Carolina Biological Supply Company Wins Two Categories at 2021 Best of STEM™ Awards

Carolina wins top honors in Extended Reality (AR/VR) and Best Freebies for STEM categories.

BURLINGTON, NC, Jan. 5, 2022 –This year’s Best of STEM™ Awards winners have been selected by highly qualified, experienced STEM educator judges and email votes from more than 2,500 educators. Carolina is pleased to announce its two winners and one finalist:

• Winner in the Extended Reality (AR/VR) category, Carolina® Biotechnology Simulator: Bacterial Transformation. The awarding educator judge remarked, “This Virtual Reality space on bacterial transformation is wonderfully complex, allowing students full exploration of the lab space in an open-world concept instead of a single linear path.”
• Winner in the Best Freebies for STEM category, Carolina Essentials™. According to the awarding educator judge, “Carolina provides so many outstanding free resources for teachers just starting out to those who are experienced. They are my go-to supplier because they are speedy and so helpful whenever I need them.”
• Finalist in the Hybrid Learning Superhero category, Building Blocks of Science® 3D, Grades Pre-K to 5.

This year’s Best of STEM™ Awards saw more than 50 companies and educational organizations vie for awards in 17 categories. Each entry included a virtual interview and product demonstration before an educator judge. Winners in all categories can be seen at the Best of STEM™ Awards website, https://www.bestofstemawards.com/2021-results/. The National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) will announce winners in an email to NSTA Express subscribers. Winners will also be announced in advertisements in these NSTA publications, Science and Children, Science Scope, and The Science Teacher.

Carolina Biological Supply Company

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From its beginnings in 1927, Carolina has grown to become the leading supplier of science teaching materials in the world. Headquartered in Burlington, NC, Carolina Biological serves customers worldwide, including teachers, students, and professionals in science and health-related fields. The company is still privately owned by descendants of the founder, geology and biology professor Dr. Thomas E. Powell Jr.

Best of STEM™ Awards

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These awards spotlight the innovative products, technologies, and services that are changing the world of STEM education. It is the only awards program created for and by teachers, and the winners are determined by specially selected STEM educator judges and by email from fellow educators.

National Science Teaching Association

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The Arlington, VA-based NSTA is the largest professional organization in the world promoting excellence in science teaching and learning, preschool through college. NSTA's membership includes approximately 40,000 science teachers, science supervisors, administrators, scientists, business representatives, and others involved in science education.

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