STEM

STEM education is inquiry in action, developing problem-solving skills students will carry with them into their futures.

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At AVID, we aim to ensure diversity of representation in STEM by providing opportunities for all students to develop the confidence and competence through rigorous coursework and experiences. Our approach integrates STEM across subject areas to identify, apply and integrate concepts from, within, and across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to help students understand and solve complex, real-world problems.

Our goal is to provide educators with the tools and practices they need to help students become STEM literate so that they can apply critical problem-solving skills in a variety of contexts and real-world situations. Our STEM resources encourage students to invent, explore, make and code—learning to communicate their ideas creatively with the world around them.

Support your students with:

  • Mathematics iconMathematics
  • Engineering iconEngineering
  • Robotics iconRobotics

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APLM: Using The 4 A’s® Structure to Develop Digital Lessons

AVID Members only

Professional Learning
Engage with AVID’s Adopt, Adapt, Accelerate, Advocate® digital learning structure to explore the integration of digital tools with WICOR® instructional practices.
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AVID and Code.org

All educators

Partner Workshops
Gain new teaching strategies, experience curriculum loved by students, get peer support through a participant-centric approach, and join an active community of computer science educators.
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AVID STEM Academy

All educators

AVID Products
Empower your K–8 students all summer, helping them to learn critical thinking, gain confidence, and have fun while developing skills for future readiness.
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AVID STEM Connections

All educators

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AVID STEM Connections offers lesson plans and materials to support incorporating STEM experiences into daily classroom activities across content areas for grades K–12. Students develop problem-solving skills, STEM career awareness, and understanding of the design thinking process.
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AVID Weekly® and AVID Elementary Weekly

AVID Products
Bring engaging and relevant texts to life in your classroom with turn-key lesson plans designed to increase reading comprehension and accelerate learning schoolwide.
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Blog: STEM – The New Frontier at AVID

Free Resources
AVID is working with Code.org to develop a system by which more educators—and ultimately students—can be engaged in computer science.
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Coding and Robotics Lessons

Free Resources
Enable your students to discover coding and computer science through robotics and unplugged activities.
Explore Resources

Computer Science for the Content Classroom – Elementary

Professional Learning
Engage non-computer-science educators of grades preK–6 across all content areas. This experience will expand teachers’ ‘toolbox’ of effective thinking strategies for students’ learning and future careers.
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Computer Science for the Content Classroom – Secondary

Professional Learning
Engage non-computer-science educators of grades 6–12 across all content areas. This experience will expand teachers’ ‘toolbox’ of effective thinking strategies for students’ learning and future careers.
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Exploration Lessons

Free Resources
Let your students explore past and present corners of the Earth and outer space to imagine the possibilities of tomorrow.
Explore Resources

Invention

Free Resources
Empower your students to solve real-world problems with inventive thinking to develop the skills and resilience to innovate.
Explore Resources

Mathematics: Cultivating a Discourse-Rich Classroom – Elementary

Professional Learning
Address the needs of elementary educators, counselors, and site leaders to develop mathematicians through cultivating a discourse-rich mathematics learning environment.
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Mathematics: Cultivating a Discourse-Rich Classroom – Secondary

Professional Learning
Address and meet the needs of secondary and postsecondary educators and site leaders to develop mathematicians through cultivating a discourse-rich mathematics learning environment.
Explore

AVID STEM Academy

All educators

AVID Products
Empower your K–8 students all summer, helping them to learn critical thinking, gain confidence, and have fun while developing skills for future readiness.
Learn More & Enroll

AVID STEM Connections

All educators

AVID Products
AVID STEM Connections offers lesson plans and materials to support incorporating STEM experiences into daily classroom activities across content areas for grades K–12. Students develop problem-solving skills, STEM career awareness, and understanding of the design thinking process.
Learn More & Enroll

AVID Weekly® and AVID Elementary Weekly

AVID Products
Bring engaging and relevant texts to life in your classroom with turn-key lesson plans designed to increase reading comprehension and accelerate learning schoolwide.
Explore

Blog: STEM – The New Frontier at AVID

Free Resources
AVID is working with Code.org to develop a system by which more educators—and ultimately students—can be engaged in computer science.
Explore

Coding and Robotics Lessons

Free Resources
Enable your students to discover coding and computer science through robotics and unplugged activities.
Explore Resources

Exploration Lessons

Free Resources
Let your students explore past and present corners of the Earth and outer space to imagine the possibilities of tomorrow.
Explore Resources

Invention

Free Resources
Empower your students to solve real-world problems with inventive thinking to develop the skills and resilience to innovate.
Explore Resources

AVID and Code.org

All educators

Partner Workshops
Gain new teaching strategies, experience curriculum loved by students, get peer support through a participant-centric approach, and join an active community of computer science educators.
Learn More & Enroll

APLM: Using The 4 A’s® Structure to Develop Digital Lessons

AVID Members only

Professional Learning
Engage with AVID’s Adopt, Adapt, Accelerate, Advocate® digital learning structure to explore the integration of digital tools with WICOR® instructional practices.
Explore

Computer Science for the Content Classroom – Elementary

Professional Learning
Engage non-computer-science educators of grades preK–6 across all content areas. This experience will expand teachers’ ‘toolbox’ of effective thinking strategies for students’ learning and future careers.
Explore

Computer Science for the Content Classroom – Secondary

Professional Learning
Engage non-computer-science educators of grades 6–12 across all content areas. This experience will expand teachers’ ‘toolbox’ of effective thinking strategies for students’ learning and future careers.
Explore

Mathematics: Cultivating a Discourse-Rich Classroom – Elementary

Professional Learning
Address the needs of elementary educators, counselors, and site leaders to develop mathematicians through cultivating a discourse-rich mathematics learning environment.
Explore

Mathematics: Cultivating a Discourse-Rich Classroom – Secondary

Professional Learning
Address and meet the needs of secondary and postsecondary educators and site leaders to develop mathematicians through cultivating a discourse-rich mathematics learning environment.
Explore

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