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Unconventional Research Sites to Inspire Students

Ask a Tech Teacher

This is a great primary source for students third grade and up in researching almost any topic, but especially history. Students middle school and up (or precocious elementary) can find easy-to-understand facts for a state report or a perspective project evaluating what happened around the world while they were winning a soccer game.

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Making Children's Media about STEM More Inclusive

ED Surge

He’s applying his research as a creative producer for a new show on PBS called Work It Out Wombats! Kareem Edouard: The primary work with my production hat is nuance. In your career, you have also been an elementary and high school teacher. And these days he’s putting those ideas into practice — on a big platform.

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American Students Deserve a Multilingual Education

ED Surge

As an English language teacher in an international primary school and a language learner myself, I often think about how many K-12 students in the United States are given the opportunity to study another language in school. The answer? Not enough. however, with insufficient and lagging data from schools, this research has its limitations.

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Are Personal Learning Networks the Key to Keeping Teachers?

ED Surge

The program is designed to support innovative elementary and secondary school teachers across the U.S. Now, more than ever, educators need a consistent network of compassionate, creative peers,” says Reinvent the Classroom Project Director Nick Schiner. and Canada who demonstrate powerful teaching and learning with technology.

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Ohio Fifth Graders Flex Their Rocketry Muscles

STEM Education Works

Recently Chip orchestrated a rocketry program with 5 th graders at Walls Elementary School, and I was very excited to see how the program turned out. Primary events from Mercury to Apollo to the shuttle missions to present-day Artemis were also highlighted. Check ‘em out, especially episodes 1, 5, and 7 to hear yours truly!)

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Coding for Kids: How to Boost Academic Achievement

PCS Edventures

Once kids begin to code, you’ll see that it fosters these skills and characteristics in learners: develops computational thinking enhances executive functioning skills encourages creative thinkers and innovators At what age can learners begin to code? why is it important to introduce coding in elementary school?

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Here Comes Another Trend in K-12 Science Education: Data Science

Chillax Science

What I am putting forward is that I am tired of “ one more thing ” pushed into elementary school teachers, specifically. In this approach, the teacher is usually the primary source of knowledge and expertise, while students are expected to follow the teacher’s lead and adhere to predetermined curriculum standards.