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STEM Kits for Middle School Students

STEM Sport

One way parents can aid their child’s education is by implementing STEM lessons at home during the school year and summer months. In this article, STEM Sports® has compiled a list of the best STEM kits for middle school-aged students. Focus Skills: This STEM kit teaches children key science and engineering skills. Price: $99.95

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What landscapes are hidden deep within the Earth?

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Between the core and the crust is the solid mantle, which makes up two-thirds of the Earth’s mass and is the source of magma that occasionally reaches the surface via volcanic eruptions. As a seismologist at the University of Oxford, she is using seismic waves to image the structures that exist deep within the Earth.

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9 Good Collections of Videos for Education

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Bright Science is a free YouTube channel of over 1300 study videos for high schoolers (or precocious middle schoolers). Most are about five minutes (some longer, some shorter) and cover topics like chemistry, physics, calculus, geometry, biology, Algebra, trigonometry, grammar, ACT prep, and SAT prep. School Tube. Wired Science.

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Ward’s Science–So Many STEM Resources

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One of the most difficult skills to teach in school is problem solving. I don’t think schools can manage without coding and STEM. Ward’s Science is known to its customers and the industry as the complete solution for materials supporting classroom science subjects. What I really like about Ward’s Science.

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What it Means to Be Teaching Out of Field (OOF) and What to Do About It

Mrs. Harris Teaches

Many science teachers with 5 years of experience or less are teaching subjects in which they have not been prepared. In fact, one study found only 36% of high school science teachers – with five years of experience or less – are teaching the subject they’re qualified to instruct. As a science teacher, I can relate.

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Ten Cool Things You (And Your Students) Can Do With Lumio

Free Technology 4 Teachers

Physics and Math Simulations Lumio can be used in all subject areas in elementary school, middle school, and high school. PhET, produced by the University of Colorado Boulder, offers nearly 100 simulations designed to help students understand concepts in physics, chemistry, earth science, biology, and mathematics.

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A rocky revolution: Can virtual 3D models transform the teaching of geology?

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Professors Terry Pavlis and Laura Serpa , from the University of Texas at El Paso, USA , are creating virtual 3D models to make the benefits of geology fieldwork accessible to everyone. Geological features — physical features of the Earth (e.g., TALK LIKE A GEOLOGIST. Contour — a line on a map joining points of equal elevation.

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