiGi (11) and JoJo (9) Sabra, created early-reader level books that will help build kids’ language and STEM-literacy skills at the same time.

Introducing Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) To Early Readers
‘What Is STEM?’ is a 30-page colorful kids illustrated book, written in fun and easy rhymes, taught by robot characters Emmy and Ott – the world’s first STEM robots, also known as STEMBots. The book uses rhymes to help children memorize concepts for a fun and playful way to learn and includes a 4-page Glossary of Terms.

‘What is STEM?’ is available through Amazon.com. During the official launch from March 30- April 3, 2013, the book will be available FREE in digital format for Kindle readers. After April 3, the book will be $2.99.

Download ‘What is STEM’ at http://emmyandott.com/book1

“Parents can see the practicality of how, where, and when to infuse STEM into their kid’s daily lives, which can have a profound ability to spark the interest of their kids in these subjects. It’s unfortunate that these subjects are typically known as ‘difficult, boy-only, analytical, unapproachable’ classes. Our goal is to share our colorful and adorable STEMBot characters to excite parents, and demonstrate to kids that Science, Engineering, Technology and Math CAN be fun and easy”, says Ponn Sabra.

Kids need a way to make Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math interesting to them, for their future careers. Right now, one-third of fourth graders have lost an interest in Science, and about 50 percent of eighth graders are not interested in Science or find it unimportant to their education and future.

Despite spending the second most on education, the United States doesn’t rank well compared to the rest of the world. American students rank 28th in Math literary, 24th in Science literacy, and 20th for degrees in Natural Science and Engineering. It is predicted that by 2020, 58 percent of the workforce will be STEM-related jobs. The U.S. is not creating enough STEM-graduates to meet this demand. To stay competitive, our country needs need to build more interest in these subjects and is why President Obama prioritized STEM education in his 2013 inaugural address. In short, we need more STEMologists.

A STEMologist, according to the Sabra’s, is “an expert or someone studying how to make STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fun and practical for all”. The Sabra’s emphasize its value for girls, women and minorities, the under-represented groups in STEM fields.

Free Bonus Gifts For Kids
To further interest kids in these subjects, the Sabra’s offer free bonus gifts with the purchase of the “What is STEM?” book, such as:

An audio recording of the “What is STEM?” book,
Coloring pages of Emmy and Ott throughout the book, and
The opportunity for other kids to participate in weekly contests and challenges to build future STEMologists.

The Sabra Sisters are homeschooled by their mom, Ponn Sabra, a biologist and public health administrator who left her career to raise a family. She blends STEM into all the girl’s daily activities and explorations. JuJu, GiGi and JoJo Sabra have become award-winning inventors, professional bloggers, information product developers, website designers, coders, and best-selling Kindle authors while still tweens.

The Sabras hope to hear from other kids and parents who have also found creative ways to teach STEM at home.

References: http://dpeaflcio.org/wp-content/uploads/The-STEM-workforce-2012.pdf ; http://stemologist.com/s3

Contact:
Ponn Sabra
Emmy and Ott – The STEMBots
Los Angeles, CA
203-599-0305
learning@emmyandott.com
http://emmyandott.com/

Investor Stem Cell Launches Online Discussion Community Dedicated To Stem Cell Investors

APR 29, 2011 /RTPR/ — Investor Stem Cell (http://www.investorstemcell.com) is dedicated to bringing investors and stakeholders together in thoughtful discussion to educate and publicize the incredible medical advancements taking place in the regenerative medicine sector. Scientists are using stem cells both (hESC) and (iPSC) in hopes of easing the suffering of hundreds of millions of people world wide.

Our society is on the verge of a quantum leap moment in time thanks to regenerative medicine.

Regenerative medicine and Stem Cell research:

Utter those words at your next dinner party or casual gathering of friends and family. You will receive a concoction of half-truth’s and out right fallacy responses. Stem Cell research conjures images of futuristic Star–Trek like preservation chambers, human looking ears protruding oddly from the backs of mice, or worse yet an image of a late term fetus. Nothing could be farther from the truth when entering the reality of Regenerative medicine.

Never before has this area of research been more exciting and promising than right now. There is a medical revolution brewing, and like any revolution, there are those who want to suppress this uprising for continued personal and ideological gains. If we were to take all the major advances in the past 500 years of human medical history and multiply its effect by 10 fold it still would not compare to the paradigm shift in health care delivery that the world may witness in this decade using stem cells. Imagine that an $800,000 heart transplant is no longer needed and that instead the same money spent on one patient can now be stretched out to treat 20 patients who are needing a heart transplant. Is this what Regenerative medicine has in the offing? Only time will tell. Our healthcare system could very well be on the verge of a quantum leap moment thanks to regenerative medicine.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized 3 trials using human embryonic stem cells (hESC) in late 2010. Validation of hESC research efforts and the culmination of billions spent on research are coming to fruition. FDA validation for the treatments of spinal cord injury and age related macular degeneration is expected in 2011. It may be the shot heard around the world event sometime in late Q-4 2011 for the Regenerative medicine sector.

Find out more at http://www.investorstemcell.com, where investing is much more than charts and numbers.

Investor Stem Cell offers dedicated forums to the following Stem Cell Companies.
Investor Stem Cell is free to all members and employs the state of the art discussion web based software to maximize the experience of its members and the user experience. Get involved now and start separating fact from fiction in Regeneration medicine.

Investor Stem Cell provides Forums for the below Stem Cell Companies.

Advanced Cell Technology (OTC:ACTC) Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN)

Cord Blood America (Public, OTC:CBAI) BioTime (AMEX:BTX)

Aastrom Biosciences (NASDAQ:ASTM) Athersys Inc. (NASDAQ:ATHX)

International Stem Cell Corporation (OTC:ISCO) MultiCell (OTC:MCET)

StemCells, Inc. (NASDAQ:STEM) Thermogenesis (NASDAQ:KOOL)

Bioheart Inc. (OTC:BHRT) RTI Biologics (NASDAQ:RTIX)

Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:PSTI) Bio-Matrix Scientific Group (PINK:BMSN)

Neuralstem (AMEX:NBS) Opexa Therapeutics (NASDAQ:OPXA)

Stem Cell Authority (PINK:SCLL) Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics (OTC:BCLI)

Stem Cell Therapeuitics (CVE:SSS) Cyro-Cell International (OTC:CCEL)

CellCyte Genetics(OTC:CCYG) Stem Cell Innovations (PINK:SCLL)

BioMimetic Therapeutics (NASDAQ:BMTI) Mesoblast (ASX:MSB)

Cytori Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CYTX) SANUWAVE Health, Inc. (OTC:SNWV)

Disclosure: By being a visitor and or member of Investor Stem Cell you agree to adhere to the Terms of Service at all times & pay strict attention to (TOS) Stem Cell Media LLC – http://www.investorstemcell.com is not paid by any 3rd party now or in the future to promote “any” companies for credibility and ethical reasons. Investors Stem Cell is not a financial advisory service. Consult your financial advisor at all times before making an investment. Our society is on the verge of a quantum leap moment in time thanks to regenerative medicine.

Contact Details: www.investorstemcell.com
email = icell@investorstemcell.com

###