Science Education section revamped

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The Science Education section has undergone significant changes, with the Educators and Teaching forum now featured on the homepage. Various resources, including Physics and Math Learning Materials and FAQs, have been consolidated into a new STEM Learning Materials forum. Additionally, categories such as Academic Guidance and Science and Math Textbooks now require prefix usage for new threads, enhancing organization. A suggestion was made to include links to relevant FAQ categories within their respective forums for easier navigation. These updates aim to streamline access to educational resources and improve user experience.
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We've brought some changes to the Science Education section

1. Educators and Teaching forum is now on the homepage

2. Physics and Math Learning Materials, Physics and Math FAQ, Cosmo FAQ, Relativity FAQ have all been merged into a STEM Learning Materials forum on the homepage.

3. Academic Guidance, Career Guidance, Science and Math Textbooks, STEM Learning Materials now are all categorized by prefix which is now required on new thread creation. Prefix categories can be sorted at the top.
 
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It would be useful to have links to the relevant FAQ category from the forum that each FAQ used to be a subforum of.

E.g. at the top of the relativity forum, a link to the relativity FAQ via the link https://www.physicsforums.com/forums/stem-learning-materials.160/?prefix_id=85 (including the prefix selector 85).

Similarly for the other FAQs.
 
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