For Middle School & High School Students

STEM leaders are adults who use their understanding of science and mathematics to solve IMPORTANT problems such as saving lives, improving people’s lives, designing structures and bridges, healing diseases in people or pets, and so on. STEM leaders include physicians, dentists, surgeons, veterinarians, professors, architects, and engineers of many disciplines, including chemical, electrical, mechanical, structural, software, and environmental engineers. You can find links to short films of people doing many of those critical STEM jobs on the StarsToDocs.org website.

First of all, helping others and solving important problems makes you feel good. Second, the world needs more people in STEM fields, especially people from under represented communities! Third, there are MANY GREAT opportunities out there for young, highly educated STEM professionals. Fourth, STEM professionals make good money. Fifth, STEM leaders enjoy high regard (and very much respect) for the important work they do.

Anyone can dream, but pro sports dreams ALMOST NEVER come true! Want proof? Ask your coaches to name the players they coached, who are now playing in the NBA or NFL. For almost every coach, the true answer will be: there are NONE! Only one out of sixteen thousand (1 out of 16,000) high school varsity players EVER gets a pro sports contract!

Even if you earned “A” grades in a class. What matters is what you learned. As a future leader in healthcare or STEM, if you think you know a subject, but you actuallydon’t…that’s a problem. Here how to find out if you’ve learned the subjects you’ve studied in school.

Most Khan Academy courses offer Course Challenges at the end of the course. Khan Academy is FREE high-quality education. Here is a full list of Khan Academy courses: https://www.khanacademy.org/. Shown below are some examples of Course Challenges.

6th grade math Course Challenge: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-sixth-grade-math/test/x0267d782:course-challenge

8th grade math Course Challenge:  https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-eighth-grade-math/test/x7c7044d7:course-challenge

Algebra 1 Course Challenge:  https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/test/x2f8bb11595b61c86:course-challenge

Algebra 2 Course Challenge:  https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra2/test/x2ec2f6f830c9fb89:course-challenge

Geometry Course Challenge:  https://www.khanacademy.org/math/geometry/test/xff63fac4:course-challenge

Trigonometry Course Challenge:  https://www.khanacademy.org/math/trigonometry/test/xfefa5515:course-challenge

Middle School Biology Course Challenge:  https://www.khanacademy.org/science/hs-chemistry/test/x2613d8165d88df5e:course-challenge

Middle School Physics Course Challenge:  https://www.khanacademy.org/science/ms-physics/test/x1baed5db7c1bb50b:course-challenge

High School Biology Course Challenge:  https://www.khanacademy.org/science/high-school-biology/test/xadc658068d147c42:course-challenge

High School Chemistry Course Challenge:  https://www.khanacademy.org/science/hs-chemistry/test/x2613d8165d88df5e:course-challenge

High School Physics Course Challenge:  https://www.khanacademy.org/science/high-school-physics/test/x2a2d643227022488:course-challenge

Use Course Challenges to test yourself and your friends.  If you can’t answer the Challenge Questions for a course you took in school, you can take the course on Khan Academy!

Just as there are rules in basketball (don’t “travel” with the ball), rules in soccer, and rules in the game of chess, there are also rules for speaking and writing English. Those rules are called “grammar”.  If you don’t know grammar, you risk being misunderstood, and your speaking and writing will indicate that you’re uneducated.  

You can check your knowledge of grammar here with this grammar Course Challenge:  https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/test/x00307e86:course-challenge

If you need to learn more in order to master grammar, here is an excellent grammar course that’s taught in a fun way, using short (2 to 5 minute) videos with short exercises, to make certain you’ve learned your grammar:  https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar

https://www.khanacademy.org/

Just as running well is vital to a football or soccer player, reading well is very important to your future. As with running, you will get better with practice. If you are interested in STEM careers, here is a link to the  list of exciting and inspiring books.

In addition, there are online lists of recommended books for middle school students and for high school students preparing for college.

Here is the link to the information

https://www.mathantics.com/

High School Chemistry Course