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The Math Revolution You Haven’t Heard About

ED Surge

Math professor Martin Weissman is rethinking how his university teaches calculus. Some educators place a share of the blame on calculus courses, which can push out otherwise interested students. Meanwhile, the calculus instruction has to be slowed down enough that it’s not as effective for math people as it could be. “I

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UCLA Life Sciences Revamped How It Teaches Math. Is It an Example Others Should Follow?

ED Surge

It was from his dean, who said that the department had inspected their freshman calculus course, “Calculus for Life Sciences.” The need for biology students to understand math concepts has become increasingly important, especially with the digital revolution sweeping across science.

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Grades 7-10: Register by Mar. 5 for MIT SPARK (Mar. 16-17)

Newton STEM

Here are STEM courses offered: Making art with Robots Linux and open source software Introduction to Programming in OCaml Better Coding with Vim: Intro to Keybinds and Configuration Web Development Crash Course Tales of the Americas through biology and genetics It’s Not Rocket Science (Wait, Yes It Is!) 3,2,1 Beyblade Physics!

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Two Main Branches of Mathematics That Kids Need to Learn

STEM Education Guide

Calculus calculates the immediate rates of change and is used for infinite series, derivatives, limits, integrals, and functions. Additionally, calculus comes in handy for the summation of small factors used to determine the whole number. Check out this book for middle schoolers to get a better hold on calculus. Number Theory.

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How to Think Computationally about AI, the Universe and Everything

Stephen Wolfram

And one of the stunningly beautiful things—at least for a physicist like me—is that the same phenomenon that in physical space gives us gravity, in branchial space gives us quantum mechanics. It’s because we’re observers like us that we perceive the laws of physics we do. Human minds who think alike are nearby.

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Edit and Share Videos Like a Rock Star

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Free Video Lectures — academic lectures on lots of topics including biology, biotechnology, and calculus. Untamed Science – -science videos on biology, physics, animals, and more. Futures Channel — movies for kids on math and science topics (not as much about the skills as the concepts).

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Fall STEM Activities

STEM Sport

Educational Benefit: This activity encourages observational skills and offers a hands-on introduction to plant biology and the life cycle. Educational Benefit: This experiment provides insights into plant biology and the effects of environmental factors on growth.

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