{"id":300,"date":"2018-04-17T22:38:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T22:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.ced.ncsu.edu\/stem-career-awareness\/?page_id=300"},"modified":"2025-04-01T12:59:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T12:59:40","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.ced.ncsu.edu\/stem-career-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the STEM Career Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

STEM Career Lab<\/strong> is lead by Dr. Meg Blanchard<\/a>, an Alumni Distinguished Professor in Science Education, through the Department of STEM Education within the College of Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meg has served as Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator on $21.2 million<\/strong> in grant funds from the (1) National Science Foundation<\/a>, the (2) U.S. Department of Education<\/a>, the (3) U.S. Department of Agriculture<\/a>, the (4) U.S. Department of Energy<\/a>, (5) Burroughs Wellcome Fund<\/a>, and the (6) BelleJAR Foundation. Meg’s latest research seeks to bring cutting edge science research to K-12 classrooms, with a goal of stimulating students’ career interest in STEM<\/em>. Check out some of her projects.<\/p>\n\n\n

Ask the Expert:
How can educators help develop student interest in STEM Careers?<\/em><\/h2>

NC State College of Education sponsors “Ask the Expert,” a series where faculty answer some of the most commonly asked questions about education.<\/p>

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Explore STEM Careers<\/h3>\n

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Active Project Resources<\/h3>\n

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Teacher Resources<\/h3>\n

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