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How to Thank a Teacher

Ask a Tech Teacher

I found this article in my mailbox the other day, from The Tech Edvocate. This has been such a trying time for parents, students, and our teachers. Check out these great ways to say thank you that anyone can do: HOW TO SAY THANK YOU TO TEACHERS. No matter what you do for a career or how successful you are, chances are you would not be where you are today if you had not obtained a K-12 education.

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What Role Does Social Media Use Play in the Youth Mental Health Crisis? Researchers Are Trying to Find Out

ED Surge

Youth mental health is at a crisis point. In December 2021, the U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory on youth mental health. A few months later, the chief science officer at the American Psychological Association testified before a Senate committee that America’s youth mental health system was fundamentally flawed. Not only have symptoms of mood disorders, such as depression, increased in teens and children—but manifestations of those diseases, such as emergency room visits and suicides , hav

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Gauthmath- A Good Online Math Homework Helper for Students

Educators Technology

Gauthmath is a math homework helper app that provides step-by-step solutions to all types of math problems including word problems and geometry. The app also offers access to online math tutors to help learners with their math problems in algebra, graphing, calculus, and many more. Tutors are from over 30 countries and are available around the clock.

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Solving Absolute Value Equations

Basic-Mathematics

This lesson shows how to use the definition of absolute value when solving absolute value equations. I will show you tricks your teachers never told you.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Makerspace Activities with Building Bricks

Stem Activities for Kids

When it comes to building projects, is there really anything that comes close to building bricks like Legos? I don’t think you are EVER too old to play with these versatile blocks. In fact, I have gotten quite a few sets of my own in the past few years. While sets from Lego come with building instructions, you can use these bricks in a slightly different way for STEM learning.

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Can gamification improve students’ motivation and problem-solving skills?

Scientix

Introduction. Our schools are data sources that few systematically use to improve teaching practice. Disciplinary difficulties in working with students or poorer results in tests are some of the many challenges we face in our work every day. Nevertheless, there’s a strategy that can help us overcome difficulties and provide teachers with the tools to face and solve these problems effectively: action research.

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2 Key Ingredients for Making Transfer Matter for Kids

Defined Learning

COVID was a vivid reminder to all of us that we simply can’t keep the real world out of the classroom. Nor should we try. The more we design units of study in a way that enables students to see the walls of the classroom as permeable the better students will see the relevance and rigor, or complexity of what they are learning.

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Force to Movement STEM Workshop

Scientix

Grade 6 students from two different schools came together to work in this STEM workshop, which aimed to transform forces into action by using different types of force. Students were provided with daily life problems to come up with creative solutions and products. The Usage of STEM. Physics subjects in Science remain abstract for children in their concrete operational stage.

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Developing the “Why” for Middle Grades Math

Middle Web

Math students in the middle grades want the truth: "Why should math matter to me?" To show them, curriculum leader Christian Polizzi suggests making real-world connections, asking students for examples in their own lives, and having them create “personalized” math problems. The post Developing the “Why” for Middle Grades Math first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Harnessing The Power Of Math Manipulatives

Mathematics, a subject steeped in abstract concepts, often poses challenges to students, especially those in grades 5-10. But imagine a bridge that transformed this intricate maze into an interactive adventure.

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Aug 8, Rational and Irrational Numbers

Online Math for All

Rational and Irrational Numbers - Concept - Examples with step by step explanation

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Multiplying Polynomials

Basic-Mathematics

Multiplying polynomials the easy way!

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Aug 8, Systems of Measuring Angles

Online Math for All

Systems of Measuring Angles - Concept - Examples with step by step explanation

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Build a Chair STEM Challenge

Smore Science

A single chair can be used by different people whose body shapes and sizes may differ. To withstand different loads, chairs are designed to distribute the pressure caused by the body sitting on them. If the pressure of the body is not distributed properly on a chair, it can cause discomfort while sitting. Try it: You might encounter different sitting furniture at your home such as a chair, sofa, recliner, bed, desk chair, etc.

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Downloadable Design Briefs for an Integrative STEM Curriculum

These easy-to-use design briefs outline student objectives, challenges, and materials needed to complete each 30-minute to 4-hour lesson. ITEEA’s Integrative STEM curriculum, Engineering byDesign, includes many more standards driven hands-on activities just like these!

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Aug 8, Writing Two Step Equations

Online Math for All

Writing Two Step Equations - Examples with step by step explanation

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Aug 8, Simplifying Algebraic Expressions Worksheet

Online Math for All

Simplifying Algebraic Expressions Worksheet

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Aug 8, Simplifying Algebraic Expressions Examples

Online Math for All

Simplifying Algebraic Expressions Examples

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Aug 8, Writing Two Step Equations Worksheet

Online Math for All

Writing Two Step Equations Worksheet

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Aug 8, Simplifying Algebraic Expressions

Online Math for All

Simplifying Algebraic Expressions

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Aug 8, Measuring Angles Worksheet

Online Math for All

Measuring Angles Worksheet

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Aug 8, Measuring Angles

Online Math for All

Measuring Angles - Concept - Examples with step by step explanation

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