ExploreLearning is thrilled to share that Gizmos STEM Cases and Frax won the Educators Pick Best of STEM® 2024 Awards. Frax took home the Bridging the Gap: Math Intervention Resources recognition, and STEM Cases received the Trailblazer: Simulations for STEM award.
The Best of STEM Awards recognize innovative products, technologies, and services that are changing the world of STEM education. The Teich Group and Catapult X announced the winners on August 28, 2024. Educator judges evaluated products before hundreds of thousands of STEM educators could vote for the winners.
These awards demonstrate ExploreLearning’s commitment to effective and engaging STEM solutions. With Gizmos STEM Cases, students step into the role of STEM professionals to solve real-life problems as they collect, analyze, and interpret data, test hypotheses, and communicate their findings. Frax is an adaptive and game-based program that uses the latest research and instructional methods to create a better way to learn fractions.
What did the judges have to say?
“Explore Learning Frax is a game-based, online learning platform that uses a storified approach to support students in grades 3-5 in deeply understanding fractions as numbers.”
“ExploreLearning capitalizes on best practices in education by providing dynamic case studies as opportunities for students to apply their learning. STEM Cases provide creative opportunities for students to work independently, with multiple embedded scaffolding opportunities. The Gizmos platform provides multiple lexile options, speech-to-text capability, real-life imagery, various color pallets, and other options that foster students' critical thinking and problem-solving skills.”
About the Educators Pick Best of STEM Awards
Founded by Daylene Long, Catapult X is a market and product development company that consults exclusively with science and STEM/STEAM education industry partners to amplify educator voices through market research that edtech companies trust with their most critical business decisions. STEM educators interested in becoming judges for the Educators Pick Best of STEM® 2025 Awards should contact ateich@theteichgroup.net. For more information about the awards program, visit www.bestofstemawards.com.
