Middle Web

MARCH 3, 2024

The decision to give students "extra credit" should be closely tied to a teacher's reasons for grading, says teaching coach Barbara Blackburn. Do you grade to measure understanding, provide accountability or compare students? She includes a "redo" tool – her preferred option. The post Providing Extra Credit: Positive or Negative? first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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MARCH 3, 2024

Wake Forest, NC Throughout history, women have defied societal barriers and prejudices to make groundbreaking contributions to astronomy and space exploration. One of the earliest pioneers was Caroline Herschel, who, in the late 18th century, became the first woman to discover a comet. Her groundbreaking work Within the realm of space exploration, the contributions of women have been equally significant. 1963, Valentina Tereshkova made history as the first woman to travel into space aboard the V

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Newton STEM

MARCH 3, 2024

Researchers from MIT, Boston University, and the University of Delaware will host an outreach event on Microrobotics and Synthetic Biology for middle and high school students , in two sessions on March 9. The program is primarily aimed to support and encourage female and underrepresented minority students to explore STEM. Students will learn how concepts of robotics can foster the development of new biological systems and applications.

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STEMe

MARCH 3, 2024

Fairfax, VA Navigation is far more complex than it seems at first glance. More than just movement around a room, this task requires both comprehension of sensory input and pulling from one’s memories to create and modify an internal map of the surroundings. Using this map, our bodies can move around and travel in the coordinated manner they do. Considering all the input into navigation, it is no surprise that this ability is one of our body’s most complex.

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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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Newton STEM

MARCH 3, 2024

Applications are open until April 4 for young women in Grades 10-11 to apply for a 2024 O-STEAM Fellowship, sponsored by WHOI Sea Grant at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Sea Education Association. This fellowship will run August 11-17 and aims to promote diversity and expose young women to a variety of careers in STEAM. Register for the online Info Session on March 5 at 6PM.

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Newton STEM

MARCH 3, 2024

Run by MIT undergraduate and graduate students, SPARK offers students in Grades 7-10 a variety of short, interesting classes on the MIT campus over one weekend, March 16-17 (10AM-6PM on Saturday, 9AM-6PM on Sunday). The registration lottery is open now through 11:59PM on March 5 , and until that deadline all course preferences will be treated equally in the lottery.

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STEMe

MARCH 3, 2024

Katy, TX Jane Goodall’s Life Jane Goodall, otherwise known as Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall, was born April 3, 1934 in London, England. Growing up, she loved animals and wished to work with animals as her profession. In 1957, she was able to fund her migration from England to Africa in order to see her friend and her family by working multiple jobs. While in Africa, Goodall worked for Louis Leakey, a Kenyan archaeologist and anthropologist who believed that human evolution was centered in Africa.

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Online Math for All

MARCH 3, 2024

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MARCH 3, 2024

Wake Forest, NC In the history of science, only a few names make it to the Hall of Fame. Though focus is primarily put on famous scientists such as Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton, there is a plethora of outstanding individuals whose accomplishments remain unknown. One of these unsung heroes is Rosalind Franklin, a pioneer who played a critical role in explaining the structure of DNA.

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