Love Learning STEM

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Whether you teach first grade or 5th grade, students love getting in the February spirit with these Easy Valentine’s science experiments for kids! You will need 3 types of Valentine’s candy. You can emphasize how the kinetic energy transferred to potential energy when the object stopped.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 4, 2022

You can utilize Earnest parent loans as one type that can give you the chance to take the burden of student loan payments off your child. Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Drew Allen, is an active working parent with some ideas on the new reality of parents-as-educators: Managing Your Kids Needs as Educator and Parent. Switching Roles.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MARCH 6, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter How are you doing, educators? While that can be typical, we also want to consider the habits that will help us teach long-term with a high quality of life. Are you stressed? Today will be a refreshing encouragement for educators everywhere. With a Ph.D.

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Love Learning STEM

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Do you need energy lessons for 4th grade? In schools that are aligned with the NGSS, 4th graders are expected to learn about energy. Some of the questions they need to be able to reflect and respond to are the following: ‘What is energy and how is it related to motion? How is energy transferred?

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STEM Sport

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Sorting Fall Harvest Description: Using a collection of fall fruits and vegetables, students can classify them by size, weight, color, and/or type. The Beauty of Seasonal STEM Learning Seasonal STEM learning integrates the changing dynamics of nature with foundational STEM principles.

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User Generated Education

JANUARY 17, 2022

I’ve discussed experiential learning in The Imperative of Experiential and Hands-On Learning and the lesson I describe in this post meets the characteristics I described in that blog post: In an effort to engage students both in a STEM activity and learn more about the Olympics, I created a lesson on bobsledding. Standards Addressed.

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User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Given my experiential education background, I’ve always been fond of and have used group team building and problem-solving activities with all of the age groups I teach – for example, see Team-Building with Elementary Students. Emotional Check-Ins in a Teaching Webinar Virtual Team Building Activities.

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Love Learning STEM

APRIL 10, 2022

Click here for a blog post on fun activities for En ergy for kids. These Earth Day activities for kids will help your students learn about their impact on the environment, but they will also address state science standards about renewable and natural forms of energy. Earth Day Activity #2: Renewable Energy Research for Kids.

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STEM Discovery Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

With interactives in Discovery Education, I can always find content that interests the students while helping to teach the state standards. S tudents practice designing and conducting an investigation using differences in soil, water, and light for two different plant types. Energy Skate Park. Deborah Seyffert. Go There Now.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MARCH 16, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. SEL games can help you teach social-emotional learning skills and life skills. 8 Actions Teachers Can Take From This Podcast and Blog Post. Learn how games can be a powerful way to teach life skills. We must reengage students! Jane McGonigal.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 25, 2022

Irritation and stress from such tasks are like poison that makes instructors lose energy and harms their nerves. . Irritation and stress from such tasks are like poison that makes instructors lose energy and harms their nerves. . Experienced instructors might believe this service is indispensable because it has been a huge success.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MARCH 21, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. First-day back stations are a teaching tactic to add to your tool belt so you can help reestablish the procedures that give the order that students need and crave. You can have the first day back to school activities any day of the year.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Manage your city so it’s energy efficient and sustainable. . I’ve discussed problem-solving before (see How to Teach Students to Solve Problems ). There’s a reason why the brain uses 25% of the calories you eat: Thinking is hard work. Worse, you’re either right or wrong with no gray areas. by Open University.

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Carly and Adam

MARCH 15, 2023

That's why we've compiled this list of three great read alouds and accompanying resources that you can use to teach your 2nd-grade students about STEM, life science, and habitat building. Learning Objective I can make observations and compare the types of plants and animals in a habitat. Scientists are investigators.

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STEM Sport

JANUARY 9, 2023

Potential & Kinetic Energy. The STEM Takeaways: When the rubber band is stretched, it is loaded with potential energy. Once it is released, this energy becomes kinetic energy. Therefore, the more the rubber band is stretched, the further the kinetic energy will take it when it is in flight.

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Love Learning STEM

OCTOBER 1, 2021

It includes the five units covered in fourth grade: energy, waves and their applications, molecules to organisms, Earth’s place in the universe, Earth systems, and Earth and human activity. Once all the resources have been added, the price goes up, so you won’t get the price cheaper than what it is right now! What’s in the Bonus File?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 11, 2017

If you have challenging students in your classes, there’s a good chance someone has suggested that you look into Whole Brain Teaching (WBT). Whole Brain Teaching is an active teaching method designed to maximize student engagement in lessons, positive interactions with classmates, and educational fun.

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Get Caught Engineering

JUNE 16, 2022

While these things ARE very important, and we actually address them in another blog, we at Get Caught Engineering® feel that a STEM classroom is much more than organization and layout. We always take the time at the beginning of the year to teach and practice the Engineering Design Process. Hardware Store Décor. Information Please.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2018

Consider a pedagogy that transcends rote memorization and the stock drills often found in today’s classrooms, expects critical thinking that teaches how to learn anything — not just school subjects. ” So nearly everyone agrees this type of cerebral approach is important to real learning but few know how to make it happen.

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Archaic Ways of Teaching Grammar. Over the years, the teaching of grammar has continued to be prominent in English and foreign language instruction, leaving less class time or student energy for students to speak, read, or write in those languages. Is Teaching Grammar Necessary? ). Learning Needs a Context.

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Carly and Adam

MARCH 22, 2022

When your brain is fueled you may have increased energy and even be in a better mood. When learners engage in play, they use their senses which allows them to process different types of information. Creative Engaging in different types of play activates our problem-solving skills. Play sends positive messages to our brain.

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Carly and Adam

APRIL 25, 2022

Game On Games can be a great way to add some playful energy to your classroom while also building important skills. Some students might prefer a more relaxed type of play like working on a giant coloring page together or doing a jigsaw puzzle. The following is a guest post from Dr. Jacie Maslyk. Find a fun creativity challenge!

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Carly and Adam

JANUARY 31, 2022

This blog post contains Amazon affiliate links. Research different types of birds and create a model of your favorite. The following is a guest post from Dr. Jacie Maslyk. By clicking on the links and making a purchase, we may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Design a device that will collect rainwater.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2016

Select the type of presentation you want–1) topic, 2) mentoring, or 3) project evaluation (for input on completed student projects). Select the type of expert you’d like based on occupation, company, or industry (optional if you don’t have a preference). Add a list of questions you’d like the expert to address.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 10, 2017

Engineering is why traffic flows smoothly on crowded roads and why bridges survive despite massive loads of trucks, and is the foundation for much research into global warming and alternative energy. STEM is the acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. These four topics cover every aspect of our life. Harold Stephens.

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Carly and Adam

MARCH 8, 2023

We can pique their curiosity by sharing interesting books connected to hands-on challenges. There are many great read aloud selections to share with your students. As our youngest learners begin to explore STEM, one important science topic is the study of earth science. Students will learn about the many animals that build their own homes.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

It’s also an excellent tool for teaching digital citizenship. Here’s an excellent collection of great apps for your classroom — to cover writing, research, and assessment. You can even use all three on one project: Storyboard That. Free; fee for education accounts . Click to view slideshow. Photos for Class. Quick Rubric.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 25, 2016

The pre-online versions weren’t dynamic or flexible, couldn’t be re-used, and few teachers had the time or energy to build these summative, purpose-built assessments. Just click, type, and finish. Rubrics are a well-accepted, even transformative tool for assessing student knowledge over a breadth of criteria.

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PHYSICS! BLOG!

JULY 6, 2017

It was the first time the class was happening, my first (and probably last) time teaching chemistry, and there weren’t a lot of other 9th grade chemistry models to use. Blog post to come, probably.). This past year, my school was transitioning to a new 4-year curriculum. We aimed to do the first 8 units, and we did the first 7.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 2, 2020

On that gap described earlier, the teaching of the latter half is my responsibility. Outside of work, I’m still connected to technology, often for playing games, but also in the pursuit of satisfying my creative mind by typing out my thoughts into stories, and sometimes turning those stories into novels.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MARCH 8, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Every school has a vibe, a culture, a feeling. Subscribe to the Show This week's guest Dr. Jim Van Allan is President of The Energy Bus for Schools. He is the co-author of the book, The Energy Bus for Schools, with Jon Gordon.

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Cool Cat Teacher

AUGUST 7, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Graphic Design helps us present in more interesting ways, teach better, and communicate better. Not only do educators need to understand effective graphic design, we need to teach it. Free Educator Wellness Toolkit. Stream by clicking here.

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Love Learning STEM

APRIL 24, 2022

Anytime I explain to one of my mom friends what type of work I do, they get so shocked at how much the students are learning at such young ages. Over my years of teaching the NGSS standards, I’ve come up with lots of strategies to make science review and prep more fun. 4th Grade Science test prep doesn’t have to be dry and boring!

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Love Learning STEM

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

In this post, I will be sharing what WebQuests are along with how to create a WebQuest to teach renewable and nonrenewable energy. . . I will be breaking up how you can teach renewable and nonrenewable energy as a WebQuest by breaking it up into 6 different parts. What is a WebQuest? . . Introduction. . The Task . .

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User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

In most traditional education settings, the emphasis is on what students “need” to learn, and little emphasis is given to teaching students how they should go about learning the content or what skills will promote robust and effective learning. It has finally been released for sale! Lead Learner.

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Futurum

APRIL 20, 2023

For instance, Type 1 diabetes occurs if the immune system attacks these cells, while Type 2 diabetes develops if these cells suffer chronic stress due to aging or obesity. In fact, the vast majority of immune cells are not found in the blood but are hunkered down in our organs. This would give you a very biased perspective.”

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