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100th Day of School — It’s about Learning

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How to celebrate Here are activities I like that blend learning into the celebration of the 100th Day of School: Geography As a class, come up with two locations in each state, to total 100. One will be oriented around geography and one around history (such as “Kansas became a state January 29, 1861” ).

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Social solutions for socio-economic issues

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The next step involves implementing schemes and programmes that can support people living in poverty and help them to achieve financial security. In rural communities, on the other hand, access to these basic needs can be harder to come by. Rural communities are often cut off from much of the money that moves around in the big cities.

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How can engineering address human rights issues?

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Across Peru, thousands of people do not have access to clean water or efficient transport links. Access to water and sanitation are fundamental human rights. By combining engineering and human rights disciplines, he is researching the links between access to transport and the inequalities facing Peruvians today.

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Indoor STEM Activities for Kids

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Focusing on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) activities can be an excellent strategy to keep students engaged in winter. These activities help reinforce mathematical concepts playfully, promoting logical thinking and problem-solving skills, which are essential components of mathematical understanding.

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The Mediterranean way: changing diets to extend lifespans

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Limited access to healthy food is a significant contributor to this trend.” To change this trend, it is essential to make healthier foods more accessible and to encourage behavioural changes in those people with unhealthy diets. “We Alice’s team has worked hard to make Good Bowls as accessible as possible.

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Why aren’t more girls in the UK choosing to study computing and technology? Guest blog post by Peter Kemp

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Most schools will insist that students take Maths, English Language, English Literature, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and often: French or German, and History or Geography. Why this is remains unclear, we see similar under achievement in Maths and Physics. Why don’t females pick CS in the same way they picked ICT?

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SHAPE in Schools: Changing mindsets in support of social sciences, humanities and the arts

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Rather than being in conflict with STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), SHAPE complements it. A recent pilot study funded by the LSE trialled ways of achieving this, engaging with teachers and learners in 11 schools across the UK through a range of activities. Society depends on creatives just as much as scientists.