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Can behavioural interventions improve biological health outcomes?

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Living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods increases stress, limits physical activity and increases sedentary behaviour, which influence biologic CVD risk factors.” This intervention involves teaching nutrition education, physical activities, stress management techniques and coping skills to perimenopausal Latinas.

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STEM Calendar for the Month of May for Educators Everywhere

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STEM disciplines like physics, astronomy, and engineering are crucial in enabling space exploration, from designing spacecraft and spacesuits to understanding the complexities of celestial bodies and space travel. STEM For Kids® ranked #173 on the highly coveted Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise 500 list.

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Playful Pedagogy: Gamer Types and Board Games for Inclusive Learning

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Educators often find themselves exploring innovative approaches to enhance student learning, and one particularly creative pathway is integrating games and playfulness into the learning environment. In a recent science lesson, high school biology students played Lighthaus ’ virtual reality (VR) adventure Nano.

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

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The need for biology students to understand math concepts has become increasingly important, especially with the digital revolution sweeping across science. Figures from Pew Research Center indicate that Black and Hispanic workers and students are vastly underrepresented in STEM occupations and education programs. Another factor?

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stem educational toys for 8 year olds

STEM Education Shopping

As a parent, you want to provide your child with the best education possible. The answer is simple: STEM educational toys. In this article, we will explore the top STEM educational toys for 8 year olds that will not only entertain your child, but also help them develop important skills in math, engineering, and more.

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Schools Are Seeing More Hate and Bias Incidents. But Educators Are Not Helpless to Address Them.

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In 2018 , the Southern Poverty Law Center conducted research on more than 800 hate and bias incidents and reported that “two-thirds of educators had witnessed a hate or bias incident in school and two-thirds of the incidents were racially motivated.” These behaviors and beliefs are learned, and they can be unlearned, too.

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Black holes: the meeting of gravity and quantum physics

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Black holes: the meeting of gravity and quantum physics. Dr Daniel Terno and his team at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, are building a framework of characteristics that can be used to search for black holes in the Universe, but their findings may challenge our understanding of the fundamental laws of physics.

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