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How Minecraft Teaches Reading, Writing and Problem Solving

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It’s fascinating that today’s game playing youth want a set of rules they must beat, parameters they must meet, levels (read: standards) they must achieve, and a Big Goal (think: graduation) they can only reach after a lot of hard work, intense thinking, and mountains of problems. Problem Solving.

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Archery STEM Challenge

Carly and Adam

Get ready to bring the excitement of the Summer Games into your classroom with a STEM challenge that combines the precision of archery with the fascinating principles of physics, specifically Newton's 3rd Law. This law states that for every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction.

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Summer Olympics Activities and STEM Challenges for Kids

Carly and Adam

As the excitement of the Summer Olympics captivates audiences worldwide, it presents a golden opportunity to inspire our younger generation not just in sports but in the realms of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). 10 Summer Olympics STEM Challenges for Kids 1.

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A Chess Class for Elementary Students (with a DIY micro:bit -Driven Chess Clock)

User Generated Education

Develops Decision Making and Problem-Solving Skills. Chess helps kids learn and practice thinking through and finding solutions to complex problems. The game of chess is a game of problem-solving, planning, and foresight. Playing chess develops problem-solving skills in kids.

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100th Day of School STEM Centers

Carly and Adam

The 100th day of school marks a significant milestone in every student's educational journey, and what better way to celebrate this achievement than by embracing the wonders of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). For this challenge students will create a unique design using dot markers and a paper with 100 dots.

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Game Based Learning and Gamification in Maths teaching

Scientix

Learning through games has several advantages: encourages the acquisition and development of different skills; stimulates problem solving; encourages experiential learning; increases motivation. 2), written in mathematical language: Fig.1 2), written in mathematical language: Fig.1 1 (CC-BY) Fig. 1 (CC-BY) Fig.

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Force to Movement STEM Workshop

Scientix

Students were provided with daily life problems to come up with creative solutions and products. Physics subjects in Science remain abstract for children in their concrete operational stage. In this workshop, we introduced students to how forces actually take place in our lives and provide solutions to many of our daily problems.

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