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Demystifying Social-Emotional Learning and the Controversy Surrounding It

ED Surge

Such arguments obscure many of the real, pressing problems in education right now—a mental health crisis, workforce shortages in sectors across the field, nearly two years of lost or lackluster learning experiences. Are there elements of SEL that do get into the teachings of race, gender and other social constructions?

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Top 4 STEM Read Alouds for Teaching 2nd Grade Physical Science

Carly and Adam

All of these STEM Challenges and Science Investigation Labs are included in the Elementary STEM Teachers Club Membership or can also be found in our TpT Store. Covers NGSS 2-PS1-3 Make observations to construct an evidence-based account of how an object made of a small set of pieces can be disassembled and made into a new object.

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The First Days of the School Year: It’s About the Learners Not the Content

User Generated Education

Knowledge Constructor: Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others. 2000); and to avoid a number of problem behaviors, including drug use and violence (Resnick et al.,

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The Best Books and STEM Challenges to Teach Kindergarten Earth Science

Carly and Adam

From trapdoor spiders to the hives of bumblebees, animal construction projects will interest your students. Animal Architects Read Aloud STEM Challenge by Carly and Adam Challenge: In this Kindergarten STEM Challenge , students use what they learn about the environment to create an argument.

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Considering the Danish Informatics Curriculum: Comparing National Computer Science Curricula

Computing Education Research Blog

Computational thinking and modeling which describes how data and algorithms are used to construct digital solutions and artifacts. computer systems, networking) used to construct digital solutions and artifacts. I’m most familiar with elementary and high school curricula in the United States. These are critically important.

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Prototyping the STEMM K-12 Teachers of 2042 – Is It Possible?

National Science Foundation

Now, this is usually where I would launch into a well-honed set of arguments explicating the various economic, societal, and moral imperatives which make clear the need for America to tackle issues of equity and inclusion through a systemic transformation approach to cultivate a larger and more inclusive STEMM workforce.

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Beginning the School Year: It’s About the Learners Not the Content

User Generated Education

This coming school year I am working with gifted elementary students. Knowledge Constructor: Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others. 6 Strategies For Getting To Know Your Students ).

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