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How to Teach STEM Every Day

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STEM is the acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Every corner of every life includes STEM, which explains the increasing interest in STEM-educated students to fill the nation’s jobs. Department of Commerce, STEM occupations are growing at 17%, while other occupations are growing at 9.8%.

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9 Ideas for Ending the School Year Well

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. So, I adopted this approach in my own classroom and so has today's guest fourth-grade teacher, Alana Stanton. So, I adopted this approach in my own classroom and so has today's guest fourth-grade teacher, Alana Stanton.

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6 Worthwhile Websites for High School Classes

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Teachers who specialize in preparing students for college and career instinctively want tools that extend learning, support lesson plans, and simplify concepts taught in the curriculum. If you’re familiar with the SAMR Model, you know it refers to the way technology tools can be used to enrich classrooms. Of course they do!

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Student-Centered Computing: Teaching Computer Science Using Culturally Authentic Practices

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Enrollments in CS degree programs and in K-12 CS courses reveal a similar pattern. For many students, computer science isn’t on their radar simply because they don’t recognize that it is a possible career choice for them. There are additional reasons why we should strive for a diverse and representative population in the CS workforce.

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12 Projects for your STEAM program

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STEAM–Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math–is education’s new STEM. By adding the creativity and problem-solving skills that are part and parcel to Anything Art, students have permission to use colors, images, and outside-the-lines thinking to address Big Ideas and Essential Questions. Classroom Architect.

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What is Python? Python Programming for Beginners.

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Over time, though, Python builds in complexity. If you are interested in finding Python projects for high school students, keep scrolling to the end of this blog for an opportunity to download a free lesson from Codelicious High School Computer Science Python. For example, Python is an extensible language.

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