Stats and Beyond: Using Song in STEM

1. STEM Karaoke & Performance

Educators (and/or their students) can sing STEM songs to live or karaoke accompaniment in classroom or informal education settings.

Louisiana high school teacher Kristin Chavis uses rap to help students learn biology

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/high-school-biology-teacher-rhymes-raps-teach/story?id=46773632

Texas high school teacher Mary McLellan uses karaoke in her AP statistics class

Other Resources

Freaky Wave Song by Lynda Williams [ 1:52 | Music Video ]
Karaoke as a Form of Active Learning in STEM by Gary Grossman [ 24:16 | Conference Talk ]
Facilitating STEM Karaoke with Noteflight Software by Mlynczak & Crowther [ 7:58 | Conference Talk ]
The Gambler by Larry Lesser [ 3:05 | Played at a museum ]
Gas Laws Rap by Tiffany Getty; associated notes and lyrics. [ 2:25 | Played in class ]
Student Karaoke Performance in Mary McLellan’s AP Stat Course

2. Songs & Videos as a Learning Resource

Large curated searchable databases of songs for teaching statistics and other STEM subjects are available and often contain supplemental materials for using them in computer labs or for homework assignments.

The P-Value Song

By: Michael Greenacre (Barcelona Graduate School of Economics)