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Any Classroom Can Be a STEM Classroom: Tips for Creating a STEM Learning Environment

Accelerate Learning

You too can create a STEM classroom where students are actively engaged in collaborating to solve problems using creativity and critical thinking.

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3 Ways to Increase Critical Thinking at Your School

Carly and Adam

This is my third school year delivering play-based professional learning to the teachers there, and the administrators asked that I focus our day of learning on critical thinking. Critical Thinking” a buzzword we hear often in the EDU world, especially in STEM spaces. Lean into the discomfort of not knowing “how.”

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Graphing–9 Lesson Plans + 6 Online Resources

Ask a Tech Teacher

Critical Thinking : Interpreting graphs requires critical thinking skills. Whether students pursue studies in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), social sciences, or business, they will likely encounter situations where graphing skills are essential.

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Any Classroom Can Be a STEM Classroom: Tips for Creating a STEM Learning Environment

Accelerate Learning

You too can create a STEM classroom where students are actively engaged in collaborating to solve problems using creativity and critical thinking.

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A Very Useful Guide to Virtual Classroom Collaboration

Cool Cat Teacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode, we welcome Billy Krakower, a nationally recognized educator with 16 years of experience and a passion for bringing technology and creativity into the classroom. Currently teaching STEM at the Middle School level in North New Jersey.

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Astronaut Training and the 4 C's of STEM

Vivify Stem

Post by Michelle Bogden & Natasha Wilkerson January 22, 2024 Unleash Creativity, Communication, Collaboration, and Critical Thinking in your Students! Challenge your students to complete astronaut training to collect all four badges: creativity, communication, collaboration, and critical thinking!

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STEM Everyday #255 | National STEM Challenge | feat. Kari Byron

STEM Everyday Podcast

The 2024 National STEM Challenge is a nationwide initiative to foster creativity, critical thinking, and a passion for STEM subjects among middle and high school students. and its territories to conceive and submit STEM innovations, inventions, and research. The best projects from all 50 U.S. in April 2024.

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