Learning.com debuts new STEM solution for elementary students

Online curriculum engages students, builds foundational skills that carry them into their later school years

Portland, Ore. – June 29, 2009
Learning.com announces a new Elementary STEM Solution, providing teachers with ready-to-go online curriculum designed to cultivate both students' skills and their interest in science, technology, engineering and math. Districts and schools can now purchase Learning.com's supplemental math, science and technology curriculum together in one package, and with the ability to mix, match and customize the content.

Research indicates that teachers need to spark students' engagement and skills from the earliest grades in science, math and technology to keep them interested in these subjects in their later school years.

The Learning.com integrated STEM solution makes it easy for districts to add a STEM focus to their elementary curriculum, and supports teachers with models of instruction for critical math, science and technology skills that they often find challenging to teach. The STEM solution includes:

• Aha!Math – supplemental math curriculum for grades K-5
• Aha!Science – supplemental science curriculum for grades 3-5
• EasyTech – technology literacy curriculum for grades K-8

Teachers can mix and match curriculum from all of these solutions to customize scope and sequences, differentiate learning, and build cross-curricular connections. Online tools make it easy for teachers to create, save and integrate their own proven lessons with Learning.com curriculum to individualize instruction.

"We've created an easy way for teachers to get students excited and motivated to engage with STEM-related topics in their classrooms, and for students to be successful in their learning so they stay engaged throughout their school careers," says William J. Kelly, Learning.com's CEO. "Learning.com is a pioneer in developing digital curriculum that motivates students, and in making it easy for teachers to incorporate digital learning experiences into their teaching."

Students are motivated with Learning.com's interactive instruction modules, lessons, games, activities, online journaling and science simulations. Students develop the foundational skills for engineering through hands-on learning and activities designed to cultivate students' creativity and problem-solving skills, all integrated into the science, math and technology learning experiences. Because all Learning.com curriculum is Web-delivered, teachers and students can engage in the content anywhere, anytime they have Internet access.