Middle Web

MARCH 24, 2024

Research is a muscle Megan Kelly’s 6th grade social studies students are still building, and just like muscles, their skills get stronger with repetition. The goal is to make sure that the repetition isn’t tedious. Here are some ways she's improving students’ research savvy. The post Taking Small Steps to Build Research Skills first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Newton STEM

MARCH 24, 2024

At FIRST Robotics’ Greater Boston Competition this weekend, the LigerBots , Newton’s dual high school robotics team, showed their star power in the spotlight. This event — the LigerBots’ second New England District Qualifier — was held over two intense days at Revere High School, with 61 qualifying rounds on Saturday and remaining qualifying rounds, playoffs, and award announcements on Sunday.

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Newton STEM

MARCH 24, 2024

Acera School (5 Lowell Ave, Winchester) will host its Math Festival on Sunday, April 7, 10AM to 12PM for students in Grades K-12. It’s a free event of math and logic-themed games designed to inspire creative reasoning and collaborative problem-solving. Parents/guardians with their kids are all welcome — and invited to bring friends. Register online.

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Newton STEM

MARCH 24, 2024

The Acton-Boxborough Math Competition (ABMC) will take place on April 6 at R.J. Grey Junior High School (16 Charter Road, Acton). It’s a Mathcounts-style competition open to students in Grades K-8, competing individually or in teams of 2-4. Register online as an individual competitor, a pre-registered team, or an individual to be randomly assigned to a team.

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Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Newton STEM

MARCH 24, 2024

MIT’s Edgerton Center will host the Edgerton Teams Showcase on April 9 , 4PM-5PM, in Lobby 13 (77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge), where 16 student teams will present their current projects. The MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team will unveil its latest creation, Gemini, and the MIT Motorsports Team will unveil its MY2024 race car. For more information, email Peggy at peysenba@mit.edu.

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