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Readers Respond: Does Fixing the Leaky STEM Pipeline Require Calculus To Adapt?

ED Surge

The need to strengthen the science, technology, math and engineering (STEM) careers pipeline has received renewed interest lately. Another Language A reader from Utah : “For me the breakthrough was finding out math is just another language with its own grammar and syntax. The issue is algebra skills.

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New Effort Hopes to Make ‘Weed-Out’ Courses More Equitable

ED Surge

Organic chemistry , anyone?) The project, funded from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and housed at Educause, prioritizes 20 key gateway courses, including introductory classes in biology, chemistry, English, economics and psychology, as well as math classes like algebra and calculus, and U.S. history surveys.

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They Started Teaching During the Pandemic Year. Where Are They Now?

ED Surge

years of my career at Weehawken High School, where I taught Algebra I (students in grades seven to nine) and AP Calculus (grades 11-12). years, I have been teaching Algebra I and geometry for grades nine and 10 at Becton Regional High School. It's hard to teach math, period. I spent the first 3.5 For the past 1.5

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What is Mastery Learning and How Do You Implement It Effectively?

Cool Cat Teacher

Jon Bergmann, author of the Mastery Learning Handbook talks about how he uses mastery learning in his chemistry and physics classrooms. In 2002, Jon received the Presidential Award for Excellence for Math and Science Teaching; and in 2010, he was a Semi-Finalist for Colorado Teacher of the Year. It’s January's – something like that.

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Some Simple Early Programming Projects

Computer Science Teacher

Have the user type in their age, and tell them their future at various ages (which you calculate by adding years to their current… docs.google.com And for extensions, I love little math challenges that involve Ss printing out the result of mathematical expressions (getting practice with operators!). Ideal gas laws in chemistry.

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POTU Evolution Part 1: From California to Rio Americano

The Blog of Phyz

The state of California has developed a framework for the three-course (Biology, Chemistry, Physics) implementation of NGSS. Given that our district is all-in on Integrated Math, any algebra necessary in the course will need to be taught in the course. Feel free to read it real quick. Our last adoption in physics was in 2008.

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Grades 7-12: Sign Up by Feb. 15 for MIT’s Spring (Virtual) HSSP, Saturdays, Feb. 26-Apr. 2

Newton STEM

Lab Techniques in Chemistry. Math in Logic Puzzles. Math in Logic Puzzles. Introduction to Human Body Systems. Cultivate a Microbial Garden. Sensory Neuroscience. STEM Lecture Series. AI and Science: An Introduction to AI and its Role in Modern Research. Using Computer Science to Model our World. Playing Games with Infinity.

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